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Pentagon Press Book of Punctuation
Book SynopsisThis `Compendium to International Joint Ventures - Law and Management` is being the 2nd volume of the book, containing practical guidance to all the necessary steps involved in the formation and management of an international joint venture (IJV). It is based on the author`s decades of international experience as a consultant in various American multi-national firms.
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Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo The Latin –ies/ia Inflection – Synchronic
Book SynopsisThe monograph concerns the origin of the Latin -iēs/-ia inflection, the topic which to this day has not been explained satisfactorily. The proposal presented in the book allows for the most economic solution to the problem without difficult assumptions which were present in the previous hypotheses. The author explains the origin of the formation as the result of the identification and mutual influence of three former paradigms reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European and subsequent analogical influence of the commonly used Latin noun diēs 'day' from the fifth declension.Apart from the hypothesis itself, the analysis of all the forms of the Latin -iēs/-ia inflection is presented with an etymological commentary and illustrative examples from the original ancient texts. The question on the origin of the Latin fifth declension is also mentioned alongside the modern description of the Proto-Indo-European derivational morphology.Table of ContentsList of abbreviationsIntroductionChapter oneIndo-European derivational morphologyChapter twoThe Latin fifth declensionChapter threeThe -iēs/-ia nouns – synchronic and diachronic evidenceChapter fourThe originBibliographyIndex
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TRILOGÍA
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Arco Libros, S.L. Abec espaol
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Editorial Universidad de Cantabria La acentuación española nuevo manual de las
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Pages Gramatica aranesa
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Museum Tusculanum Press Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 19
Book SynopsisTocharian and Indo-European Studies is the central publication for the study of two closely related languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B. Found in many Buddhist manuscripts from central Asia, Tocharian dates back to the second half of the first millennium of the Common Era, though it was not discovered until the twentieth century. Focusing on both philological and linguistic aspects of this language, Tocharian and Indo-European Studies also looks at it in relationship to other Indo-European languages.
£42.50
Museum Tusculanum Press C W Smith og hans polske korrespondenter
Book SynopsisThe Dane C W Smith was one of the first professors of Slavic philology. His Polish Grammar from 1845 was at the time regarded as the best and was a mark of particular interest in the Polish language. As a National Liberal and an advocate of Scandinavia, he sympathised with the oppressed Poles' fight for freedom. The book contains a collection of letters from the correspondence between C W Smith and his Polish friends.
£42.50
Museum Tusculanum Press L'articolo italiano fra concetto ed entitá
Book SynopsisA semantic/syntactic study of the Italian nominal system with special reference to the use of articles, including the use of the zero article in the non-determined noun phrase. The study takes as its point of departure the meaning of the subject-lexemes and the logico-semantic distinction between intension, i.e. the meaning of abstract concepts and features, and extension, i.e. the pointing out of entities in a world endowed with the indicated features. The author proposes a parallel distinction for the noun phrase, motivated by the fact that non-determined noun phrases in Italian normally only expresses the abstract concept of category, i.e. features by which entities may be categorised (eg: Ho bevuto vino; scrivo libri), whereas the determined syntagma actualises entities (Ho bevuto del vino/il vino; Ho scritto un libro/dei libri/i libri).
£51.84
Museum Tusculanum Press Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings of the
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Museum Tusculanum Press Syntax of the Modern Greek Verbal System: Second
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Museum Tusculanum Press Estudio Diacronico Y Sincronico Del Objeto
Book SynopsisTEXT IN SPANISH. This study contributes to the understanding of synchronic and diachronic aspects of the grammatical relation of the indirect object in Spanish as it appears on the Iberian Peninsula as well as in Latin America. The following aspects have not been investigated until now: Firstly, the grammaticalisation of the cross-reference (from the 21th century to the 21st century) -- the double representation of the indirect object in the light of Henning Andersen''s theory of ''drift''. Secondly, an adaptation of the idea of grammatical relations in functional linguistics as it is presented by Simon Dik and Michael Heslund. All kinds of genres are being studied.
