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Brill A Grammar of Piedmontese: A Minority Language of
Book SynopsisCerea, madamin, andoma bin? Less than a century ago, this was one of the most frequent greetings heard in Piedmont, a region in northwest Italy. Today, however, Piedmontese is severely endangered. This volume presents the first widely accessible and comprehensive grammatical description of the contemporary koine, covering its phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics and typology, and drawing examples from both oral and written sources. Data on the history of the language and the local dialects and notes on revitalization efforts are also included.Table of ContentsConventions, Glosses and Symbols Maps of Place Names in Piedmont Mentioned in the Grammar List of Maps, Tables and Figures 1 The Language and Its History, Classification and Variation 1.1 Overview: Language and Speakers 1.2 Disentangling Classification and Ideology 1.3 The Dialects of Piedmontese: Features and Classification 1.4 The Internal Classification of the Piedmontese Varieties 1.5 Social Varieties in Old Piedmontese 1.6 The Speech of the Piedmontese Jews, Sinti and Waldensians 1.7 A Short Linguistic History of Piedmont 1.8 An Outline of the Piedmontese Literature 2 Phonetics and Phonology 2.1 Default Articulation of Phonemes 2.2 Loan Phonemes, Borrowing and Adaptation 2.3 Previous Accounts of the Phonology of Piedmontese 2.4 Phonetic Processes 2.5 Positional Restrictions on the Occurrence of Phonemes 2.6 Syllables 2.7 Clusters 2.8 Length 2.9 Stress 2.10 Pitch and Intonation 3 Writing System and Orthography 3.1 Overview 3.2 History 3.3 Evaluation 4 Words, Word Constituents and Word Classes 4.1 Roots, Stems, Words, Affixes and Clitics 4.2 Morphological Mechanisms 4.3 Suppletion 4.4 Syncretism 4.5 Word Classes 5 Nouns 5.1 Overview 5.2 Gender 5.3 Number 5.4 Derivational Morphology of Nouns 6 Adjectives 6.1 Overview 6.2 Semantics of Adjectives 6.3 Morphology of Adjectives 6.4 Comparative Constructions 6.5 Adjectives as Nouns 6.6 Derivational Morphology of Adjectives 7 Personal Pronouns 7.1 Overview 7.2 Independent Personal Pronouns 7.3 Subject Personal Pronouns 7.4 Non-subject Personal Pronouns: Object and Indirect Object 7.5 Interrogative Subject Clitics 7.6 Reflexive, Reciprocal and Impersonal Personal Pronouns 7.7 Attributive Pronoun 7.8 Lexicalized Verb-Clitic Constructions 7.9 Post-Tonic Vowel Dropping 7.10 Sequences of Clitics 8 Grounding and Deixis 8.1 Overview 8.2 Determiners and Classifiers 8.3 Deixis 8.4 Possessives 9 Quantifiers 9.1 Numerals 9.2 Generic Quantifiers 9.3 Negative Quantifiers 9.4 Interrogative Quantifiers 9.5 Quantificational Quantifiers 10 Verbs 10.1 Semantic Overview 10.2 Morphological Overview 10.3 Affixes, Allomorphy and Syncretism 10.4 Historical and Comparative Notes 10.5 Moods and Tenses 10.6 Use of the Auxiliaries 10.7 Verbal Derivation 11 Verbal Periphrases and Modalities 11.1 Valency-Increasing Operation, 1: Causative 11.2 Valency-Increasing Operation, 2: Permissive 11.3 Valency-Increasing Operation, 3: Middle 11.4 Modal Verbs 11.5 Progressive and Continuous 11.6 Imminential 11.7 Inchoative 11.8 Durative 11.9 Terminative 11.10 Immediative 11.11 Iterative 12 Adverbs 12.1 Overview 12.2 Predicate Adverbs 12.3 Degree Adverbs and Focalizers 12.4 Sentence Adverbs 12.5 Linking Adverbs 12.6 Adverb Formation Rules and Productivity 13 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 13.1 The Expression of Location and Movement 13.2 Basic Prepositions 13.3 Non-basic Prepositions 13.4 Prepositional Use of Adverbs 13.5 Attributive Phrases and Binominal Constructions 14 Phrases 14.1 The Structure of the Noun Phrase 14.2 Grounding and Ordering of Phrases 14.3 Adjectival Phrases 14.4 Temporal Phrases and Telling the Time 15 Clauses 15.1 Non-verbal Predication 15.2 Declarative Clauses 15.3 Introducing the Ubiquitous che 15.4 “Bare” che in Non-verbal Predication 15.5 Relative Clauses 15.6 Imperative Clauses 15.7 Exhortative Clauses 15.8 Mirative and Exclamative Clauses 15.9 Questions 15.10 The Expression of Atmospheric Events 16 Linkage 16.1 Coordination 16.2 Subordination 17 Negation 17.1 Overview 17.2 Sentence Negators 17.3 Negation with Scope over Smaller Units 17.4 Other Negative Items 17.5 Negative Concord 17.6 Holophrastic Negation 18 Pragmatics and Discourse 18.1 Information Structure and Sentence Word Order 18.2 Hanging Topics and Clefts 18.3 Discourse Markers 19 Piedmontese in a Typological Perspective 19.1 Genealogy and Overview 19.2 Phonology 19.3 Morphosyntax 19.4 Lexical Typology 19.5 Piedmontese, Standard Average European, and Other Romance Languages 20 Use, Contact and Care: Codeswitching, Endangerment, Enrichment and Standardization 20.1 Language Ideology through Language Use 20.2 The Long Road toward Resurgence 20.3 Envoi Appendix: Text References Index
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Brill Endangered Compound Prosody in Kansai Japanese: Implications for the Syntax-Prosody Interface
Book SynopsisThis book examines the diverse prosody of compound nouns in Kansai Japanese, with a special focus on a class of compounds with particularly variable prosody, whose unique prosody is potentially endangered due to their structure and influence from Tokyo Japanese. These compounds serve as important evidence for recursion in prosodic structure in theories of the syntax-prosody interface, as they simultaneously resemble not only other compound words but also non-compound phrases, making them valuable test cases for compound prosodic structure. This book discusses potential reasons for these compounds' prosodic variabilty and what may condition their unique prosody, based on results from novel fieldwork. A unified account of compound prosody in Kansai and three other Japanese dialects is also presented.Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Overview of the Book 1.3 Background on Japanese Phonology 1.4 The Syntax-Prosody Interface and Match Theory 1.5 Compounds 2 Accent 2.1 Pitch Accent or Tone? 2.2 Accent and Tone Bearing Units 2.3 Characteristics of the Accentual Systems of Tokyo, Kansai, Kagoshima, and Nagasaki Japanese in Simplex Words 2.4 Introduction to Japanese Compounds 2.5 Overview of Tokyo, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, and Kansai Japanese Compound Words 3 The Syntax-Prosody of Japanese Compounds 3.1 The Syntax of Japanese Compounds 3.2 The Syntactic Structure of Japanese Compounds 3.3 Prosodic Structures and Prosodic Categories 3.4 Non-right-headed Compounds 4 Kansai Japanese Compound Accentuation 4.1 Register Inheritance and Accent Loss – Overview and Analysis 4.2 Word Compounds and the Necessity of Junctural Alignment 4.3 Symmetrical Phrasal Compounds 4.4 A Deeper Look at the Word-Phrase Compound 4.5 Implications for a Theory of the Syntax-Prosody Interface 5 Where Do Word-Phrase Compounds Come From? 5.1 The N2 Length Problem and the No Unique Word-Phrase Parse Problem 5.2 Discovering Additional Conditioning Factors on the Word-Phrase Parse 5.3 Novel Fieldwork on the Word-Phrase Parse 6 Conclusion Appendix 1: List of Constraints Appendix 2: Full Candidate Sets Appendix 3: List of Nakai Compounds Bibliography Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects Index of Constraints and Constraint Families Index of Language Names
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Brill Clause Linkage in the Languages of the Ob-Yenisei
Book SynopsisThe nine contributions collected in this volume deal with clause linkage, focussing on asyndetic constructions that have been little researched in the area of the Ob-Yenisei region. The approaches are in-depth studies of particular languages and mostly based on original data collected in recent fieldworks or from corpora. Differences can be observed, among other things, in a more verbal or nominal use of converbs which take an important role in clause linkage strategies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Maps, Figures and Tables Abbreviations Introduction Anja Behnke and Beáta Wagner-Nagy 1 Enets Andrey Y. Shluinsky and Beáta Wagner-Nagy 2 Tundra Nenets Nikolett Mus 3 Evenki Chris Lasse Däbritz 4 Ket Andrey Nefedov 5 Eastern Khanty Andrey Filchenko 6 Mansi Bernadett Bíró 7 Selkup Anja Behnke and Josefina Budzisch 8 Chulym Turkic Chris Lasse Däbritz and Birsel Karakoç 9 Kamas Alexandre Arkhipov and Beáta Wagner-Nagy Index
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Brill Relations anaphoriques et (in)cohérence
Book SynopsisL'anaphore est à la mode : il suffit de considérer le nombre d'études qu'on publie les derniers temps sur le sujet pour s'en convaincre. Par rapport à ce flot de publications, les études réunies dans ce recueil ont pour particularité de s'intéresser au rapport qu'entretient l'anaphore non pas avec la cohérence, mais avec l'incohérence. La première série d'études s'intéresse au pronom il lorsque celui-ci est employé pour désigner des référents en transformation (les référents évolutifs) ou pour marquer l'hétérogénéité discursive et les changements d'univers de croyance associés, et pose le problème de la notion de focalisation. La deuxième série concerne l'emploi anaphorique des syntagmes nominaux définis, dont le statut anaphorique même est remis en question. Leur interprétation est en effet plutôt indirecte, puisqu'elle exige la récupération d'un cadre. L'accessibilité de celui-ci dépend de facteurs cognitifs et argumentatifs. Les syntagmes sans nom et les syntagmes nominaux démonstratifs posent des problèmes particuliers à cet égard. La dernière série d'analyses porte sur les mécanismes anaphoriques qui sous-tendent les indéfinis (pronoms et adjectifs) même, autre, et tel, qui ont chacun leur fonctionnement anaphorique propre et qui imposent chacun des contraintes spécifiques sur les inférences nécessaires pour récupérer le contexte qui permet de les interpréter. Ce qui pose la question de la définition même de l'anaphore. Faut-il élargir la notion et considérer comme anaphoriques des phénomènes comme le redoublement clitique en bulgare? Ou faut-il au contraire la restreindre et distinguer l'anaphore d'autres types de relations (en l'occurrence la relativisation ou les rapports corrélatifs)? En dernière analyse, une réponse à ses questions engage la notion de cohérence. This volume is a collection of studies on pronominal and nominal anaphoric expressions. The central question of the volume is how anaphoric expressions contribute to the creation of textual coherence or, even, incoherence. It covers a range of French expressions, from pronomina as such to adjectives such as tel and même as well as nominal expressions. Specific types of anaphora studied include associative and evolutive anaphora, as well as the more formal semantic representation of anaphora. The volume thus finally poses the more general problem of the definition of anaphora as such and its relation with coherence more in particular.Trade Review”…einen sehr guten Überblick über die aktuelle französischsprachige Forschung zum Problem der Anapher.” in: Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur CX/3, 2000Table of ContentsWalter DE MULDER, Liliane TASMOWSKI-DE RYCK et Carl VETTERS: Introduction: relations anaphoriques et (in)cohérence. Georges KLEIBER: Anaphore nominale et référents évolutifs ou Comment faire recette avec un pronom. Marie-José REICHLER BÉGUELIN: Anaphores pronominales en contexte d'hétérogénéité énonciative: effets d'(in)cohérence. Henning NØLKE: Anaphoricité et focalisation: Le cas du pronom personnel disjoint. Bertrand GAIFFE, Anne REBOUL et Laurent ROMARY: Les SN définis: anaphore, anaphore associative et cohérence. Catherine SCHNEDECKER: A quelles conditions l'anaphore associative peut-elle être transitive? Quelques suggestions. Lita LUNDQUIST et Robert J. JARVELLA: Anaphores et échelles. Comment les inférences scalaires contribuent à la désambiguïsation référentielle. Jean-Marie MARANDIN: Une autre perspective sur la dépendance contextuelle des GN sans nom du français. Denis APOTHÉLOZ, Catherine CHANET et Marleen VAN PETEGHEM: Défini et démonstratif dans les nominalisations. Mécanismes anaphoriques sous-jacents aux indéfinis autre et même. Maria MANOLIU-MANEA: La pragma-sémantique de l'identité. Martin RIEGEL: Tel adjectif anaphorique: variable de caractérisation et opérateur d'abstraction. André ROUSSEAU: L'anaphorique en indo-européen: Faits, réflexions et hypothèses. Zlatka GUENTCHÉVA: Le phénomène de redoublement clitique est-il expression d'anaphore? Francis CORBLIN: L'anaphore en subordiantion modale. Anne REBOUL: (In)cohérence et anaphore: mythes et réalité.
