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Along the way, the authors introduce and illustrate many of the fundamental concepts of linguistics, sketch word origins going back to Latin, Greek, and even Proto-Indo-European, and discuss issues around meaning change and correct usage. Moreover, the volume adds new illustrative examples, self-help tests, and study questions. A companion website provides supplementary materials including an Instructor''s Manual with an answer key. Offering a thorough approach to the expansion of vocabulary, English Vocabulary Elements is an invaluable resource that provides students a deeper understanding of the language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeben, Kessler, and Denning have created a winning combination of the practical and the academic in English Vocabulary Elements, now in its third edition. 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Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernity: from colonial empire-building in the nineteenth century, via the Jewish diaspora of the twentieth century, to the postcolonial culture wars of the twenty-first century, attempts at ''comparison'' have defined the international agenda of literature. But what is comparative literature? Ambitious readers looking to stretch themselves are usually intrigued by the concept, but uncertain of its implications. And rightly so, in many ways: even the professionals cannot agree on a single term, calling it comparative in English, compared in French, and comparing in German. The very term itself, when approached comparatively, opens up a Pandora''s box of cultural differences. Yet this, in a nutshell, is the whole point of comparative literature. To look at literature comparatively is to realize just how much can be learned by looking over the horizon of one''s own culture; it is to discover not only more about other literatures, but also about one''s own; and it is to participate in the great utopian dream of understanding the way nations and languages interact. In an age that is paradoxically defined by migration and border crossing on the one hand, and by a retreat into monolingualism and monoculturalism on the other, the cross-cultural agenda of comparative literature has become increasingly central to the future of the Humanities. We are all, in fact, comparatists, constantly making connections across languages, cultures, and genres as we read. The question is whether we realise it.This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Comparative Literature as an agent of international relations, from the point of view both of scholarship and of cultural history more generally. Outlining the complex history and competing theories of comparative literature, Ben Hutchinson offers an accessible means of entry into a notoriously slippery subject, and shows how comparative literature can be like a Rorschach test, where people see in it what they want to see. Ultimately, Hutchinson places comparative literature at the very heart of literary criticism, for as George Steiner once noted, ''to read is to compare''.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. 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The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eif you've ever wished, \"If only the OED were organized categorically instead of alphabetically,\" then your wish has been granted in the form of Bagels, Bumf, and Busses: A Day in the Life of the English Language. 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Simon Horobin offers a tantalising glimpse into the hidden lives of our vocabulary. If you've ever pondered why eggs is eggs, or whether toadying up to someone ever involved a real amphibian, this is the book for you. * Susie Dent, lexicographer and etymologist *\u003cbr\u003eA very entertaining etymological journey through the things you do every day... Horobin takes the reader through a veritable bombardment of fun facts about quotidian words that secretly hide fascinating stories... 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Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that continues to the present day. 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Readers will see how the Sanskrit of the Rig Veda uses words that come from roots found also in English, how turns of phrase characteristic of the Hebrew Bible found their way into English, and that even as unusual a language as Old Irish still builds on common Indo-European linguistic patterns. Very few people have the opportunity to learn these languages, and they can often seem mysterious and inaccessible: drawing on a lucid and engaging writing style and with the aid of clear English translations throughout, this book aims to give all readers, whether scholars, students, or interested novices, an aesthetic appreciation of just how rich and varied they are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe style is light and breezy, and is generally easy to follow, but G. tends to dwell in great depth on highly specialised points. 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The author claims that he wishes to convey enthusiasm for learning the languages discussed in the book, as well as to acquaint students with a certain degree of linguistic diversity, and he masterfully succeeds in doing this. * Audrey Mathys, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe book takes readers through Greek, Latin, Old English and the Germanic Languages, Sanskrit, Old Irish and the Celtic Languages, and Hebrew, introducing their phonology, morphology, lexicons, grammar, and excerpting passages from texts such as the Iliad, Beowulf, and the Rig Veda, to illustrate how the flavor of a language is always lost a little in translation. * Malcolm Keating, Yale-NUS College, New Books Network *\u003cbr\u003e(...) this is a book about the impossibility or the limits of translation and the awareness of how much is lost when, by changing the language, the expressive resources also have to be altered. * The Euphrosyne, Vol 50 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Introduction 2: Greek The sounds of Greek Word-forms The Iliad Formulas Thucydides and abstract language Pauline prepositions 3: Latin How Latin works Lucretius Horace and Housman Tacitus 4: Old English and the Germanic Languages Grimm's Law and umlaut Verbs, strong and weak Old English Beowulf 5: Sanskrit The sounds of Sanskrit Sandhi Nouns in Sanskrit The Rig Veda How to kill a dragon The hidden names of the dawn-cows 6: Old Irish and the Celtic Languages The eccentricities of the Irish language Old Irish in action Welsh 7: Hebrew The sounds of Semitic How Semitic words change shape Let there be light Noun chains 8: Epilogue and Further Reading Endmatter Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732813787479,"sku":"9780198852827","price":23.