£30.59
Pontificio Istituto Biblico Coptic Grammar Categories: Structural Studies in
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Pontificio Istituto Biblico A Late Egyptian Grammar
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£83.50
Pontificio Istituto Biblico Word Order Variation in the Akkadian Byblos
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£38.00
John Benjamins Publishing Co The Syntax of Information-Structural Agreement
Book SynopsisIn this research monograph, Johannes Mursell discusses the syntactic impact of information-structural features on agreement. So far, the syntactic contribution of this type of feature has mostly been reduced to movement of topics or foci clause-initial position. Here, the author looks at a different phenomenon, syntactic agreement, and how this process can be dependent on information-structural properties. Based partly on original fieldwork from a typologically diverse set of languages, including Tagalog, Swahili, and Lavukaleve, it is argued that for most areas for which information-structural features have been discussed, it is possible to find cases where these features influence phi-feature agreement. The analysis is then extended to cases of Association with Focus, which does not involve phi-features but can still be accounted for with agreement of information-structural features. The book achieves two main goals: first it provides a uniform analysis for different constructions in unrelated languages. Second, it also gives a new argument that information-structural features should be treated as genuine syntactic features.
£78.85
John Benjamins Publishing Co Terminology: Theory, methods and applications
Book SynopsisTerminology: Theory, methods and applications addresses language specialists, terminologists, and all those who take an interest in socio-political and technical aspects of Terminology. The book covers its subject comprehensively and deals among other things with concepts (the relation between linguistics, cognitive science, communication studies, documentation and computer science); Methodology, especially with regard to specialised language and dictionaries; the social-political challenges of the modern technological society and some solutions from a Terminological point of view; Terminology as a standard in multilingual communication and guardian of cultures. It is particularly suited as a course book.Trade Review[...] especially useful for terminology practitioners in that it details terminological work all the way from the working principles to various stages in the collection and processing of material. -- Li Yunxing, Tianjin Normal University, ChinaTable of Contents1. Acknowledgments; 2. Chapter I : An Overview of Terminology; 3. 1.Social and political aspects; 4. 2.Scientific and functional aspects; 5. 3.Organizaional aspects; 6. Chapter II: Terminology, an interdisciplinary field; 7. 1.Terminology and linguistics; 8. 2.Terminology and cognitive science; 9. 3.Terminology and communication; 10. 4.Terminology and documentation; 11. 5.Terminology, computer science and knowledge engineering; 12. Chapter III: The Foundations of Terminology; 13. 1.Special languages; 14. 2.The terminological unit; 15. Chapter IV: Terminology in Practice: Terminology; 16. 1.The foudations of terminological practice; 17. 2.Materials used in terminography; 18. 3.Working methods; 19. Chapter V: Computerized terminology; 20. 1.The concept and scope of computerized terminology; 21. 2.Contribution of computer science to terminology; 22. 3.Terminology and data bank; 23. 4.Terminological data banks; 24. Chapter VI: Terminology and Standardization; 25. 1.General standardization; 26. 2.Terminological standardization; 27. 3.Terminology and neology; 28. Chapter VII: Professional Terminology: The role of Terminologists in a Language Service; 29. 1.Linguistic needs ans language planning; 30. 2.Planning and language services; 31. 3.The technical tasks of language services; 32. 4.Language services and terminology; 33. 5.The training of terminologists; 34. Notes; 35. References; 36. Index
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John Benjamins Publishing Co Recent Advances in Multiword Units in Machine
Book SynopsisThe investigation of phraseology through corpus-based and computational approaches holds significant relevance for various professionals, including translators, interpreters, terminologists, lexicographers, language instructors, and learners. Computational Phraseology, and in particular the computational analysis of multiword expressions (also known as multiword units), has gained prominence in recent years and is essential for a number of Natural Language Processing and Translation Technology applications. The failure to detect these units automatically could result in incorrect and problematic automatic translations and could hinder the performance of applications such as text summarisation and web search. Against this background, the volume offers 13 articles carefully selected and organised into two parts: Computational treatment of multiword units' and Corpus-based and linguistic studies in phraseology. The contributions not only highlight the latest advancements in computational and corpus-based phraseology but also reiterate its vital role in all areas of language technologies, including basic and applied research.
