Historical and comparative linguistics Books
Cambridge University Press Aegean Linear Scripts
Book SynopsisWhen does a continuum become a divide? This book investigates the genetic relationship between Linear A and Linear B, two Bronze Age scripts attested on Crete and Mainland Greece and understood to have developed one out of the other. By using an interdisciplinary methodology, this research integrates linguistic, epigraphic, palaeographic and archaeological evidence, and places the writing practice in its sociohistorical setting. By challenging traditional views, this work calls into question widespread assumptions and interpretative schemes on the relationship between these two scripts, and opens up new perspectives on the ideology associated with the retention, adaptation and transmission of a script, and how identity was negotiated at a moment of closer societal interaction between Cretans and Greek-speaking Mainlanders in the Late Bronze Age. By delving deeper into the structure and inner workings of these two writing systems, this book will make us rethink the relationship between Table of Contents1. Introduction and theoretical framework; 2. What does Linear A look like?; 3. What does Linear B look like?; 4. Interpretative models; 5. Overall Conclusions
£31.34
Cambridge University Press Arabic Sociolinguistics
Book SynopsisWritten by four leading experts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic variation and linguistic change in Arabic. It introduces sociolinguistic theory, methods, and data step-by-step, using accessible language and extensive examples throughout. Topics covered include sociolinguistic methodology, social variables, language change, spatial variation, and contact and diffusion. Each topic is explained and illustrated using empirical data drawn from a wide array of Arabic-speaking communities in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as other parts of the world where Arabic is or was spoken, to provide a rich resource of individual dialects, as well as a comparative view of variation in Arabic. Each chapter also contains annotated suggestions for further reading and elaborate exercises. It is an essential resource for students studying Arabic in its social context, as well as anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of variation in Arabic.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; List of maps; Transcription, symbols and abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology – principles and practice; 3. Gender; 4. Education; 5. Social stratification; 6. Religion and ethnicity; 7. Language change; 8. Spatial variation; 9. Contact and diffusion; References; Index of subjects; Index of places; Index of names.
£22.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology
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£44.00
Pearson Education (US) Advanced Grammar
Book SynopsisAdvanced Grammar is a new, advanced-level grammar course that prepares English language learners for academic work. Its unique approach helps students master written grammar with the use of authentic academic sources and prepares them to read extensive academic texts, write and present using academic language, and process complex academic content. Advanced Grammar focuses on the academic forms and uses of grammatical structures without oversimplifying either the content or the grammar structures. This approach is made possible by the authentic textbook content upon which each chapter is based. Features In-depth exposure to authentic academic language via textbook excerpts. Students become accustomed to and use authentic academic language as it is spoken and written. Rigorous and authentic readings from a variety of academic disciplines. Students are exposed to rich content that illustrates examples of gramTable of ContentsPart 1: The Verb Tense System: Using Academic Verb Tense Patterns (Academic Discipline: Computer Science)Chapter 1: Review of Verb TensesChapter 2: Passive VerbsChapter 3: Modal Auxiliary VerbsPart 1: Putting It All Together Part 2: Noun and Noun Phrases: Adding Variety and Detail (Academic Discipline: Sociology)Chapter 4: Noun FunctionsChapter 5: Elements of Noun Phrases: PremodifiersChapter 6: Elements of Noun Phrases: PostmodifiersPart 2: Putting It All Together Part 3: Adjective Clauses and Phrases: Adding Description, Prediction, Historical Explanation, and Emphasis (Academic Discipline: History)Chapter 7: Review of Adjective ClausesChapter 8: Reduced Adjective Clauses and Adjective PhrasesChapter 9: Academic Uses of Adjective Clauses, Phrases, and Cleft ReferencesPart 3: Putting It All Together Part 4: Adverb Clauses, Adverb Phrases and Other Structures that Express Complex Relationships (Academic Discipline: Anthropology)Chapter 10: Adverb Clauses and Other Structures that Express Time, Cause/Effect, Purpose, and MannerChapter 11: Adverb Clauses and Other Structures that Express Concession, Contrast, and ConditionChapter 12: Reduced Adverb Clauses and Absolute ConstructionsPart 4: Putting It All Together Part 5: Noun Clauses (Academic Discipline: Physics)Chapter 13: Noun Clauses Used as ObjectsChapter 14: Noun Clauses Used as Subjects, Complements, and AppositivesChapter 15: Noun Clauses Used for Academic PurposesPart 5: Putting It All Together ReferencesBibliographyAppendix A: Vocabulary PracticeAppendix B: Writing and Speaking GuidelinesAppendix C: Answer Keys for Appendix AAppendix D: Answer Keys for "What Did You Learn?"Glossary of Grammar and Writing Terms
£56.84
MIT Press Ltd Historical Linguistics Fourth Edition An
Book SynopsisThe new edition of a comprehensive, accessible, and hands-on text in historical linguistics, revised and expanded, with new material and a new layout.This accessible, hands-on textbook not only introduces students to the important topics in historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to think about the issues. Abundant examples from a broad range of languages and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historical linguistics. The book is distinctive for its integration of the standard topics with others now considered important to the field, including syntactic change, grammaticalization, sociolinguistic contributions to linguistic change, distant genetic relationships, areal linguistics, and linguistic prehistory.
