Grammar, syntax and morphology Books
Centre for the Study of Language & Information Constraint–Based Syntax and Semantics – Papers in
Book SynopsisThis volume is devoted to the syntax and semantics of various languages, studied with models based on constraints. Both French and international linguists present their work in tribute to Danièle Godard, emeritus research director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in France, a member of the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle at Université Paris Diderot, and a specialist in the syntax and semantics of French and Romance languages.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Complex Predicates in Modern Persian
Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with the issue of predication as the central theme of all linguistic theories.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Implicit Subject and Direct Object Arguments in Hungarian Language Use: Grammar and Pragmatics Interacting
Book SynopsisThis book studies how Hungarian verbs can occur with implicit subject and direct object arguments in a complex approach. On the basis of the critical evaluations of the previous literature on implicit arguments, analyses of a wide spectrum of data from various direct sources, and theoretical explanations, all of which were supported by systematic metatheoretical considerations, it concludes that in Hungarian, verbs do not vary as to whether they can be used with implicit arguments or not, but they vary as to the manner in which they can occur with such arguments. In other words, they vary in terms of the lexical and grammatical constraints which are placed on them, and in what contexts they can be used with lexically unrealised arguments. Although the cognitive principle of relevance guides the licensing and interpretation processes of implicit arguments, the variety of their occurrences does not rest solely on the presumption of relevance but on the different lexical, grammatical, and pragmatic properties of Hungarian and its use, as well as on their various interactions. So, it is only by operating together that a grammar and an adequate pragmatic theory can account for the occurrences and identification mechanisms of implicit arguments.Table of ContentsAbbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Explanations of the Occurrence of Verbs with Implicit Arguments 3. Occurrences of Implicit Arguments in Hungarian 4. First (A) Manner: The Role of the Lexical-Semantic Representation of Verbs 5. Second (B) and Third (C) Manners: Grammatical Constraints and the Role of the Immediate Utterance Context and the Extended Context 6. Summary and Conclusions
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of the Apprenticeship System
Book SynopsisThe past ten years have witnessed a renewed interest in the apprenticeship system of industrial training. Employers have been shown to carry a large part of the cost of essentially general training with apparent little return to the firm - a problem which has generated a wide range of literature that explores new theoretical models, comparative systems, and recent developments in systems of youth training and the economic theory of contracts.Using contract theory as the common underlying framework, this book brings together recent contributions to this literature, providing a complete and coherent economic analysis of the apprenticeship system. The authors begin with a comparative-historical perspective, and then go on to review a number of recent models of the training decision of firms, before offering a unique insight into the current debate on the future of the apprenticeship system.Well-written and well-researched, this book succeeds in achieving a perfect blend of theory, evidence, and history. It will appeal to scholars in the fields of labour economics and human resource management, as well as those in private and public sectors working on policy development and planning of vocational education and training.Trade Review'. . . this book is a valuable addition to the training literature. . . well written and clearly structured. . . the book will be of interest and use to policymakers, which is what the authors set out to provide. The formal theoretical chapter and the review of the empirical evidence will be of particular interest to education and labour economists.' -- Steve Bradley, Education Economics'The Economics of the Apprenticeship System is an informative, thoughtful, well-researched and up-to-date compilation of the existing theoretical and empirical literature on apprenticeship . . . this is a very useful book for anyone interested in training or apprenticeship, from either an academic or policy perspective. It summarises a wide range of both theoretic and empirical literature, pointing out (either directly or indirectly) gaps in the current literature, which should stimulate future research.' -- Gillian Hamilton, Economic Record'This thought-provoking book is a timely addition to the literature, bringing together in one place much of the relevant theory and empirical results. It adds a novel unifying perspective based on contract theory. The book is written so as to be accessible to persons without formal training in the discipline . . . the book fills an important gap in the literature. It is a highly readable introduction to the apprenticeship system from an economic point of view. It is rich in insight and detailed information, and I recommend it to anyone interested in human capital, applications of contract theory, or simply the historical development of our learning institutions.' -- Rainer Winkelmann, Industrial and Labor Relations ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: The History of the Apprenticeship System 2. Theoretical Models of the Decision to Invest in Training 3. The Theory of Contracts and the Apprenticeship Contract 4. The Demand for and Supply of Apprentice Training: The Current Empirical Evidence 5. The Future of the Apprenticeship System Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press The Cognitive Linguistics Reader
Book SynopsisCognitive Linguistics is the most rapidly expanding school in modern Linguistics. It aims to create a scientific approach to the study of language, incorporating the tools of philosophy, neuroscience and computer science. Cognitive approaches to language were initially based on philosophical thinking about the mind, but more recent work emphasizes the importance of convergent evidence from a broad empirical and methodological base.The Cognitive Linguistics Reader brings together the key writings of the last two decades, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. The essays and articles - selected to represent the full range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise - are grouped by theme into sections with each section separately introduced. The book opens with a broad overview of Cognitive Linguistics designed for the introductory reader and closes with detailed further reading to guide the reader through the proliferating literature.The Cognitive Linguistics Reader is both an ideal introduction to the full breadth and depth of Cognitive Linguistics and a single work of reference bringing together the most significant work in the field.