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198852827.jpg?v=1719998511"},{"product_id":"languages-9780199590599","title":"Languages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? The diversity of languages today is varied, but it is steadily declining. In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Anderson answers the above questions by looking at the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different languages and linguistic examples, he demonstrates how languages are not uniformly distributed around the world; just as some places are more diverse than others in terms of plants and animal species, the same goes for the distribution of languages. Exploring the basis for linguistic classification and raising questions about how we identify a language, as well as considering signed languages as well as spoken, Anderson examines the wider social issues of losing languages, and their impact in terms of the endangerment of cultures and peoples. 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Throughout the text, the author uses an accessible, descriptive-based approach that covers both core and peripheral phenomena of English and Korean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering invaluable insights into the major sources of difficulty or ease in learning the two languages, \u003ci\u003eEnglish and Korean in Contrast: A Linguistic Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Linguistic Differences: Where Do They Come From? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Linguistic Differences 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Cultural Differences 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Why Contrastive Analyses? 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 What This Book Is About 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Sounds and Writing Systems: How to Speak and Write 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 English Sound Systems 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 English Consonants 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 English Vowels 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Korean Hangul Alphabet and Romanization 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Korean Sound Systems 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.1 Korean Consonants 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.2 Korean Vowels 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Syllable Structures 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.1 English Syllable Structures 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.2 Korean Syllable Structures 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Suprasegmental Features 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6.1 English Suprasegmental Features 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6.2 Korean Suprasegmental Features 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Contrastive Notes 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7.1 Consonants 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7.2 Different Vowel Sets 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7.3 Syllable and Consonant Clusters 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7.4 Stress vs. Nonstress 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Conclusion 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Words: Where Every Sentence Begins 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 English Parts of Speech 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Nouns 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Verbs: Main and Auxiliary 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 Adjectives 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4 Adverbs 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.5 Determiners 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.6 Prepositions 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.7 Particles 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.8 Conjunctions 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.9 Complementizers 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Korean Parts of Speech 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1 Nominals 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2 Adnominals 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.3 Verbals: Adjective and Verb Together 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.4 Adverbials 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Expanding Verbals and Nominals 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Verbal and Nominal Derivations and Inflections in English 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Verbal Inflections in Korean 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Nominal Expansion in Korean 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Contrastive Notes 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.1 Different Sets of Lexical Categories 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.2 Simple vs. Rich Verbal Inflection Systems 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.3 Simple vs. Rich Nominal Inflections 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Conclusion 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Phrases: Combining Words and Building Larger Expressions 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Main Phrases in English 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Noun Phrases 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Verb Phrases 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 Adjective Phrases 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.4 Adverbial Phrases 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.5 Prepositional Phrases 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.6 Complementizer Phrases and Subordinating S (Conj-S) 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Phrases in Korean 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.1 Nominal Phrases 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.2 Verbal Phrases: Stative and Nonstative VPs 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.3 Adverbial Phrases 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Complex Phrases: Expanding the Size of Phrases 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Contrastive Notes 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.1 Noun Phrases