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Brill Anaphores pronominales et nominales: Etudes pragma-sémantiques
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a series of studies which analyze the anaphoric relationship in French from a non-traditional angle. Concentrating on indirect anaphora and bridging phenomena rather than on “classical” anaphoric expressions whose referent does not change, they analyze the anaphoric use of expressions such as I'un / l’autre, le premier / le second and le même rather than the well-known pronouns and noun phrases. Furthermore, they look at the anaphorical functioning of expressions such as en or ça in order to get a better grasp of their nature and use rather than having it the other way around. In doing so, these studies exemplify some of the new approaches which are adopted in current research on anaphora and .for this reason they will appeal to all those who are interested in the semantic structure of the anaphoric and referential expressions and in the different ways in which these expressions are used to construct coherent texts and discourses, in combination with pragmatic and cognitive mechanisms and strategies. Les études réunies dans ce volume présentent des approches de la relation anaphorique en français qui s’écartent toutes dans une certaine mesure des recherches traditionnelles”. Elles s’intéressent ainsi aux anaphores indirectes ou non fidèles, plutôt qu’aux anaphores fidèles, analysent le fonctionnement anaphorique d’expressions comme l’un / l’autre, le premier / le second et le même, plutôt que des pronoms et syntagmes nominaux, ou exploitent le comportement anaphorique d’expressions comme en et ça pour mieux comprendre leur nature et leur emploi, plutôt que l’inverse. Elles reflètent ainsi les nouveaux chemins que tente d’emprunter la recherche actuelle sur les anaphores et pourront de ce fait intéresser tous ceux qui s’occupent de l’analyse de la structure sémantique des expressions anaphoriques et référentielles, et qui étudient la façon dont celles-ci participent, en combinaison avec des mécanismes pragmatiques et cognitifs, à la construction de textes et de discours.Table of ContentsWalter DE MULDER: Anaphores pronominales et nominales. Co VET: Etudes pragma-sémantiques. Carl VETTERS: Introduction. Francis CORNISH: L’anaphore pronominale indirecte: une question de focus. Georges KLEIBER: Anaphore associative, lexique et référence ou Un automobiliste peut-il rouler en anaphore associative? Anne THEISSEN: La concurrence entre un SN défini fidèle et un SN défini totalement fidèle ou Comment expliquer le maintien ou non de l’adjectif dans un SN défini anaphore basique? Catherine SCHNEDECKER: Couples anaphoriques et cohésion discursive: quand l’un / l’autre font bande à part. Francis CORBLIN/Marie-Christine LABORDE: Anaphore nominale et référence mentionnelle : le premier, le second, l’un et l’autre. Marleen VAN PETEGHEM: Autre et même sans nom : anaphore nominale ou pronominale. Léonie BOSVELD-DE SMET: Les syntagmes nominaux en des et du , et les anaphores par en et ça.
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Brill La oración y sus constituyentes: Estudios de sintaxis generativa
Trade Review”…this edition […] highlights a number of facts about Spanish that are worthy of note and illustrates how these are dealt with within the generative framework. As such it is a worthy addition to the literature and can be recommended for library purchases.” in: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Vol. 81, No. 2, April 2004Table of ContentsESTUDIOS: La oración y sus constituyentes. Estudios de sintaxis generative. Reineke BOK-BENNEMA : Introducción. Reineke BOK-BENNEMA: La gramática generativa: de la teoría standard al programa minimista. Ellen-Petra KESTER: ¡Lo complicadas que son estas construcciones! Riet VOS: Las construcciones de cuantificador nominal en holandés y español. Sergio BAAUW: La adquisición de la correferencia pronominal en español. Jan SCHROTEN: Sobre la ausencia de determinante y su interpretación. Itziar LAKA: Gramática generativa y lengua vasca : estudios sobre ergatividad. ANÁLISIS. Dagmar VANDEBOSCH: El 1 de mayo de un liberal católico : análisis discursivo de un texto del joven doctor Marañón.
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Brill Adverbial Modification: Selected papers from the Fifth Colloquium on Romance Linguistics, Groningen, 10-12 September 1998
Book SynopsisThis volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Cinquième Colloque de Linguistique Romane/Fifth Colloquium on Romance Linguistics, which was held at Groningen University in September 1998. The theme of the colloquium was ‘adverbial modification in Romance languages'. Therefore, adverbial modification is the common denominator of the works in this volume. However, and interestingly enough, the viewpoints taken by the Various authors differ considerably: some of the works deal with traditional adverbs (Ocampo, Kampers-Manhe, Bok-Bennema, Molendijk), others with elements such as mood (de Jonge, Quer) or negation (de Swart). Degree modification is discussed by Cover and Doetjes. Modifying clauses are the topic of Le Draoulec's article and modifying nominals play a central role in Schroten's contribution. A special type of modification is the pragmatic one, which is represented by Montolio's article. Also, various theoretical approaches are represented in this volume, such as the generative approach (e.g. Kampers-Manhe, Bok-Bennema), formal semantics (Molendijk, De Swart) and functional-cognitive linguistics (Ocampo, De Jonge), among other ones. Moreover, the languages dealt with are Catalan, French, Rumanian and Spanish. Thus, this volume offers a wide perspective on adverbial modification in Romance languages both from a theoretical point of view as from the point of view of the different languages involved.