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University of Toronto Press An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Meaningful Arrangement: Exploring the Syntactic Description of Texts
Book SynopsisThis book takes apart and problematises the whole process of identifying and explaining the patterning of words in sentences. It brings together two concepts - syntax and text - that are normally treated separately, and shows how they can best be understood in relation to each other. Part 1, Processing the text, concentrates on getting texts ready for syntactic analysis. Since the data needs to be mediated through the processing of the text, the nature of that processing and its effects on subsequent analysis need to be made explicit. Part 2, Analysing the clause, introduces the relevant syntactic phenomena and the sorts of concepts normally used to explain them. It shows how many of the assumptions of traditional syntactic analysis derive from the languages which form the basis of the European tradition, and that different languages require the so-called "basic categories" of syntactic analysis to be rethought. Part 3, Theorising syntax, sketches the range of syntactic theories available for the "consumer". It gives a sense of developments in the field over the last 50 years not just in terms of the usual "schools", but by picking up on concepts such as the key complementarity between syntagmatic and paradigmatic to characterise the emphases and biases of different theories.Table of ContentsPreface Part I: Processing the Text 1. Meaning and Structure 2. Processing the Text 3. Linear Sequence and Structural Order 4. Identifying Syntactic Units 5. Bracketing and Labeling Part 2: Analysing the Clause 6. Constituency and Dependency 7. Identifying Clause Functions 8. Analysing Function Structures 9. Words, Groups and Phrases 10. Combining Clauses 11. Information Flow 12. Full Words and Empty Words Part 3: Theorising Syntax 13. Delimiting Syntax 14. Theorising Syntactic Relations (i): case 15. Theorising Syntactic Relations (ii): transitivity 16. Modelling Syntactic Patterning (i): syntagmatic approaches 17. Modelling Syntactic Patterning (ii): paradigmatic approaches 18. 'Doing Syntax:' aims and applications Afterword
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Understanding Allomorphy
Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of original contributions to the study of lexical allomorphy, with a focus on Optimality Theory's distinctive take on this topic. The chapters provide an up-to-date perspective on the advances in our understanding of allomorphy which Optimality Theory has been able to secure.
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University of Toronto Press English Tense and Aspect in Hallidays Systemic Functional Grammar
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University of Toronto Press Haitian Creole
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University of Toronto Press Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics
Book SynopsisThis short book is intended for two groups of readers, and so is two books in one. First, it is a genuinely introductory introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) for the 21st century. Drawing on recent research, it focusses on the structure of the clause in English, bringing out clearly the ‘multifunctional’ nature of language, and the way in which structures are the result of ‘choices between meanings’. It is both an ‘extension’ of Halliday’s SFG (as in his Introduction to Functional Grammar), e.g. in describing elements of growing importance in the grammar of English, and a ‘simplification’ of it, e.g. in showing how the various ‘strands of meaning’ in a clause come to be expressed in a single structure. But this is also a book for experienced linguists who are interested in a scholarly comparison of the two main current versions of SFG – the Sydney Grammar and the Cardiff Grammar (e.g. teachers of the first group of readers). For each difference between the two grammars, the book describes the Sydney analysis and then explains the reasons for preferring the analysis given here. This ‘book within a book’ is achieved through the use of extended footnotes.Halliday has described developments in the Sydney Grammar since the 1970s as being mainly ‘expansions’ into new areas beyond the grammar itself, rather than ‘reworkings’ of the grammar. In the Cardiff Grammar, however, eight major advances in describing language over this period have led to significant improvements in the description of English (and other languages). Yet the current Cardiff Grammar is still as firmly based in the core principles of SFG as the Sydney Grammar – a powerful tribute to Halliday’s original insights of the 1970s. Three major strengths of this book are:- the clear way in which the key concepts are presented- the explicit guidelines to help in the task of analyzing sentences- the clear explanations of the reasons for using the analyses given hereVersions of this book are being published concurrently in Chinese (by Peking University Press) and Spanish (by University of Plata del Mar Press).