vs. Nominal Phrases 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.2 Verb Phrases and Verbal Phrases 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.3 Adnominal Phrases 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.4 Prepositions and Case Marking 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Conclusion 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Grammar Rules: Constructing Sentences 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Form and Function 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Grammatical Functions 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Mapping between Grammatical Function and Form 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 English Grammar Rules 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 Forming English Sentences 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Simple English Sentences 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Korean Grammar Rules 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.1 Forming Korean Sentences 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.2 Simple Korean Sentences 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.3 Grammar Rule for Auxiliary Constructions 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Contrastive Notes 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.1 SVO vs. SOV 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.2 Head-Initial vs. Head-Final 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.3 Fixed vs. Free Word Order 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.4 Pro-Drop Languages 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.5 Complement Omission 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Conclusion 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Tense and Aspect: Describing When and How a Situation Happens 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Ways to Describe an Event 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 How to Describe an Event in English 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 Tense and Verb Inflection Form 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 Aspects: Ongoing and Completion 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3 Situation Types 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.4 Sentence Types and Mood 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 How to Describe an Event in Korean 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Tense in Korean 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Aspect in Korean 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Situation Types in Korean 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.4 Sentence Types and Mood in Korean 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Contrastive Notes 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1 Tense 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2 Aspect 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.3 Sentence Types and Mood 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Conclusion 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Auxiliary Systems: Helping Main Verbs 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 English Auxiliary System 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Modals 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2 Aspectual Verbs: Be and Have 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3 Periphrastic Do 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4 Infinitival Clause Marker To 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.5 Auxiliary and Negation 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Korean Auxiliary System 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1 Types of Auxiliary Verbs and 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2 Three Possible Structures 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.3 Complex Predicate Formation 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.4 Auxiliaries and Negation 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Contrastive Notes 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.1 Syntactic Similarities and Differences 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.2 Number of Auxiliary Verbs 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.3 Types of Auxiliary Verbs, and Expressing Modality 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Conclusion 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Passive: Performing an Action or Being Acted Upon 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 English Passive Constructions 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.1 Canonical Passive 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.2 Prepositional Passive 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.3 Semantic and Pragmatic Constraints 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.4 Adjectivals and Get-Passive 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Korean Passive Constructions 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.1 Lexical and Syntactic Passives 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.2 Typical Syntactic Passives 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.3 Light-Verb Pseudo-Syntactic Passive 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.4 Inchoative and Stative Pseudo-Syntactic Passive 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Contrastive Notes 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.1 Similarities 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.2 Structural Differences 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.3 Non-Canonical Passives 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Conclusion 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Interrogative Constructions: Asking a Question 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Clausal Types and Interrogatives 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 English Interrogatives 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Yes-No Questions and Answering System 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Tag Questions 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Alternative Questions 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.4 Direct Wh-Questions and Syntactic Structures 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.5 Indirect Wh-Questions 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.6 Infinitival Wh-Questions 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.7 Multiple Wh-Questions 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Korean Interrogatives 