£47.50
University of Washington Press Haa Leelkw Has Aani Saaxu Our Grandparents Names
Book SynopsisPresents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names.Trade Review". . . a remarkable contribution to a growing scholarship on the importance of place in Native American communities . . . and should serve as a model for future research concerning the preservation of indigenous place names." -- Shawn Bailey * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *". . . a landmark book documenting more than 3,000 Native place names and their locations in Southeast Alaska. . . . the most comprehensive study of its kind." * SitNews *"A rich geographical and cultural reference, all the more fascinating for its ability to reintroduce us to the place we live." -- Amy Fletcher * Juneau Empire *Table of ContentsA Note to the Reader / Harold P. Martin Foreword: People of the Land / Rosita Worl Introduction, by Thomas F. Thornton 1. Yaakwdaat Kwaan, Galyax Kwaan, and Gunnaaxoo Kwaan 2. Xunaa Kaawu 3. Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan 4. Aak’w Kwaan and T’aaku Kwaan 5. Sheet’ka Kwaan 6. Xutsnoowu Kwaan 7. Keex’ Kwaan, Kooyu Kwaan, and S’awdaan Kwaan 8. Shtax’heen Kwaan 9. Hinyaa Kwaan 10. Taant’a Kwaan and Sanyaa Kwaan 11. K’aykaani References
£91.00
Thomas Nelson Publishers The Majority Text Greek New Testament Interlinear
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Zondervan New Testament Greek Syntax
Book SynopsisNo more hunting through textbooks, laboring over self-made study cards, or fumbling with sticky notes. This summary laminated sheet of Greek Grammar beyond the Basics and Basics of New Testament Syntax is perfect for students to review categories of uses and look over possibilities when doing exegesis of the New Testament.
£11.39
Research & Education Association ESL Beginner English as a Second Language
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£18.95
Rowman & Littlefield A Pun My Word A Humorously Enlightened Path to
Book Synopsis"...a superb guide to the intricacies of the language....provides clear distinctions between and among confusing words but does so in a light and often humorous manner. Such a book is especially useful to journalism students, and even practicing journalists." s John C. Merrill, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, University of MissouriTrade ReviewSure to be a word-lover's delight, Shipman's contribution to popular lexicology is a book-length variation upon that curiously gratifying chapter of Strunk and White's infamous ^RElements of Style, Misused Words and Expressions^I. * Booklist *Shipman has an easy way of explaining word usage. -- Donald F. Brod, Chair, Department of Journalism, Northern Illinois University^RA Pun My Word^I, a simple and practical word guide to English, is the way to review-and have some fun along the way....'Now I understand,' you'll say, reading the clever, tongue-in-cheek examples. You'll recognize words and expressions you've used interchangeably-and wrongly! * Writer's Digest Book Club Bulletin *...a superb guide to the intricacies of the language....provides clear distinctions between and among confusing words but does so in a light and often humorous manner. Such a book is especially useful to journalism students, and even practicing journalists... -- John C. Merrill, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, University of Missouri...a sophisticated yet practical guide to the many common confusions of English usage, leavened with uncommon wit.... -- Joan Konner, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University^RA Pun My Word^I educates with humor and charm.... -- Jane F. Earley, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, Mankato State UniversityThis reference should be on the desks of journalists, students, and all of us who remain concerned with the nuances of language. -- James R. Boylan, University of Massachusetts...useful for writers who want a quick, conservative, ready-reference source to help them choose the right word from confusables of various kinds. * American Reference Books Annual *The book consists of hundreds of clear explanations of the most troubling of English uses and misuses....explanations aren't easily found in dictionaries without looking up at least two words and then combing through multiple definitions. ^RA Pun My Word^I makes quick work of such forays into accuracy. * Quill and Scroll *
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WW Norton & Co How Language Began