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics Through the Cardiff Grammar: An Extension and Simplification of Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar
Book SynopsisThis short book is two books in one. First, it is a genuinely introductory introduction to the main concepts of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) for the 21st century. Drawing on recent research, it focusses on the structure of the clause in English, bringing out clearly the 'multifunctional' nature of language, and the way in which structures are the result of 'choices between meanings'. It is an 'extension' of Halliday's SFG in several ways, including the introduction of new elements that are of growing importance in the language, and a 'simplification' of it in that it shows how the many 'strands of meaning' in a clause can be expressed in a single structure. But this is also a book for experienced linguists (who may include the teachers of the first group) who are interested in a scholarly work which compares the two main current versions of Systemic Functional Grammar with respect to the structure of the English clause, and gives reasons for every decision to prefer one analysis to another. This 'book within a book' is achieved through a generous use of extended 'footnotes'. The Cardiff Grammar version of SFG is based as firmly in the core principles of SFG principles as the Sydney Grammar (the version in Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar). Halliday, however, describes the development in the Sydney Grammar since the 1970s as expansions into new areas beyond what he has aptly termed the 'lexicogrammar'. In contrast, the Cardiff Grammar's description of English lexicogrammar (and other languages) has made significant advances since the 1970s, under the influence of eight major factors. Versions of this book are being published concurrently in Chinese (by Peking University Press) and Spanish (University of Plata del Mar Press).Trade Review'Robin Fawcett is a first rate linguist and one of the major figures in both systemic functional grammar and in the computer implementation of grammars. [...] Publications from the Cardiff Grammar, [...] for which Fawcett is largely responsible, are fascinating and rewarding: a fruitful fusion of theorizing and pragmatism - a pointer to important developments in the linguistics of the next millennium.'Michael Gregory, Emeritus Professor, York University, Toronto 'There can be no doubt that SFG has lived up to its claim to be a text-oriented theory of language; [...] it has achieved a much wider coverage of English grammar than other approaches, this being especially true of the Cardiff Grammar. [...] In my view the Cardiff model represents a substantial improvement on the Sydney account.' Christopher Butler, Honorary Professor, Swansea UniversityTable of ContentsPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second Edition 1 Who this book is for, where it comes from, and how to read it 2 The place of syntax in an overall model of language 3 Introducing the syntax of TRANSITIVITY and MOOD: a simple example 4 Developing reliable analysis skills: towards an adequate set of Guidelines 5 A minimal theory of syntax: keeping things simple 6 The special case of 'being' as a Main Verb - and related concepts 7 A systemic functional grammar for the structures introduced so far 8 Three types of Auxiliary Verb, one type of Theme and one type of Newness 9 POLARITY, CONTRASTIVE NEWNESS and Preliminary Guidelines with the Improved Mood Test 10 An overview of the syntax of TRANSITIVITY: Participants as Subjects and Complements 11 An overview of the syntax of MOOD 12 The syntax of Circumstances and other types of Adjunct 13 The syntax of TRANSITIVITY: five additional concepts 14 Three new elements : Infinitive, Auxiliary Extension and Vocative 15 Full Guidelines for clause analysis 16 A final analysis task 17 What comes next? Appendix 1: A summary of English syntax for the text analyst Appendix 2: An overall comparison of the Cardiff and Sydney Grammars
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Statistical Methods in Language and Linguistic Research
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is try to illustrate with numerous examples how quantitative methods can most fruitfully contribute to linguistic analysis and research. In addition, it does not intend to offer an exhaustive presentation of all statistical techniques available to linguistics, but to demonstrate the contribution that statistics can and should make to linguistic studies. This book shows how quantitative methods and statistical techniques can supplement qualitative analyses of language. It attempts to present some mathematical and statistical properties of natural languages, and introduces some of the quantitative methods which are of the most value in working empirically with texts and corpora, illustrating the various issues with numerous examples and moving from the most basic descriptive techniques to decision-taking techniques and to more sophisticated multivariate statistical language models.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Some Basic Issues 2. Scales and Variables 3. Parametric Versus Non-parametric Statistics 4. Reducing Dimensionality: Multivariate Statistics 5. Word Frequency Lists 6. Words in Context Appendix 1: Standard Normal Distribution Appendix 2: Examples of Appropriate Statistics Appendix 3: T-distribution Appendix 4: F-distribution Appendix 5: Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coefficient Appendix 6: U-distribution for a Two-tailed Mann-Whitney Test Appendix 7: Sign Test Appendix 8: Chi-square Distribution Appendix 9: Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Structure of Language: Spoken and Written English
Book SynopsisThis accessible text is split into 2 halves. Initially, Janet Townend takes the reader through the early development and the structure and usage of spoken English. In the second half Jean Walker explains the history and structure of written English, including word formation and grammar. It is unusual to find both aspects of this fascinating area of human activity combined in one volume. These insights form an essential foundation for teachers, student teachers, teacher trainers, and specialists in special needs and literacy. It will be of interest to all who speak and write, and are involved in helping others to do so. Janet Townend trained as a speech and language therapist and Jean Walker as an English teacher. Both are now specialist teachers and trainers in the field of dyslexia, literacy and language.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. PART 1: SPOKEN LANGUAGE. Chapter 1. Human Language. Chapter 2. The structure of Language. Cahpetr 3. Language development. Chapter 4. An introduction to phonology. Chapter 5. The sounds of English. Chapter 6. Putting sounds together: the phonological rules. Chapter 7. Words. Chapter 8. Grammatical issues. Chapter 9. Language meaning and use. Chapter 10. Language variation and theory. PART 2: WRITTEN LANGUAGE. Chapter 11. The history of spoken language. Chapter 12. The history of written English. Chapter 13. Grammer 1: Syntax. Chapter 14. Grammer 2: morphology. Chapter 15. Parts of speech/word classes. Chapter 16. Orthography: reading. Chapter 17. Orthography: spelling. Chapter 18. Punctuation. Postscript. Bibliography. Index.