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Brill English mediopassive constructions: A cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction. On a more abstract level, it combines the corpus-based description of mediopassive constructions with cognitive linguistic models, drawing largely on notions such as ‘prototype’, ‘family resemblances’, ‘patch’ and ‘construction’. The theoretical modelling is largely based on data from real texts. These come from publicly available machine-readable corpora, text-databases and a single-register ‘corpus’ (American mail-order catalogues). The study combines the corpus-based approach with cognitive theories and is therefore of interest to both empirical and theoretical linguists.Trade Review”As for the productiveness of the mediopassive construction, the author shows impressively how this phenomenon has increased over the last century in the catalogues. That is, the mediopassive construction is very productive in modern advertising, where inherent properties of the goods are explained. In all, the book is a diligent study which offers many new insights and a wealth of examples which demonstrate the gradient character of grammatical categories. Hundt shows that, even at our advanced stage of computerization, semantic and pragmatic studies in corpus linguistics still need an attentive linguist at the (wo)man-machine interface” in: ICAME Journal 32, April 2008Table of ContentsList of tables and figures Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Defining the object of study Chapter 3: Previous studies Chapter 4: Theoretical background Chapter 5: The mediopassive in Present Day English Chapter 6: The history of mediopassives Chapter 7: Conclusion References Appendix 1: Primary material Appendix 2: Sample pages of Sears & Roebucks catalogues Appendix 3: Additional tables and figures Index
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Brill Building a bridge between linguistic communities of the Old and the New World: Current research in tense, aspect, mood and modality
Book SynopsisThe present volume is a collection of fourteen original papers selected from those presented at the first US installment of Chronos: International Conference on Tense, Aspect, Mood and Modality, which took place at the University of Texas at Austin in October, 2008. The volume serves as an excellent forum for international scholars working on expressions of on tense, aspect, mood and modality. It contains papers dealing with a diverse variety of languages ranging from well studied languages like English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Japanese, to less known ones like Basque, Chamorro, Iquito, Australian English and Singlish. The originality and relevance of the individual contributions is highlighted by the broadness of the theoretical approaches they employ and the novel empirical data they examine. All the studies go beyond exploring issues strictly related to tense, aspect, mood and modality; rather, they cut across all main linguistics subfields, such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language acquisition and language evolution, thus attesting to how research on tense, aspect, mood and modality is vital to the better understanding of human language in general. This diverse nature of the volume will certainly appeal to broad audience.Table of ContentsChiyo Nishida and Cinzia Russi: Introduction Asier Alcázar and Mario Saltarelli: Why imperative sentences cannot be embedded Cécile Barbet and Louis de Saussure: Sporadic aspect as a pragmatic enrichment of dynamic root modality Pier Marco Bertinetto: Tense-aspect acquisition meets typology Patrick Caudal and Marie-Ève Ritz: Discourse structure and the perfective evolution of the Australian Present Perfect: Some new hypotheses Pilar Chamorro: Future time reference and irrealis modality in Chamorro: A study of preverbal para Justin Kelly: The syntax and semantics of infinitival yet constructions Yusuke Kubota, Jungmee Lee, Anastasia Smirnova and Judith Tonhauser: Cross-linguistic variation in temporal adjunct clauses Brenda Laca: On modal tenses and tensed modals I-wen Lai: The realis and irrealis distinction in the Iquito language Hiroki Nomoto and Nala Huiying Lee: Realis, factuality and derived-level statives: Perspectives from the analysis of Singlish got Katia Paykin and Fayssal Tayalati: Behavior adjectives: Dynamic, agentive and unergative Alain Rihs: A defence of the overlap criterion for distinguishing between the French gerund and present participle Cinzia Russi: Locating Italian volere ‘to want’ and volerci ‘to be needed, to be required’ in the Verb-to-TAM chain Karen Zagona: Ser and estar: Phrase structure and aspect
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Taylor & Francis Prosodic Syntax in Chinese
Book SynopsisIn this two-volume set Prosodic Syntax in Chinese, the author develops a new model which proposes that the interaction between syntax and prosody is bi-directional and that prosody can not only constrains syntactic structures, but also activates syntactic operations. All of the facts investigated in Chinese provide new perspectives for linguistic theories as well as the insights into the nature of human languages. The subtitles of the two volumes are Theory and Facts and History and Change respectively, with each focusing on different topics (though each volume has both theoretical and (historical) descriptive concerns).