Book SynopsisHow Language Began revolutionizes our understanding of the one tool that has allowed us to become the "lords of the planet."Trade Review"An ambitious text.... Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes from his field studies in the Amazonian rain forests, will help the neophyte get along. It’s worth it in the end to get a glimpse of conversation through his eyes, as humanity’s most impressive collective invention." -- Melissa Dahl, New York Times Book Review"Very few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe that Daniel L. Everett’s How Language Began will be one of them." -- Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University"When I first became interested in cultural evolution, cognitive revolutionaries would say that Noam Chomsky had proved that an innate language acquisition device was the key to linguistics. Daniel Everett is a leader of the counterrevolution that is putting culture and cultural evolution back at the center of linguistics, and cognition more generally, where I think it belongs. How Language Began is an accessible account of the case for a culture-centered theory of language." -- Peter Richerson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis"Moving far outside historical linguistics, Everett credits Homo erectus with having invented language nearly two million years ago. This communicative invention came not—in Everett’s view—in one revolutionary breakthrough but, instead, at the slow pace typical of evolution, as early hominids gradually organized themselves in ever-more-complex social groupings, eventually learning to fashion culturally weighted symbols and then to manipulate such symbols in communicative strings, so setting the evolutionary stage for the planet’s only loquacious species: Homo sapiens. . . . Certain to spark that liveliest form of language—debate!" -- Bryce Christensen - Booklist"[Everett] mixes esoteric scholarly inquiry with approachable anecdotal interludes to surmise how humans developed written and spoken language and why it became vital for survival and dominance. As in his previous books, Everett energetically attacks the long-accepted theory of Noam Chomsky that humans are born with the language instinct, including innate rules of structure....That Everett is skilled at leavening an intellectually challenging treatise with humor is evident on the first page of the introduction." -- Kirkus Reviews"Provocative and ambitious. . . . Applying semantics, linguistic theory, cultural history, and popular culture, [Everett] makes a convincing case for the multimodal nature of language--a phenomenon that engages 'the whole person--intellectual emotions, hands, mouth, tongue, brain.' . . . This volume will be of interest to linguists, cultural critics, and anthropologists as well as informed readers interested in the evolution of language." -- Herbert E. Shapiro - Library Journal"How Language Began occupies a rare literary space that explains complex issues clearly to general readers while being an original contribution to scholarship...the arguments he marshals and insights he provides are impressive...anyone interested in language would gain from reading this book." -- Oliver Kamm - Times"Ambitious...the subject-matter is completely enthralling...Everett is at the very top of his intellectual game." -- Harry Ritchie - Spectator"Important and fascinating." -- Adrian Woolfson - Prospect
£22.99
Georgetown University Press A Course in Romance Linguistics Vol 1 A
Book SynopsisPresents a strictly descriptive - or synchronic - approach to romance linguistics.
£33.42
AMG Publishers Complete Word Study Old Testament KJV Edition
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Chicago Review Press Splendiferous Speech
Book SynopsisTrade Review"I read about language every day, and I was still delighted and surprised by almost every page. You'll find new, splendiferous ways of looking at the men (and occasionally women) of American historyas creators of a new language as well as a new country." Mignon Fogarty , podcaster and author of Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing" Splendiferous Speech is the compelling and engaging story of American English's tumultuous adolescence, and every page will give you new appreciation of the words and expressions that make American English so vibrant." Erin McKean , founder of Wordnik and author of Totally Weird and Wonderful Words and The Secret Lives of Dresses"A delightful tour of how America claimed English for itself, weaving together into a vibrant lexical tapestry contributions from knickerbockers and Yankees, cattle ranchers and gold prospectors, the jargon of Wall Street and the floor of Congress, and the patter of the bars and the streets." Arika Okrent , author of In the Land of Invented Languages
£15.15
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of
Book SynopsisThe Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CHD) is a comprehensive, bilingual Hittite-English dictionary. The CHD reflects and illustrates the ideas and material world of Hittite society through its lexicon, and is the only such project in the English-speaking world.