£99.75
John Benjamins Publishing Co The Boundary between Grammar and Lexicon
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John Benjamins Publishing Co Learnability and the Lexicon: Theories and second
Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical review of recent theories of semantics-syntax correspondences and makes new proposals for constraints on semantic structure relevant to syntax. Data from several languages are presented which suggest that semantic structure in root morphemes is subject to parametric variation which has effect across a variety of verb classes, including locatives, unaccusatives, and psych verbs.The implications for first and second language acquisition are discussed. In particular, it is suggested that different parametric settings may lead to a learnability problem if adult learners do not retain access to sensitivity to underlying semantic organization and morphological differences between languages provided by Universal Grammar.An experiment with Chinese-speaking learners of English is presented which shows that learners initially transfer L1 semantic organization to the L2, but are able to retreat from overgeneralisations and achieve native-like grammars in this area.Suggestions for further research in this rapidly developing area of theory and acquisition research are also made.Trade ReviewThis book is the first and so far most comprehensive study of the acquisition of argument structure in a second language within a generative framework. It is a fascinating window into the cognitive processes of L2 acquisition. It should find a place on the shelves of anyone interested in the relationship between linguistics and language acquisition. -- Antonella Sorace in Journal of Linguistics 36, 2000Table of Contents1. Acknowledgments; 2. 1. Linguistic Theory, Language Acquisition, and the lexicon; 3. 2. Generative approaches to semantic-syntax correspondences; 4. 3. Semantic structure: crosslinguistic patterns and constraints; 5. 4. Acquiring Semantic-Syntax Correspondences; 6. 5. Testing knowledge of semantic-syntax correspondences in a second language; 7. 6. Analysis and discussion; 8. 7. Epilogue; 9. References; 10. Appendix I: English Locative Verbs; 11. Appendix II: Chinese Locative Verbs and Arguments Structures; 12. Appendix III: Test of Verb Meanings; 13. Appendix IV: Production task; 14. Appendix V: Grammaticality Judgement Task; 15. Index
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De Gruyter That’s That
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De Gruyter Subjects and Predicables: A Study in
Book SynopsisNo detailed description available for Subjects and Predicables.
£95.00
De Gruyter Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar
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Peeters Publishers Thinking English Grammar: To Honour Xavier
Book SynopsisThinking English Grammar. To Honour Xavier Dekeyser, Professor Emeritus contains papers by 34 colleagues of professor Dekeyser on subjects that have interested him throughout his career. His research has mainly been devoted to the history of English, and it is only natural that the first and longest section should consist of 11 papers on variation in English, both diachronic and synchronic. The second, barely shorter with its 9 papers, is devoted to the description of various aspects of modern English; some of these papers shade off into theoretical linguistics. Professor Dekeyser having obtained his Ph.D. on grammaticography, there is a third section on "Grammar from the Past", with 5 papers. The final section, 9 papers on "Language Teaching and Contrast", honours the eminent teacher of literally thousands of budding anglicists.
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Peeters Publishers Grammatical Theory and Philosophy of Language in
Book SynopsisThis collective volume contains studies in the field of ancient grammar, poetics and philosophy of language. The contributions, written by specialists in the field, focus on central themes in the historiography of ancient linguistics, such as the status of grammar as a discipline in Antiquity, the relationship between poetics and grammatical theory, the constitution and development of the word class system, the descriptive format of grammars, the nature and description of specific word classes, the development of grammatical argumentation. In addition, several methodological issues in the study of ancient grammar and philosophy of language are dealt with: the problem of continuity vs. discontinuity in the history of linguistic thought, the role of schoolroom activities in the development of grammatical description and theory-formation, and problems concerning "tradition", "influence" and "originality" in ancient linguistics. The volume is rounded off with extensive indices of proper names, concepts and technical terms.
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Peeters Publishers Word Order and Phrase Structure in Gothic
Book SynopsisThe book aims at providing a precise description of part of the Gothic syntax in the context of a formal theory of syntax. The following questions are addressed: To what extent can Gothic - despite its limited corpus - be used as data material? Further, which of the ascertained syntactic characteristics does Gothic have in common with other old Indo-European languages? Which of these features can be characterized as typically Germanic? It is shown that - despite a certain Greek influence - the Gothic Bible is indeed a rich source of data which can with some certainty be regarded as typically Gothic. Phenomena concerning the left periphery like personal pronouns, topicalization, left-dislocation and discourse particles are described and discussed within the generative framework, with additions from pragmatic and cognitive linguistics for those issues where syntax seems to be inadequate to cover the whole range of the phenomena concerned. The readership aimed at is that of linguists and philologists, and of scholars interested in the interrelation between both disciplines.