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Liverpool University Press Faiths in Their Pronouns: Websites of Identity
Book SynopsisThe pronoun is the very mother tongue of thought. Family and race, nation and society, the clamant us and ours of collectives, resolve into I and singular You, the transacting pronouns of all human discourse. Pro-nouns are well styled, for they function on behalf of rights, claims, dignities and demands. Acquisitive and discursive, they transact the business of existence. It follows that pronouns are the essence of religion: their usages dictate the liability of religious faith. Their handling is a sure clue to the idiom of creed or ritual. If the web is society, then the speaking faiths of pronouns I, we, us, ours, they, thou, you, them come into their own in our keyboard encounters. Extending the metaphor, the net allows pronouns to intercept meaning, and to substitute for lack of clarity in argument and understanding. Insofar as religions as grammars provides a proper analogy, Faiths in Their Pronouns aims to explore their pronounal internet in hope of wiser courtesy and surer mutual discovery, a hope that is well captured in the face and hands of Raphaels etching.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; The House of My Pilgrimage; The Personal Interrogative -- Arjuna and the Gita; So Help Me -- Who?'; Pronounal Jewry -- God's Own People; The Self-Encounter in Judaism; The Muslim Personal Pronoun Singular; The Muslim Personal Pronoun Plural; The We' and the I' in the New Testament; Two Great Sexes Animate the World; Our Dividual Being -- The Irony of Mystical Union; Faiths' Pronoun-Users Now; Notes; Index of Names and Terms.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Meaning-centered Grammar: An Introductory Text
Book SynopsisRather than narrowly dividing language between correct and incorrect, this book promotes a respect for the power and usefulness of language in all its forms. It draws from a number of linguistic grammars, traditional grammar, and contemporary composition theory, yet achieves a unified synthesis by seeing each of these as ways to understand the language itself and its natural, inherent, meaning-making grammatical system. The book draws heavily on real world writing, including authors like Annie Dillard, Richard Rodriguez, John McPhee, Alice Walker, Tim O'Brien, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cornel West. Though the book is primarily a linguistically based exploration, the final two chapters move into the practical world of real world application in writing (including punctuation) and reading (grammatical analysis.) It does not stop at the isolated sentence, but considers ways in which grammar works in longer passages and in harmony with rhetorical purposes. Its direct focus is on developing an understanding of language and not on directly changing language behavior. It should be of great interest to writing teachers or grammar teachers looking for alternatives to narrow prescriptive approaches or the disinterested descriptions of much contemporary linguistics.Trade Review'Hancock's Meaning-Centered Grammar makes an excellent introduction to traditional grammar viewed within a functional perspective. It possesses a warmth of style unusual for a textbook in this field.' Michael Cummings, Professor, Department of English, York University, TorontoTable of ContentsChapter One: Rethinking Grammar; Chapter two: Basic Principles of Grammar; Chapter three: Elements of the Simple Clause; Chapter four: Context Based Meaning in a Sentence; Chapter five: A Closer Look at Verb Phrases; Chapter six: Transitivity: Clause as Representation; Chapter seven: Verbs as Adjectives, Nouns, and as Heads of Non-Finite Subordinate Clauses; Chapter eight: Coordination and Compounding: Appositional Phrases; Chapter nine: Finite Subordinate Clauses; Chapter ten: Grammar and Writing: Punctuation; Chapter eleven: Grammar and Meaning in Longer Texts; Glossary
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Modality: Studies in Form and Function
Book SynopsisModality: Studies in Form and Function reflects the diversity of theoretical frameworks and the heterogeneity of linguistic phenomena under the general heading of modality. Researchers in the fields of logic, philosophy and linguistics have for many years been pondering the elusive nature of modality and grappled with ways of capturing it. The 11 studies included here cover the span from contributions that seek to clarify controversial theoretical constructs to studies which take an empirical approach to linguistic categories and cross-linguistic typological issues. The key concepts addressed are the structure of modal subcategories, subjective vs. objective modality, force dynamics, evidentiality, Spanish and English modal auxiliaries, modal uses of Italian tenses, linearization patterns in German verb chains, determinant TAM categories, modal polyfunctionality across languages and rapport management in discourse. This volume raises new questions and offers re-examination of known phenomena which should provide interesting reading to linguists and students of linguistics of all theoretical persuasions.