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Advanced Persian Course
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Advanced Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast 3 aims to help students of higher-level proficiency continue elevating their proficiency level to achieve near-native level. Key features include: Authentic texts on a variety of topics related to Iranâs history, geography, arts, literature, culture, religions, society, and people. Each lesson includes a prominent poet and their most representative poem familiarizing students with the Persian literary canon, while indirectly learning the higher order registers used in the language of poetry. Lessons end with a Persian proverb and the story behind it, so that students will not only master the language but also the culture of the language and reach a near-native level of linguistic and cultural proficiency. The proverbs and some of the classical poetry are written in the calligraphy form to make students get used to reading handwritten texts resembling calligraphy. Audio files are provided so that learners who are studying on their own can have access to correct pronunciations. This textbook continues the series from The Routledge Intermediate Course in Persian and is ideal for Advanced or B2-C1 level students of Persian.Table of ContentsLesson 1: Text: Football Poet: Nima Yushij | Lesson 2: Text: Darius the Great Poet: Forugh Farrokhzad | Lesson 3: Text: Marriage in Tribal Societies Poet: Fereydoon Moshiri | Lesson 4: Text: Marlik Hill Poet: Sohrab Sepehri | Lesson 5: Text: Tehran Poet: Simin Behbahani | Lesson 6: Text: Shirin and Farhad Poet: Nader Naderpour | Lesson 7: Text: Roads and Road Building Poet: Ahmad Shamlu | Lesson 8: Text: The Railroad Poet: Shahriar | Lesson 9: Text: Famines of Iran Poet: Rudaki | Lesson 10: Text: Natural Heritage of Iran Poet: Ferdowsi | Lesson 11: Text: The Bazaar Poet: Khayyam | Lesson 12: Text: Nakhl Gardani Poet: Attar | Lesson 13: Text: Encyclopedia Writing in Modern Iran Poet: Nezami Ganjavi | Lesson 14: Text: Seamanship in Ancient Iran Poet: Sa‘di | Lesson 15: Text: The Persian Gulf and the New Life of Islam Poet: Rumi | Lesson 16: Text: The History of Iranian Cinema Poet: Hafez | Lesson 17: Text: The Zoroastrians of Iran Poet: ‘Ubeid Zakani | Lesson 18: Text: Ferdowsi’s Book of Kings Poet: Sana’i | Lesson 19: Text: Iranians’ Clothing Poet: Jami | Lesson 20: Text: Symbolism in Persepolis Poet: Hatef Esfahani | Lesson 21: Text: Nouruz Poet: Amir Khosrow Dehlavi | Lesson 22: Text: Iran’s Ancient History Poet: Iraj Mirza | Lesson 23: Text: The Iranian Calendar and the History of Iran’s Ancient Festivals Poet: Feiz Kashani
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Uber Das Conjugatn Sanskrit V1
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume IV
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 5: Intonation Curves [1909] Part 6: Chindau Language [1911] Part 7: A Cantonese Phonetic Reader, with Kwing Tong Woo [1912] Part 8: A Sechuana Reader, with H. S. Perera [1916] Part 9: A Colloquial Sinhalese Reader [1919]
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume V
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 10: The Pronunciation of Russian, with M. V. Trofimov [1923]
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume VI
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 11: Colloquial French, with E. M. Stephan [1927] Part 12: Lectures on French Part 13: Lectures on Italian Part 14: Lectures on Spanish
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume VII
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 15: Transcripts of Articles (in Phonetic Transcription) in Le Maitr Phonetique Plus a Selection of Articles in Other Journals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sentence Structure Language Workbooks
Book SynopsisSentence Structure:introduces the evidence for sentence structure and reveals its purposeis based on a problem-solving approach to languageteaches the reader how to identify word classes, such as noun, preposition and demonstrativeuses simple tree structures to analyse sentencescontains numerous exercises to encourage practical skills of sentence analysisincludes a database and exercises that compare the structure of English with other languages.The second edition of Sentence Structure has been revised and updated throughout and includes new material on tense, aspect, modality and the verb phrase, whilst the order of topics has been rearranged to improve clarity. Table of ContentsUsing This Book. Acknowledgements. Dedication. Abbreviations. 1. Phrases 2. Word Class and Phrase Class: The noun phrase 3. More Classes of Phrase: Adjective phrase, adverb phrase and preposition phrase 4. The Verb, the Verb Phrase and the Auxiliaries 5. The Simple Sentence and its Tree Structure 6. Noun Phrases 7. Root Sentence and Subordinate Clauses 8. Meaning and Form. Further Reading. Projects. Sentences From Other Languages. The Main Word Classes Found in English. Suggested Answers to Selected Exercises. Index.
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Edinburgh University Press Language and Computers
Book SynopsisThis book is a first-stop introduction to corpus-based language research. It takes the reader systematically through the practical problems and benefits including the points to be reviewed before using computers, obtaining corpus material, the main analytical tools and the most important applications of computerised natural language processing. Each chapter offers guidance on programming where appropriate at a level suitable for readers with no prior experience, and provides exercises to help the reader to apply the principles covered. Case studies are used to show how the techniques are used in genuine research situations.Trade ReviewWell illustrated ...The book contains much good practical advice for students. -- Chris Butler, University College of Ripon and York St John A useful and very accessible introduction to the use of nonlinguistic computational techniques in corpus analysis. -- Frank Van Eynde Well illustrated ...The book contains much good practical advice for students. A useful and very accessible introduction to the use of nonlinguistic computational techniques in corpus analysis.Table of ContentsWhy use a computer?; first capture your data; examining the catch - the use of frequency lists; studying the environment - using concordances; the sociology of words - collocation analysis; putting them in their place - tagging, parsing and so on; the leading edge - applications of Natural Language Processing; case studies. Appendices: Programming languages for language programming; Awk - a very brief introduction; detailed programming examples.