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1 Yes-No Question and Response Particles 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.2 Wh-Questions 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.3 Indirect Questions 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.4 Multiple Wh-Questions 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.5 Questions with Different Illocutionary Force 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Contrastive Notes 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.1 Polar Questions and Response Particles 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.2 Wh-Questions: In Situ or Not 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.3 Interpreting Wh-Expressions 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Conclusion 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Relative Clauses: Building Bigger Nominal Expressions 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Modifying an NP in the Postnominal Position 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Relative Clauses in English 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.1 Wh-Relative Clauses 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.2 Wh- vs. That-Relative Clauses 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.3 Reduced Relative Clauses 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.4 Finite vs. Infinitival Relative Clauses 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.5 Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Relative Clauses in Korean 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.1 Complex NPs 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.2 Canonical Relative Clauses 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.3 Internally Headed Relative Clauses 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.4 Pseudo-Relative Clauses 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Contrastive Notes 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.1 Relative Pronoun or Not 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.2 Types of Relative Clauses 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3 Context-Sensitive Relative Clauses 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Conclusion 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Topic and Focus: Specifying Given and New Information 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Topic Constructions in English 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Topic Constructions in Korean 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.1 General Properties 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.2 Semantic\/Pragmatic Classifications: Aboutness, Contrastive, and Scene-Setting 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.3 Syntactic Classifications and Structures 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Focus Constructions in English 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.1 General Properties 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.2 Cleft Constructions in English and Their Syntactic Structures 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Focus Constructions in Korean 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5.1 General Properties 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5.2 Cleft Constructions in Korean 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5.3 Multiple-Nominative Focus Constructions 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Contrastive Notes 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.1 Subject-Prominent vs. Topic-Prominent 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.2 Types of Topics 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.3 Focus Constructions: Clefts and Multiple Nominatives 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Conclusion 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Comparative Constructions: Comparing Two Things or Situations 289\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 English Comparatives 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.1 Clausal and Phrasal Comparatives 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.2 Coordination vs. Subordination Properties 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.3 Comparative Deletion and Ellipsis 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Korean Comparatives 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1 General Properties 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2 Structure of Phrasal Comparatives 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.3 Structure of Clausal Comparatives 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.4 Context-Dependent Comparatives 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Contrastive Notes 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4.1 Types of Comparatives 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4.2 Comparative Morphemes and Standard Markers 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4.3 Comparative Deletion and Comparative Ellipsis 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4.4 Context Dependency 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Conclusion 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Agreement: Harmonizing Together 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Agreement in English 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.1 Agreement Features in English 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.2 Determiner-Head Agreement 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.3 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.4 Subject-Verb Agreement as Morphosyntactic Agreement 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.5 Subject-Verb Agreement as Index Agreement 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Agreement in Korean 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.1 Subject-Verb Agreement as Honorific Agreement 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.2 Addressee Agreement 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.3 Multiple Honorification 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.4 Agreement in Auxiliary Constructions 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Contrastive Notes 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4.1 Subject-Verb Agreement 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4.2 Other Types of Agreement 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Conclusion 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Figurative Languages and Metaphors: Those We Live By 