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Peeters Publishers Word Classes and Related Topics in Ancient Greek:
Book SynopsisThe book presents an up-to-dated and thorough treatment of an important part of the syntax of Ancient Greek, the Word Classes. It collects most of the papers read at the international conference held in Madrid on 18-21, June 2003 by linguists and classicists coming from a large number of European countries. Since some of the 31 published papers deal with or touch on other syntactic subjects than Word Classes, this volume can be considered as reflecting a large part of the research on Ancient Greek Syntax nowadays. It intends to be useful for classicists, historical linguists and Hellenists. The book provides three indexes (general, Greek words, Greek texts studied).
£58.37
Peeters Publishers Grammaire Sanskrite a L'usage Des Etudiants
Book SynopsisDans le meme esprit que les Deux Cahiers de grammaire grecque (2006) et que la Sankrit Grammar de M. Mayrhofer (1972), mais s'adressant en priorite a des etudiants hellenistes et latinistes deja avances, cette grammaire comporte des donnees comparatives importantes, qui expliquent souvent en retour bien des aspects de la langue sanskrite, et parallelement du grec et du latin. Il n'existe guere, en langue francaise, de grammaire du sanskrit concue dans cette optique. Sont mis en evidence les principaux elements et les structures fondamentales de la langue dont la comprehension permet un acces aise aux textes classiques. Il s'agit particulierement des alternances vocaliques qui regissent toute la grammaire sanskrite, de la valeur et des regles d'emploi des suffixes nominaux, donnees indispensables pour faciliter l'apprentissage du vocabulaire, des fonctions des desinences casuelles et de quelques paradigmes de base de la flexion nominale et de la conjugaison. Au fil des chapitres sont ainsi abordes le probleme de l'origine du genre feminin, des desinences casuelles, le role des pronoms, la formation de la conjugaison thematique, l'expression du temps et de l'aspect, les cinq conjugaisons latines, etc. La syntaxe est essentiellement abordee a travers la morphologie.
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Peeters Publishers Nisili. Manuel De Langue Hittite. Volume II: Le
Book SynopsisCe volume consacre au systeme verbal hittite s'inscrit dans la continuite du premier volume de Nisili, Manuel de langue hittite. La perspective de l'ouvrage est essentiellement morphologique et a pour objectif d'offrir une synthese sur le systeme verbal hittite selon les differentes classes flexionnelles identifiees en synchronie. A cette perspective synchronique sont egalement ajoutees des considerations d'ordre diachronique, replacant d'une part le verbe hittite dans le cadre de la comparaison et de la reconstruction du systeme verbal indo-europeen, et, d'autre part, les differentes classes flexionnelles dans leur histoire. Il s'agit de mettre en evidence les differents phenomenes (analogie, perte de caracteristiques, permeabilite des types flexionnels) qui permettent d'expliquer l'emergence et la constitution des classes flexionnelles.
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Peeters Publishers A Syntax of Septuagint Greek
Book SynopsisThis is the first ever comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntax and syntax of Septuagint Greek. The work is based on the most up-to-date editions of the Septuagint. The so-called Antiochene version of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles as well as Judges has been studied. Though this is a synchronic grammar, and though not systematic, comparison with Classical Greek, the Greek of contemporary literature of the Hellenistic-Roman period, papyri and epigraphical data, and New Testament Greek has often been undertaken. Even when analysing translated documents of the Septuagint, the perspective is basically that of its readers. However, attempts were made to determine in what ways and to what extent the structure of the Semitic source languages may have influenced the selection of this or that particular construction by translators. At many places it is demonstrated and illustrated how an analysis of the morphosyntax and syntax can illuminate our general interpretation of the Septuagint text.
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Peeters Publishers Te lea faka'uvea / Le wallisien
Book SynopsisCette grammaire se veut un compromis entre le respect des spécificités du faka'uvea/wallisien, langue polynésienne parlée à 'Uvea/Wallis et en Nouvelle-Calédonie par environ 20000 locuteurs, et le désir de la voir enseignée aux côtés du français, langue du système éducatif. Le faka'uvea est l'une des 75 langues appartenant au patrimoine linguistique de la France, elle doit être sauvegardée afin d'assurer la transmission des traditions culturelles wallisiennes. Parmi les caractéristiques qui distinguent le faka'uvea du français, citons une grande flexibilité fonctionnelle (omniprédicativité et omnisubstantivité) malgré de nombreux procédés de dérivation, l'absence de verbes «être» et «avoir», l'existence de différents types de possession, de classificateurs nominaux et numéraux, une structure actancielle scindée (accusative et ergative) selon les classes de verbes, un système pronominal très riche, l'emploi fréquent de constructions nominalisées, etc. Au cours de son histoire, le faka'uvea a été influencé par le tongien dont il partage l'accent dit de «définitude» et le maintien d'un registre honorifique, lié à une structure sociale très hiérarchisée avec à sa tête le Lavelua, porteur du titre le plus élevé.