£29.45
Edinburgh University Press Introducing Linguistic Morphology
Book SynopsisAn expanded and updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to linguistic morphology. The text guides the reader from the very first principles of the internal structure of words through to advanced issues of current controversy.Trade ReviewThis revision of Laurie Bauer's popular textbook is most welcome. Like the first edition it's clear, reliable and interesting, but it's been updated to take account of the new interest in morphology. New chapters provide an excellent way into recent work informed by non-linear phonology, by diachronic typology and - most interesting of all - by psycholinguistics. Anyone who wants a quick explanation of grammaticalisation, autosegmental morphology or the dual-route theory need look no further. The book also gains from the new exercises and three appendices (including a glossary). An excellent book for the student who really wants to understand. -- Dick Hudson, Professor of Linguistics, University College London In the second edition of this well-known textbook, Laurie Bauer provides a thorough introduction to such basic notions as segmentability, the nature of the word-form, inflection vs. derivation and productivity of patterns and processes, carefully discussing controversial issues in each case, using examples that students may well encounter early when they confront the more technical literature. In this area, there is arguably no single dominant theoretical approach, so he is at pains to present both lexicalist and word-and-paradigm morphology, to contrast them, and to show that natural morphology, an approach with rather different goals, is broadly compatible with both. New chapters and sections of others deal with new proposals arising from the problematic status of the morpheme, with non-linear morphology (an approach developed more fully since the first edition), with the historical status of morphology in grammar, and with the relations between the constructs of theoretical morphology and psycholinguistic processes. All these are clearly introduced and the reasons for controversy spelt out. The result is an accessible handy and reliable comprehensive guide to the basics. There are useful suggestions for further reading, and appendices containing quite challenging questions for reflection and a recapitulation with worked examples of some of the key concepts. -- Richard Coates, Professor of Linguistics, University of Sussex This revision of Laurie Bauer's popular textbook is most welcome. Like the first edition it's clear, reliable and interesting, but it's been updated to take account of the new interest in morphology. New chapters provide an excellent way into recent work informed by non-linear phonology, by diachronic typology and - most interesting of all - by psycholinguistics. Anyone who wants a quick explanation of grammaticalisation, autosegmental morphology or the dual-route theory need look no further. The book also gains from the new exercises and three appendices (including a glossary). An excellent book for the student who really wants to understand. In the second edition of this well-known textbook, Laurie Bauer provides a thorough introduction to such basic notions as segmentability, the nature of the word-form, inflection vs. derivation and productivity of patterns and processes, carefully discussing controversial issues in each case, using examples that students may well encounter early when they confront the more technical literature. In this area, there is arguably no single dominant theoretical approach, so he is at pains to present both lexicalist and word-and-paradigm morphology, to contrast them, and to show that natural morphology, an approach with rather different goals, is broadly compatible with both. New chapters and sections of others deal with new proposals arising from the problematic status of the morpheme, with non-linear morphology (an approach developed more fully since the first edition), with the historical status of morphology in grammar, and with the relations between the constructs of theoretical morphology and psycholinguistic processes. All these are clearly introduced and the reasons for controversy spelt out. The result is an accessible handy and reliable comprehensive guide to the basics. There are useful suggestions for further reading, and appendices containing quite challenging questions for reflection and a recapitulation with worked examples of some of the key concepts.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press New Zealand English
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its entire history. It shares some features with other Southern Hemisphere varieties of English such as Australian English and South African English, but is also clearly distinct from these. For the past two decades extensive research has focused on the evolution and ongoing development of the variety. New Zealand English presents the results of this research in an accessible way.Table of Contents1. Geography, demography and cultural factors 2. Phonetics and phonology 3. Morphosyntax 4. New Zealand vocabulary and discourse features 5. The origins of New Zealand English 6. Variation within New Zealand English 7. Selected bibliography of works on New Zealand English 8. Sample texts.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Newfoundland and Labrador English
Book SynopsisThis book is the first full-length volume to offer a comprehensive introduction to the English spoken in Britain''s oldest overseas colony, and, since 1949, Canada''s youngest province. Within North America, Newfoundland and Labrador English is a highly distinctive speech variety. It is known for its generally conservative nature, having retained close ties with its primary linguistic roots, the traditional speech of southwestern England and southern Ireland. It is also characterised by a high degree of regional and social variation. Over the past half century, the region has experienced substantial social, economic and cultural change. This is reflected linguistically, as younger generations of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians increasingly align themselves with ''mainland'' North American norms.Trade ReviewIn summary, this book is a paramount example of its genre. Above all, it is testimony to Clarke's trademark attention to detail. In this volume she has carefully weighed a tremendous amount of material and has presented it with clarity and concision. Clarke is the expert on the sociolinguistics of English in Newfoundland and Labrador; this fact resonates on every page of the volume. -- Alexandra D'Arcy, University of Victoria English Worldwide In summary, this book is a paramount example of its genre. Above all, it is testimony to Clarke's trademark attention to detail. In this volume she has carefully weighed a tremendous amount of material and has presented it with clarity and concision. Clarke is the expert on the sociolinguistics of English in Newfoundland and Labrador; this fact resonates on every page of the volume.Table of Contents1. Geography, demography and cultural factors; 2. Phonetics and phonology; 3. Morphosyntax; 4. Lexis and discourse features; 5. History, including changes in progress; 6. Survey of previous work and annotated bibliography; 7. Sample texts.
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Edinburgh University Press A Historical Syntax of English
Book SynopsisAimed at advanced students, this book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English. It discusses internal factors such as the loss of morphology and pressure from analogy. It also covers external factors such as the sociolinguistic impact of language and dialect contact.
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Edinburgh University Press Morphological Theory and the Morphology of
Book SynopsisA textbook introduction to morphological theory in the context of English. It offers graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in linguistics an accessible entry point to the primary literature in the field of morphology. It specifically focuses on generative theories of morphology.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Knowledge of Words; 2. Word-formation in the lexicon; 3. Inflectional morphology; 4. Argument-structure: nominalization; 5. Argument-structure: derived verbs; 6. Analogy, Storage and rules; Suggestions for further reading; Exercises.
£23.74
Edinburgh University Press Analogy and Morphological Change
Book SynopsisIs it dived or dove? Dwarfs or dwarves? If the best students aced the test, did the prettygood students beece it? This book is designed to help readers make sense of morphological change and, more generally, of the concept of analogy and its role in language and in human cognition.
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Edinburgh University Press Contemporary Morphological Theories
Book SynopsisIn spite of the central position that the concept word has among the basic units of language structure, there is no consensus as to the definition of this concept (or network of related concepts). Many perspectives are needed in order to gain even a schematic idea of what words are, how words may be composed, and what relationships there might be between words. Many linguists have put forward frameworks for describing the domain of morphology, each framework proceeding from its author''s assumptions, prioritizing distinct formal and functional dimensions, and therefore entering into de facto competition. This book addresses the needs of the language scholar/student who finds her/himself engaged in morphological analysis and theorizing. It offers a guide to existing approaches, revealing how they can either complement or compete with each other and ranks them on multiple continua.