£26.42
LifeWay Christian Resources GreekEnglish Interlinear CSB New Testament
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Temporality
Book SynopsisTemporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense New in-depth analysis of temporal, aspectual, modal, as well as nominal discourse reference Presents a novel logical language for representing linguistic meaning (Update with Centering) Develops a unified theory of tense, aspect, mood, and person as different types of grammatical centering systems' Table of ContentsList of Figures ix Acknowledgments xiii Glosses xv Introduction 1 Part I Semantic Universals 13 1 Direct Semantic Composition 15 1.1 Simple Type Logic (TL0) 16 1.2 A CG.TL0 Fragment of English 17 1.3 Dynamic Type Logic (DL0) 23 1.4 A CG.DL0 Fragment of English 27 1.5 Centering: A Blind Spot of English-Based Logics 34 2 Nominal Reference with Centering 41 2.1 Center v. Periphery: Anaphora to Structured Lists 42 2.2 Kalaallisut Third Person Inflections as Top-Level Anaphora 48 2.3 Mandarin Third Person Features as Top-Level Anaphora 53 2.4 English Third Person Pronouns as Shallow Anaphora 57 2.5 Simple Update with Centering (UC0) 61 3 Tense as Temporal Centering 67 3.1 Polish Third Person Inflections as Top-Level Anaphora 68 3.2 Polish Tenses as Top-Level Temporal Reference 69 3.3 English Tenses as Temporal (In)definites 73 3.4 English Tenses as Top-Level Temporal Reference 78 3.5 UC0 with Temporal Centering (UCτ) 85 4 Aspect as Eventuality Centering 93 4.1 Polish Aspect Features v. Inflections 94 4.2 Mandarin Aspect Features v. Particles 101 4.3 English Aspectual Auxiliaries 108 4.4 UCτ with Mereology (UCτ+) 112 5 Quantification as Reference to Sets 118 5.1 Nominal Quantification and Anaphora 119 5.2 Nominal Quantification and Temporal Reference 127 5.3 Temporal Quantification and Anaphora 130 5.4 UCτ+ with Discourse Referents for Sets (UCτ?a) 134 6 Mood as Illocutionary Centering 142 6.1 Illocutionary Moods with(out) Reportative Recentering 143 6.2 (Not-)at-Issue Content as Modal Discourse Reference 146 6.3 (Not-)at-Issue with Start-Up Illocutionary Referents 150 6.4 Dependent Moods as Perspectival (Re)centering 157 6.5 UCδ?a with Illocutionary Referents (UCε!?a) 160 7 (In)direct Speech and Attitude Reports 166 7.1 Mood with(out) Reportative Recentering Revisited 167 7.2 At-Issue Reports with Finite Complements 174 7.3 At-Issue Reports with Non-Finite Complements 179 7.4 UC: Combining UCτ?a and UCε!?a 185 Part II Temporal Variation 191 8 Tense-Based Temporality in English 193 8.1 Indexical Past with(out) Recentering Aspect 194 8.2 Indexical Non-Past with(out) Recentering Aspect 200 8.3 Reports: Speaker’s View of Subject’s (Non-)Past 203 8.4 Quantification: Tenses in Distributive Contexts 206 8.5 A CG.UC Fragment of English 209 9 Tense-Aspect-Based Temporality in Polish 219 9.1 Relative Past (Im)perfective 220 9.2 Relative Non-Past (Im)perfective 226 9.3 Reports: Subject’s (Non-)Past 230 9.4 Quantification: Distributed (Im)perfectives 233 9.5 A CG.UC Fragment of Polish 237 10 Aspect-Based Temporality in Mandarin 246 10.1 Non-Future: Verifiable Topic State 247 10.2 Future: Prospective Topic State or Comment 253 10.3 Reports: Attitudinal Topic State or Comment 257 10.4 Quantification: Topical Habit or Distributive Comment 260 10.5 A CG.UC Fragment of Mandarin 262 11 Mood-Based Temporality in Kalaallisut 272 11.1 Non-Future: Verifiable Eventualities 273 11.2 Future: Verifiable Eventualities with Future c-Points 278 11.3 Reports: Verifiability from Agent's Perspective 282 11.4 Quantification: Verifiable Habits 287 11.5 A CG.UC Fragment of Kalaallisut 290 Conclusion 298 Bibliography 308 Author Index 319 Subject Index 323
£38.95
DK English For Everyone Gramática Inglesa. El libro
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£17.99
History Press Utahisms
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£18.69
Basic Books The Language Game: How Improvisation Created
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£24.00
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of
Book SynopsisThrough rigorous study of historical texts, field research in communities throughout France and the U.S., and in-depth analysis of the cultural groups responsible for the lexicon, authors Shaw and Delaporte present for the first time a compelling and detailed account of the origins of over 500 ASL signs, including regional variations. Organized alphabetically by equivalent English glosses, each sign is accompanied by a succinct description of its origin and an LSF sign where appropriate.