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Modal Confusion: On Terminology and the Concepts Behind It (Jan Nuyts, University of Antwerp); 2. Subjective and Objective Modality (Michael Herslund, Copenhagen Business School); 3. Modality and the Concept of Force-Dynamic Potential (Kasper Boye, University of Copenhagen); 4. Modality and Subjectivity (Lars Heltoft, University of Roskilde); 5. Discourse Perspectives on Modalisation: The Case of Accounts in Semi-Structured Interviews (Lars Fant, University of Stockholm); 6. Categoricalness and Temporal Projection of Spanish Modals (Henrik Hoeg Muller, Copenhagen Business School; 7. On the Modal Values of the Pluperfect - with Evidence from Italian and Danish (Iorn Korzen, Copenhagen Business School); 8. Where there is a Will, there is a Modal (Alex Klinge, Copenhagen Business School); 9. The Syntagmatic Patterning of Modality in German (John Ole Askedal, University of Oslo); 10. Mood and Modality in Bulgarian, Danish and Russian (Per Durst-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School); 11. Modal Polyfunctionality and Standard Average European (Johan van der Auwera, Andreas Amman with Saskia Kindt)
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Baylor University Press Romans: A Handbook on the Greek Text
Book SynopsisIn Romans, Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon provide a foundational examination of the Greek text of Acts. The analysis is distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the text. The authors' exposition is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engages important text-critical debates, and addresses questions relating to the Greek text that are frequently overlooked or ignored by standard commentaries. Beyond serving as a succinct and accessible analytic key, Romans also reflects the most up-to-date advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and linguistics. This handbook proves itself an indispensable tool for anyone committed to a deep reading of the biblical text.Table of Contents Series Introduction Preface Abbreviations Introduction Romans 1:1–7 Romans 1:8–15 Romans 1:16–17 Romans 1:18–23 Romans 1:24–32 Romans 2:1–11 Romans 2:12–16 Romans 2:17–29 Romans 3:1–8 Romans 3:9–20 Romans 3:21–26 Romans 3:27–31 Romans 4:1–25 Romans 5:1–11 Romans 5:12–21 Romans 6:1–14 Romans 6:15–23 Romans 7:1–6 Romans 7:7–12 Romans 7:13–25 Romans 8:1–17 Romans 8:18–30 Romans 8:31–39 Romans 9:1–13 Romans 9:14–29 Romans 9:30–33 Romans 10:1–13 Romans 10:14–21 Romans 11:1–10 Romans 11:11–24 Romans 11:25–36 Romans 12:1–2 Romans 12:3–8 Romans 12:9–21 Romans 13:1–7 Romans 13:8–10 Romans 13:11–14 Romans 14:1–12 Romans 14:13–23 Romans 15:1–6 Romans 15:7–13 Romans 15:14–21 Romans 15:22–33 Romans 16:1–2 Romans 16:3–16 Romans 16:17–20 Romans 16:21–23/24 Romans 16:25–27 Glossary
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Spanish Grammar Companion for Teachers:
Book SynopsisThis textbook boosts the confidence of persons teaching Spanish as a second language, who may lack confidence in their understanding of tricky areas of expression. Their previous training did not enable them to control (much less explain to others) the many “danger zones” which challenge graduate students serving as teaching assistants, in-service teachers, and others who use Spanish professionally. It offers original and insightful analyses, abundant examples and helpful English comparisons. It disarticulates the machinery of grammar into manageable parts. It is not intended for those beginning to learn Spanish (since it skips the basics to focus on the “rough spots”), but is directed to those who know Spanish well, yet need to overcome their nagging limitations in obtuse areas, e.g. subjunctive, reflexives, pronouns (neuter, relative, personal), adjective placement, ser/estar, preterite/imperfect, commands, gender, passive and impersonal expressions. There are special sections devoted to words easily confused with each other, use of the accent mark, irregular verbs, and sentence structure.It is useful for self-study and to supplement texts in composition, culture and linguistics courses. It benefits native-speaker teachers unfamiliar with the “why” of their language, as well as buttressing anglophone instructors of scant linguistic background. The result is a better prepared teacher and a more promising learning experience for the students.Table of ContentsLanguage Learning.- Verb Forms and Functions.- Nouns and their Modifiers.- Ways of BEing.- Personal Pronouns.- Prepositions and Adverbs.- Subjunctive.- Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns.- Questions, Commands and Reported Speech.- Comparison, Negation and Coordination.- Passives and Impersonal Expressions.- Appendix A: The Spanish Written Accent.- Appendix B: Verbal Irregularity.- Appendix C: Sentences and their Structures.- Appendix D: Vocabulary Distinctions (words frequently confused with each other)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Exploring the Interface Between Individual