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Contemporary Morphological Theories
Book SynopsisIn spite of the central position that the concept word has among the basic units of language structure, there is no consensus as to the definition of this concept (or network of related concepts). Many perspectives are needed in order to gain even a schematic idea of what words are, how words may be composed, and what relationships there might be between words. Many linguists have put forward frameworks for describing the domain of morphology, each framework proceeding from its author''s assumptions, prioritizing distinct formal and functional dimensions, and therefore entering into de facto competition. This book addresses the needs of the language scholar/student who finds her/himself engaged in morphological analysis and theorizing. It offers a guide to existing approaches, revealing how they can either complement or compete with each other and ranks them on multiple continua.Table of ContentsForeword; 1. Opening the Discussion; 2. Theory profiles; 3. Time for a test drive; 4. Broadening the Discussion; Bibliography.
£24.69
Edinburgh University Press A Critical Account of English Syntax
Book SynopsisTackling the role of syntactic constructions, this companion brings out the connections between syntactic structures and semantics/pragmatics and the function of clausal structures in written and spoken texts. This is a practical yet flexible reference that you can return to again and again, whether it be for learning, research or teaching.
£23.74
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Grammar Detective Solving the Mysteries of
Book SynopsisHelps to get a grip on English grammar by solving a series of short murder mysteries, each of them illustrated. This book includes exercises: word searches, crosswords and puzzles - to help introduce and reinforce grammatical skills and knowledge. It introduces aspects of grammar such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, clauses and phrases.Trade Review"If you have always been nervous about such things as subordinate clauses, patriciple phrases or non-restrictive appositives, worry no longer. These, and the other mysteries of English grammar, will fall into place as you work your way through The Grammar Detective and enjoy yourself at the same time." - Writing Magaziine, August 2008"The book is aimed at 'students and those whose knowledge of grammar is a little rusty', so it would be useful for university students developing their writing skills" "It would function well as a grammar reference and a source of exercises..." Max McMurdo, Writing in Education, Summer 2008'Grammar is fun with The Grammar Detective! You get mystery stories to solve by finding the answers to grammar questions, so you play with words as you learn the intricacies of English grammar. Learning grammar becomes a game rather than a hard slog." - Writer's Bookshelf, Writing Magazine, October 2008"The English language is a complex and complicated thing, almost like a mystery. The Grammar Detective: Solving the Mysteries of Basic Grammar is a way to teach students their grammar skills in a unique and creative way that will be sure to get them excited over learning and make them better writers in the future. Also viable for those who just need a reminder, The Grammar Detective is highly recommended to any educator who wants a little spin on the lesson plan." - Midwest Book Review; Internet Bookwatch, October 2008"This light-hearted approach, identifiying the reader as a detective, is highly imaginative and user friendly... what impressed me was the wealth of examples... This book is fun, entertaining and demystifies the complexities of grammar" Speaking English, Autumn 2008"The Grammar Detective: Solving the Mysteries of Basic Grammar offers up a series of short illustrated murder mysteries and exercises based on puzzles, from word searches to crosswords - to introduce and reinforce grammatical skills. From nouns to clauses and phrases, this covers punctuation and grammar and provides a fine method of either introducing English grammar or offering an easy refresher course for adults." -Midwest Book Review, (Library Bookwatch), December 2008Table of ContentsA Note to the Reader; Part One: Parts of Speech; Text 1: The Mystery in the Hall of Mirrors; Part Two: The Sentence; Text 2: The Mystery in the Ghost Tunnel; Part Three: Punctuation; Text 3: The Mystery at the Children's Carousel; Solutions to Mysteries; Usage; 1. Word Sense; 2. Homophones; 3. British and American Spelling; 4. Idioms; Glossary of Terms for Grammar; Glossary of Terms for Literary Criticism; Glossary of Terms for Reasoning; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Early Islamic Grammatical Tradition 36 The
Book SynopsisThe last decades have witnessed a major resurgence of interest in the Arabic grammatical tradition. Many of the issues on which previous scholarship focused - for example, foreign influences on the beginnings of grammatical activity, and the existence of grammatical schools - have been revisited, and new areas of research have been opened up, particularly in relation to terminology, the analytical methods of the grammarians, and the interrelatedness between grammar and other fields such as the study of the Qur''an, exegesis and logic. As a result, not only has the centrality of the Arabic grammatical tradition to Arab culture as a whole become an established fact, but also the fields of general and historical linguistics have finally come to realize the importance of Arabic grammar as one of the major linguistic traditions of the world. The sixteen studies included in this volume have been chosen to highlight the themes which occupy modern scholarship and the problems which face it; whTrade Review’All in all, this book is a very welcome addition to the tools available for acquainting oneself with the medieval Arab scholars' view of their language, and one for which sincere gratitude is owed to its editor.’ Journal of Islamic Studies ’Baalbaki provides a masterly account of the problems connected with the search for the origins of Arabic grammar and of the pitfalls of any dogmatic approach taken in this search.’ Historiographia Linguistica ’In keeping with the underlying philosophy of the series, the volume under review is a remarkable eye opener into the state of current episteme on Arabic grammar, and will indubitably serve as a reliable launching pad for further investigations...’ Asiatische StudienTable of ContentsContents: General editor's preface; Introduction.The Beginnings of Arabic Grammar: The origins of Arabic grammar, M.G. Carter; The logic of Ibn al-Muqaffa` and the origins of Arabic grammar, Gérard Troupeau; Grammar and exegesis: the origins of Kufan grammar and the Tafsir Muqatil, Kees Versteegh; On the Greek influence on Arabic grammar, Frithiof Rundgren; Schacht's theory in the light of recent discoveries concerning the origins of Arabic grammar, Rafael Talmon; Indian influence on early Arab phonetics - or coincidence?, Vivien Law. Analytical Methods of the Grammarians: Language and logic in classical Islam, Muhsin Mahdi; Aspects of debate and explanation among Arab grammarians, Georges Bohas; The relation between nahw and balaga: a comparative study of the methods of Sibawayhi and Gurgani, Ramzi Baalbaki; The fundamental principles of the Arab grammarians' theory of `amal, Aryeh Levin; The notion of `illa in Arabic linguistic thinking, Yasir Suleiman. Major Themes in Grammatical Study: The syntactic basis of Arabic word classification, Jonathan Owens; Speech consists entirely of noun, verb and particle:elaboration and discussion of the theory of parts of speech in the Arabic grammatical tradition, Jean-Patrick Guillaume; Noun, substantive and adjective according to Arab grammarians, Werner Diem; Subject and predicate in Arab grammatical tradition, Gideon Goldenberg; Relationships between linguistics and other sciences in Arabo-Islamic society, Pierre Larcher. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Grammarians and Grammatical Theory in the