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Peeters Publishers Meister Eckhart and Thomas of Erfurt: Modism and
Book SynopsisMeister Eckhart and Thomas of Erfurt lived streets away from one another. Thomas was the last great figure of the Modistae, the speculative grammarians who were concerned with the relationship between grammar and ontology, the structure of the sentence mirroring the structure of the world. Thomas’ major work – the Grammatica speculativa – was deeply influential in the medieval period. But does Thomas’ geographical proximity to Eckhart suggest a concomitant influence of modism on his thought? What of modism’s legacy after the rapid demise of the grammatical theory in the early-mid fourteenth century? The contributions to this volume deal with these matters, and were originally presented at the ‘Meister Eckhart and Thomas of Erfurt’ conference at the Max-Weber-Center at the University of Erfurt, 14-15 November 2013.
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Peeters Publishers A Reference Grammar of Old Nubian
Book SynopsisThis reference grammar provides a novel and detailed overview of Old Nubian, an extinct Nilo-Saharan language written in the Nubian kingdom of Makuria between the 8th and 15th centuries CE. Including more than 700 glossed examples sourced from manuscripts and inscriptions covering the entire written record, this standard work treats Old Nubian syntax, topic/focus constructions, subordination and coordination, verbal morphology including person, aspect, tense, pluractionality, affirmation, and negation, nominal morphology, derivation, and phonology. The grammar is aimed both at scholars working in the fields of Nubiology, Egyptology, and Near Eastern Studies curious to gain a better understanding of one of the lesser studied languages from the medieval period, and linguists interested in one of the few historical languages of which written records have survived on the African continent.
£138.00
Peeters Publishers Ethiopic Paradigms: A Summary of Classical
Book SynopsisEthiopic Paradigms provides a systematic presentation of the morphology of the Classical Ethiopic language (also known as Ge'ez). Ethiopic is a crucial language for those interested in the history of Christianity and of Judaism, in Africa and the broader Near East during Late Antiquity up through the Medieval period, as well as in Semitic languages and linguistics. Ethiopic preserves a large corpus of texts, including especially Christian literature of various genres, such as chronicles, hagiography, homilies, liturgy, philosophy, poetry, and theology. In addition, several significant texts stemming from Second Temple Judaism, in particular the books of Enoch and Jubilees, are preserved in Ethiopic. This pedagogical aide is a useful resource for students who are just starting to learn Ethiopic as well as for more advanced students who need to review a form or paradigm. Among its distinguishing characteristics, Ethiopic Paradigms is unique in presenting the morphology of Ethiopic both in transcription and in script.
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Peeters Grammaire Du Minyanka Parler de Penesso
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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Grammatical Variation in Neo-Assyrian
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£69.56
The Chinese University Press Cantonese Colloquial Expressions
Book SynopsisThis book of Cantonese idioms is a pragmatic reference guide to everyday Cantonese conversation in Hong Kong. It will help learners understand speakers' intended meanings, since people do not always use the literal meaning of words or phrases in communication with others. Instead people often use metaphors and figurative language to express themselves. It is important to note that the metaphorical use of language is pervasive in all aspects of human discourse, including casual conversation as well as poetry. It provides coverage of over 1,800 entries of the most commonly-used Cantonese colloquial expressions. Entries are clearly grouped under ten different categories, with an index for ease of reference. The user-friendly Yale Romanization system is adopted, with a brief pronunciation guide.
£20.21
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Egyptian, Semitic and General Grammar
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Edizioni Terra Santa Il Vangelo Di Matteo: Analisi Sintattica
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Edizioni Terra Santa Corso Di Greco Biblico: Fonetica, Morfologia E Note Di Sintassi
£46.55
Edizioni Terra Santa Il Vangelo Di Marco: Analisi Sintattica
£66.50