Book SynopsisThe last few decades have seen extensive research focusing of the relative effectiveness of different instructional options that can be employed in teaching grammar structures (e.g., deduction and induction, different types of corrective feedback, input-based vs. output-based practice). However, the contribution of such pedagogical intervention and the resulting knowledge of target language grammar are mediated by a number of factors related to a specific context, the properties of the features being taught and, most importantly, individual learner profiles. Nonetheless, research into the moderating role of individual difference variables has been scant, limited to only several factors, and seldom taking into account complex interactions between variables. The book seeks to fill this evident gap by investigating the mediating effect of selected cognitive and affective factors on explicit and implicit (or highly automatized) knowledge of the English passive voice. In doing so, the study sheds the so-much-needed light on the predictors of second language grammar knowledge but also, to some extent, on the usefulness of instructional techniques used to develop it.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Explicit and implicit knowledge of grammar.- 3. Individual differences as factors mediating the knowledge of grammar.- 4 . Design of the research project.- 5. Findings of the research project.- 6. Conclusions and implications.
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De Gruyter En Torno a la Delimitación de Determinadas
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De Gruyter Nonfinite Inquiries: Materials for a Comparative
Book Synopsis This study aims at developing a unified perspective on nonfiniteness, encompassing its morphological, syntactic and semantic aspects. It puts the emphasis on clause types distinct from standard infinitives (gerund clauses, Celtic verbo-nominal structures, Portuguese inflected infinitives, Latin dominant participle constructions) and takes advantage of the most recent developments in syntactic theory. The notions of defectiveness and completeness, the inheritance hypothesis, the labeling requirement, the syntactic definition of lexical categories, once combined together, appear to make accessible tighter and more elegant analyses than previous accounts.
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De Gruyter Methoden Zur Erforschung Grammatischer Strukturen
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De Gruyter Wortbildung diamedial
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De Gruyter Subordination and Insubordination in
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de Gruyter Multimodale Konstruktionen Im Alltagskonsumkosmos
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de Gruyter Makrokonstruktionen
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de Gruyter Subject Properties in Early Modern Germanic
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De Gruyter Adjunct Islands in English
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Nähe, Distanz und Anonymität - Untersuchungen zum sein-Modalpassiv und Gerundiv: am Beispiel der Presse-, Politik- und Rechtssprache
Book SynopsisUntersuchungsgegenstand sind die Grammatik, die Modal-, Temporal- und Aspekt-Semantik, die Pragmatik und die Funktion der beiden modalpassivischen Konstruktionen sein-Modalpassiv und Gerundiv im Deutschen am Beispiel von drei für den Gebrauch dieser beiden Konstruktionen einschlägigen Domänen, nämlich der Presse-, Politik- und Rechtssprache. Von ihrer syntaktisch-semantischen und textlinguistischen Grundausrichtung schlägt die korpusbasierte Arbeit den Bogen zur variationslinguistischen Pragmatik, linguistischen Sprachgebrauchsanalyse und Sprachgebrauchskritik. Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Sein-Modalpassiv und Gerundiv als Ausdrucksformen der Modalität und des Aspekts.- Sein-Modalpassiv und Gerundiv in der Pressesprache.- Sein-Modalpassiv und Gerundiv in der politischen Sprache am Beispiel von Regierungserklärungen aus dem Zeitraum von 1949 bis 2005.- Sein-Modalpassiv und Gerundiv in der Rechtssprache am Beispiel der Straßenverkehrsordnung (StVO).- Zusammenfassung.- Quellenverzeichnis.- Literaturverzeichnis.
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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic From Syntax to Text: The Janus Face of Functional
Book SynopsisThe volume deals with the interaction between syntax, informational structure (or functional sentence perspective), and text in present-day English and Czech. Libuse Duskova focuses on the two facets of functional sentence perspective: syntactic structures as carriers of informational structure functions and the connection of functional sentence perspective within the level of text. Functional sentence perspective is investigated as a potential factor of syntactic divergence between English and Czech, and the role of functional sentence perspective is examined with respect to theme development, text build-up, and style. Other topics include the hierarchical relationship between syntax and functional sentence perspective and general and specific questions of word order, with major attention paid to the role of semantics.