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Literal vs. Figurative Uses in English 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Metaphors in English 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.1 Conceptual Metaphors in English 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.2 Structural, Ontological, and Orientational Metaphors in English 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Figurative Speech in Korean 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Metaphors in Korean 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.1 Conceptual Metaphors in Korean 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.2 Structural, Ontological, and Orientational Metaphors in Korean 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Contrastive Notes 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Conclusion 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 353\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738656878935,"sku":"9781394157372","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781394157372.jpg?v=1720049796"},{"product_id":"language-capitalism-colonialism-9781442606203","title":"Language Capitalism Colonialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism. In the process, they map out a critical history of how language serves, and has served, as a terrain for producing and reproducing social inequalities. The authors ask how, and by whom, ideas about language get unevenly shaped, offering new perspectives that will excite readers and incite further research for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures Acknowledgements Preface:  Hope     Chapter 1:  Language, Capitalism, Colonialism:  Walking Backward into the Future  1.1  Language and Inequality:  A Wary Approach to a Red Thread World 1.2  Red Flags:  Keywords, Hegemonies, Ideologies, and Warty Genealogies 1.3  Language Out of Place 1.4  Knotted Histories: Following the Threads through the Book 1.5  The End of the Beginning   PART I:  LANGUAGE, INTIMACY, AND EMPIRE   Chapter 2:  Language and Imperialism I:  Conversion and Kinship  2.1  \"The First Nations Bible Translation Capacity-Building Initiative\" 2.2  Colonialism, Imperialism, Postcolonialism, Decolonization  2.3  Intimacy and Connection Across Five Continents 2.4  Reduced to and by Christian Love:  Missionary Linguistics 2.5  Family Trees, Comparative Philology and Secular Religion   Chapter 3:  Language and Imperialism II: Evolution, Hybridity, History  3.1 \"Mixing Things Up\" 3.2  Imperialism and Industrial Capitalism 3.3  Evolutionary Theory:  Language and\/as Race 3.4  Slavery, Plantation, Labour, Trade, and \"Mixed\" Languages  3.5  Americanist Anthropology:  The Limits of Cultural Critiques of Evolutionary Racism American Modern: Assimilating Blackness, Disappearing Indigeneity American Primitive: Extracting Language 3.6  Linguistic Relativity, Colonial Ambivalence, and Modern Alienation   PART II:  THE CONTRADICTIONS OF LANGUAGE IN INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM   Chapter 4:  Language and European Notions of Nation and State:   4.1  \"Le Symbole\" 4.2  The Emergence of the Nation-State in Europe 4.3  Markets and Liberal Democracy 4.4  Making Subjects Through Language Regimentation: Census, Standardization, Literacy Standardization: Grammars, Dictionaries, Canons, Pedagogies 4.5  Language and Differential Citizenship 4.6  Creating Peripheries 4.7  Regulating Relations in Industrial Capitalism 4.8  Making Scientific Linguistic Expertise    Chapter 5:  Internationalism, Communism, and Fascism:  Alternative Modernities  5.1  \"Visions of the Future\" 5.2  Peace, Geopolitics, and International Auxiliary Languages  5.3  Making Communist Linguistics Marrism The Bakhtin Circle From Language  as Action to Language as Tool in the Cold War 5.4. 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More important, with erudition and seriousness of purpose, he mounts a defence of a notion of identity that is neither fixed nor monocultural, and proposes a legal definition of 'nation' that can resist exclusivist or racist versions. In an age when counter-rational fantasies about identity seem to be prevailing, when many seem unaware of or have forgotten where such thinking leads, Neumann's is a much-needed voice of reason.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a focus on the origins and evolution of political identity, this book explores the way different linguistic communities have defined kin, ethnicity, citizenship and the nation. As Neumann traces the transition over the last two centuries of European history, from the medieval to the modern age, he pays particular attention to the idealistic philosophies that have influenced the intellectual landscape and political discourse of European regions today, and which have intensified the division between East and West in terms of cultural norms, legislation and administration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a study concerning trans-culturalism, Harvey Siegel reveals the reasons that drove the partisans of multi-cultural theory to adopt a sole manner of legitimacy, according to which the philosophical ideals and education would be necessarily specific.” - Levant Institute for Advanced Studies\u003cbr\u003e\"This book should prove very useful to a wide readership – to all those concerned with the relationship between individual and group identity, and the crises and conflicts it can trigger… The book could also serve as a guide for politicians (who still largely cling to rhetorical stereotypes and childish speculations), helping them towards a better understanding of the substance and terminology of identity politics, and constructive solutions to communication between different cultural and identity groups.\" - Professor Florin Lobont, Banatul azi (Original text in Romanian)\u003cbr\u003e\"Through his stunning photography, beautifully reproduced in this book, Konigshofer captures the breathtaking surroundings he encounters, from snowy mountain vistas and dramatic coastlines to icy fjords and remote villages.\" - Outdoor Photography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations  Foreword  Preface  Chapter I – JULES MICHELET’S CONCEPT OF PEUPLE 1. 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Read this book - and immerse yourself in the raw pleasure of linguistic diversity. -- Daniel Bögre Udell, Executive Director, Wikitongues\u003cbr\u003eI absolutely loved the premise and execution of this book. * Coffee Time Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Kahn-Harris is a genial, eloquent guide, with a serious message . . . 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