Book SynopsisProfessor Baalbaki deals here with the Arabic grammatical tradition and the analytical methods of the medieval Arab grammarians. The essays included open new perspectives on the most authoritative work on Arabic grammar, Sibawayhi''s tome or Kitab, on the relation between grammatical study and other areas of linguistic enquiry such as Qur''anic readings and stylistics, and on the techniques which the grammarians employed to explain and rationalize usage and to incorporate within their system the vast body of dialectal material which the corpus comprises. The author has sought to highlight the central position which Arabic grammar enjoys within the wider Arab culture, and in so doing has examined several aspects of a legacy which has been revered over a millennium and which forms to this very day the backbone of the teaching of grammar in the Arab world.Trade Review'Given that the papers, selected for the Variorum, span nearly a quarter of a century from 1979 to 2001, their great coherence, both methodological and thematic, is striking, so too is their impressively high scholarly standard.... this Variorum volume represents a milestone in the study of both the history of Arabic grammar and one of the three branches of rhetoric, the science of the meanings. ...The author may justly be called one of the leading scholars in this field over the last quarter of a century, who excels by the precision of his methods and the value of his conclusions.' Journal of Islamic StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Sibawayhi’s Kitab: The book in the grammatical tradition: development in content and methods; Some aspects of harmony and hierarchy in Sibawayhi’s grammatical analysis; A possible early reference to Sibawayhi’s Kitab?; A contribution to the study of technical terms in early Arabic grammar: the term asl in Sibawayhi’s Kitab; Coalescence as a grammatical tool in Sibawayhi’s Kitab. Grammarians and Related Disciplines: The treatment of qira’at by the 2nd and 3rd century grammarians; The relation between nahw and balaga: a comparative study of the methods of Sibawayhi and Gurgani; A balagi approach to some grammatical shawahid; Early Arab lexicographers and the use of Semitic languages; Kitab al-’ayn and Jamharat al-luga. Grammatical Theory: Arab grammatical controversies and the extant sources of the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.H.; Tawahhum: an ambiguous concept in early Arabic grammar; 'I’rab and bina’ from linguistic reality to grammatical theory; Reclassification in Arabic grammatical theory; Expanding the ma’nawi ’awamil: Suhayli’s innovative approach to the theory of regimen; The occurrence of 'insa’ instead of habar: the gradual formulation of a grammatical issue; Bab al-fa’ [fa’ + subjunctive] in Arabic grammatical sources; Teaching Arabic at university level: problems of grammatical tradition; Index.
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Practical Guide to System Networks
Book SynopsisJ. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.Pin Wang is Associate Professor at the Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics of the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
£80.75
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Origins of Grammar
Trade Review"Martin Edwardes has written a knowledgeable and thoughtful book on the origins of grammar. I am happy to say that Edwardes' book complements my own book of the same title, taking a similar view on central issues such as the importance of meaning, of social interaction and a gradualist view of evolution. Valuably, Edwardes approaches the topic from an anthropological viewpoint, as his subtitle makes clear. Together, both books offer innovative and thorough coverage of the field. " -- James R. Hurford, Professor (Emeritus), University of Edinburgh, Scotland"Martin Edwardes has written a wonderfully clear book that sets out the central issues in linguistics that are pertinent to the evolution of grammar and brings them into contact with psychological and anthropological concerns. The style is accessible and will meet a broad audience but the thesis will set academics thinking, arguing and reaching for their pens." -- Tom Dickins, Reader in the School of Psychology, University of East London, UK ... a very useful primer on many issues in evolutionary anthropology for readers with little previous knowledge of the subfields... it is a valuable work. -- Journal of the Royal Astronomical Institute Issue 17:4Table of ContentsPart I: Making The Case \ 1. Why All the Fuss? \ 2. The Story So Far \ Part II: Looking at Grammar \ 3. The Heavy Hand of Generative Linguistics \ 4. Grammar Without Tiers \ 5. It's All in the Mind \ Part III: Looking at People \ 6. Being Human \ 7. The Weirdness of Self \ Part IV: A Speculation on Evolution \ 8. How Did We Come to Be Human? \ 9. How Did We Come to Use Language? \ Part V: Uncovering the Evidence \ 10. Animals: what nonhumans tell us about being human \ 11. Children: what human development tells us about being human \ 12. Temporality: what our understanding of time tells us about being human \ Part VI: Conclusions \ 13. What Are the Universals of Grammar \ 14. The Evolution of Grammar: what should we look for? \ Bibliography \ Index
£33.14
Edinburgh University Press Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
Book SynopsisDrawing on the resources created by the Institute of Historical Dialectology at the University of Edinburgh this volume illustrates how traditional methods of historical dialectology can benefit from new methods of data-collection to test out theoretical and empirical claims.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press A MultiLocus Analysis of Arabic Negation
Book SynopsisThis book studies the micro-variation in the syntax of negation of Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic. By including new and recently published data that support key issues for the syntax of negation, the book challenges the standard parametric view that negation has a fixed parametrized position in syntactic structure.
£20.89