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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Complex Words, Causatives, Verbal Periphrases and
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the typological differences among the four most widely spoken Romance languages--French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish--and Czech. Utilizing findings from the Czech National Corpus’ massive language database, the authors analyze a range of linguistic categories to discover the differences and similarities between Czech and the Romance languages. Due to the massive amount of data mined, as well as the high number of languages examined, this book presents general and individual typological features of the four Romance languages and Czech that often exceed what has previously been accepted in the field of comparative linguistics.Table of Contents1. Expressions of potential participation, iterativity, causation, ingressivity and adverbial subordination in the light of parallel corpora Petr Cermak, Dana Kratochvilova, Olga Nadvornikova, Pavel Štichauer 1.1 Investigation project and its history 1.2 Objectives and scope of the present monograph 1.3 Organisation of the monograph 1.4 Terminological remarks 1.4.1 Romance languages under scrutiny and use of the term Romance 1.4.2 Use of the terms counterpart and respondent 2. Corpus design & corpus-based contrastive research methodology Olga Nadvornikova 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Corpus-based contrastive research methodology 2.2 Corpora used in this study 3. Morphologically complex words in romance and their Czech respondents Pavel Štichauer, Jan Hricsina, Jiri Jancik, Jaroslava Jindrova, Zuzana Krinkova, Daniel Petrik 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Word-formation: complex vs simple words 3.2 Romance and Czech: common and different word-formation patterns 3.3 The typology of Czech respondents 3.3.1 Typology of Czech respondents of the adjectives with the suffix -bile/-ble/-vel 3.3.2 Typology of Czech respondents for verbs with the prefix re-/ri- 3.4 The modal suffix -ble/-bile/-vel 3.4.1 Data elaboration and analysis 3.4.2 Quantitative distribution of the types 3.4.3 Discussion of various examples 3.5 The iterative prefix re-/ri- 3.5.1 Data elaboration and analysis 3.5.2 Quantitative distribution of the types 3.5.3 Discussion of various examples 3.6 Concluding remarks 4. Causative constructions in romance and their Czech respondents Petr Cermak, Dana Kratochvilova, Petra Laufkova, Pavel Štichauer 4.0 Introduction 4.1 Definition of causativity and its forms of expression 4.2 Causativity in Romance languages 4.2.1 Analytic type 4.2.2 Synthetic type 4.2.3 Characteristics of the Romance construction hacer/fare/faire/fazer + infinitive 4.3 Causativity in Czech 4.3.1 Word-formatting causativity 4.3.1.1 Verbs derived from another verb 4.3.1.2 Verbs derived from an adjective 4.3.1.3 No change in the lexical basis, expressing causativity through a prefix roz- 4.3.2 Semantic causativity 4.3.2.1 Suppletive types 4.3.2.2 Causative interpretation resulting from syntax 4.3.3 Analytic causativity 4.3.3.1 Causative verbs followed by a subordinate clause 4.3.3.2 Causative verbs followed by a nominal syntagma 4.3.3.3 (Semi-)causative verbs followed by an infinitive 4.4 Our typology of Czech respondents 4.5 Methodology 4.6 Causative constructions in Romance – formal comparison 4.7 Analysis of Czech respondents 4.7.1 Primary Czech respondents 4.7.1.1 Type 3 – shodit type (hacer caer / far cadere / faire tomber / fazer cair) 4.7.1.2 Type 8 – what makes you think that > proc myslite? (‘why do you think that?’) 4.7.1.3 Type 4 – dat vypit type 4.7.2 Secondary Czech respondents 4.7.2.1 Type 5 – dohnat k slzam type 4.7.2.2 Type 9 – other translation 4.7.2.3 Type 7 – zpusobit, že tal type 4.7.2.4 Type 1 – rozplakat type 4.7.2.5 Type 2 – posadit type and type 6 – zpusobit tani type 4.7.2.6 Type 10 – no translation 4.8 Conclusions
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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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De Gruyter That’s That
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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Grammatical Variation in Neo-Assyrian
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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.
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Arco Libros, S.L. Abec espaol
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Arco Libros Gramtica espaola Segn un nuevco plan 1824 Coleccin Bibliotheca philologica
Book SynopsisLa Spansk Sprogloere efter en ny plan, de Rasmus Kristian Rask, fue publicada en Copenhague en 1824. Hasta la fecha, ha permanecido prácticamente en el anonimato, entre otras razones, por estar escrita en danés. Arco Libros publica la Gramática española según un nuevo plan por primera vez en español. La edición y el estudio preliminar son de Josefa Dorta. Consta, además de la traducción del texto original, de un breve ''Prólogo'' y un amplio ''Estudio Preliminar'' en el que, aparte de abordar diversos aspectos de la obra, la investigadora trata de situarla en los intereses lingüísticos del autor y en relación a las obras gramaticales de la época. La edición se complementa con un exhaustivo índice de materias.
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Clarendon Press Optimality Theory Phonology Syntax and Acquisition Oxford Linguistics
Book SynopsisOptimality theory has revolutionized phonological theory, and its insights are now being applied to other central aspects of language. This book presents the results of research as applied to syntax/language acquisition, as well as considering the main lines of attack by rule-based grammarians.Table of ContentsPART IA: PHONOLOGY - PROSODIC REPRESENTATIONS ; PART IB: PHONOLOGY - SEGMENTAL PHONOLOGY ; PART II: SYNTAX ; PART III: THE ACQUISITION OF SYNTAX AND PHONOLOGY
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Oxford University Press, USA Adjective Classes A CrossLinguistic Typology Explorations in Linguistic Typology 1 Explorations in Language and Space C
Book SynopsisThis book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. Thirteen scholars report original research on languages from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The book throws new light on the nature and classification of adjectives and redefines the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation.Trade Review...makes a major contribution to the general study of parts of speech across languages... The editors of this book have provided a much-needed analytical framework for typologizing the key distinctions in how the adjective manifests itself as a part of speech. * Edward J Vajda, Western Washington University *Table of Contents1. Adjective Classes in Typological Perspective ; 2. Inflected and Uninflected Adjective in Japanese ; 3. The Two Adjective Classes in Manange ; 4. The Adjective Class in Tariana ; 5. Adjectives in Mam ; 6. Adjectives in Papantla Totonac ; 7. The Small Adjective Class in Jarawara ; 8. The Russian Adjective: A Pervasive yet Elusive Category ; 9. The Adjective Class in Korean ; 10. Is There an Adjective Class in Wolof? ; 11. Adjectives in North-East Ambae ; 12. Adjectives in Semelai ; 13. Adjectives in Qiang ; 14. Adjectives in Lao ; 15. Adjective Classes: What Can we Conclude? ; References ; Author Index ; Language and Language Family Index ; Subject Index
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Oxford University Press Logic in Grammar
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the relation between language and logic. Gennaro Chierchia looks at the way syntactic and inferential processes interact in determining polarity sensitive and free choice phenomena. He analyses these as a form of grammaticized scalar implicature and seeks to identify the common core of the polarity system by examining many of its manifestations as well as the choices that determine its diversity. To do so he reassesses the relations between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics and in the process makes startling insights into the relation of syntax to logic. Rudolf Carnap''s classic, The Logical Syntax of Language, defines syntax as a lexicon and a set of formation rules and logic as a set of inference rules. Modern generative linguistics maintains a similar modular approach: a combinatorial apparatus is said to generate structures over which semantic and pragmatic relations, such as presupposition and implicature, are defined. This book argues by contrast that many Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Spontaneous Logicality of Language ; 2. Scalar Implicatures at the Interface Between Pragmatics and Syntax ; 3. Even Negative Polarity Items and Only Negative Polarity Items ; 4. Presuppositionality, Strength, and Concord in Polarity Systems ; 5. Existential Free Choice ; 6. Universal Free Choice ; 7. Intervention ; 8. Where We Stand ; References
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Taylor & Francis Understanding Morphology
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes 'big picture' questions to highlight central themes in morphology, as well as research exercises for each chapter.Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the reader, the book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interfaces between morphology and syntax and between morphology and phonology. The synchronic study of word structure is covered, as are the phenomena of diachronic change, such as analogy and grammaticalization.Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in themselveTrade Review"The revisions are really excellent. They keep the wealth of typological examples in the first edition, while incorporating a deep and clear discussion of recent advances in the theory of productivity and change. This updated training for students will certainly raise the level of the field."Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Professor of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USATable of ContentsPreface to the second editionPreface to the first editionAbbreviations1. Introduction2. Basic concepts3. Rules4. Lexicon5. Inflection and derivation6. Productivity7. Morphological trees8. Inflectional paradigms9. Words and phrases10. Morphophonology11. Morphology and valence12. Frequency effects in morphologyKey to comprehension exercisesReferencesGlossary of technical termsLanguage indexSubject index
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Taylor & Francis Language and the Modern State The Reform of Written Japanese Routledge Library Editions Japanese Linguistics
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Taylor & Francis Interaction of Derivational Morphology and Syntax in Japanese and English
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