£53.68
Centre for the Study of Language & Information Grammatical Interfaces in HPSG
Book SynopsisThis collection of work in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar focuses on interfaces between different grammatical components; its 15 papers explore interface phenomena such as auxiliary contraction in English, analysis of illocutionary force in HPSG, syntactic and semantic aspects of Korean relative clause formation, negation in Welsh and several others.
£31.67
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. Did You Burp?: How to Ask Questions (or Not!)
Book SynopsisAsking questions may seem like it comes naturally, but it''s actually a learned social skill. How do questions and answers work? What makes a good question--and what makes a rude one? Who cares about questions?This helpful how-to guide teaches kids what a question is, when to ask one, and how to form one. Friendly tips and pointers ("Keep it short!" "Show interest!") help kids keep their questions appropriate and on point. Above all, the book encourages readers to keep on asking questions--the beginning of learning about the world.
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Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. Did You Burp?: How to Ask Questions (or Not!)
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The New York Review of Books, Inc When The World Spoke French
Book SynopsisA New York Review Books OriginalDuring the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens, diplomats, military leaders, writers, aristocrats, and artists, French was the universal language of politics and intellectual life. In When the World Spoke French, Marc Fumaroli presents a gallery of portraits of Europeans and Americans who conversed and corresponded in French, along with excerpts from their letters or other writings. These men and women, despite their differences, were all irresistibly attracted to the ideal of human happiness inspired by the Enlightenment, whose capital was Paris and whose king was Voltaire. Whether they were in Paris or far away, speaking French connected them in spirit with all those who desired to emulate Parisian tastes, style of life, and social pleasures. Their stories are testaments to the appeal of that famous “sweetness of life” nourished by France and its language.
£18.90
University of Utah Press,U.S. Kinship Systems: Change and Reconstruction
Book SynopsisKinship systems are the glue that holds social groups together. This volume presents a novel approach to understanding the genesis of these systems and how and why they change. The editors bring together experts from the disciplines of anthropology and linguistics to explore kinship in societies around the world and to reconstruct kinship in ancient times. Kinship Systems presents evidence of renewed activity and advances in this field in recent years which will contribute to the current interdisciplinary focus on the evolution of society. While all continents are touched on in this book, there is special emphasis on Australian indigenous societies, which have been a source of fascination in kinship studies. One key argument in the book is that linguistic evidence for reconstruction of ancient terminologies can provide strong independent evidence to complement anthropologists’ notions of structural kinship transformations, and ground them in actual historical and geographical contexts. There are principles that we all share, no matter what kind of society we live in, and these provide a common “language” for anthropology and linguistics. With this language we can accurately compare how family relations are organised in different societies, as well as how we talk about such relations. Because this concept has often been denied by the trajectories in anthropology over the last few decades, Kinship Systems represents a reassertion of, and advances on, classical kinship theory and methods. Innovations and interdisciplinary methods are described by the originators of the new approaches and other leading regional experts.Trade Review“A much-needed volume in the revival of kinship analysis and of great importance to all that specialize in this field. I was very impressed with the high level of scholarship.”—Bojka Milicic, coeditor of Kinship, Language, and Prehistory: Per Hage and the Renaissance in Kinship Studies (The University of Utah Press, 2010)Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of Tables1. Introduction: Kinship Change in Anthropology and Linguistics - Patrick McConvell2. Kinship Terms: Typology and History - David B. Kronenfeld3. Comparative Phylogenetic Methods and the Study of Pattern and Process in Kinship - Fiona Jordan4. Reconstructing the Proto-Polynesian Terminology: Kinship Terminologies as Evolving Logical Structures - Dwight Read5. On Husband-Borrowing: The Linguistic Reconstruction of Ancient Yukatekan Marriage Practices - Eve Danziger6. Kin Terminologies as Linguistic Imprints of Regional Processes: The Socio-ecological Contexts of Close versus Distant Marriage Patterns in Indigenous Amazonia - Alf Hornborg7. The Evolution of the Yolngu and Ngarinyin Kinship Terminologies: Models of Cumulative Transformations - Ian Keen8. The Reconstruction of Kinship Terminology in the Arandic Languages of Australia - Harold Koch9. Desertification of an Arandic Dialect - Barry Alpher10. Proto-Pama-Nyungan Kinship and the AUSTKIN Project: Reconstructing Terms for Proto-Mother’s Father and their Transformations - Patrick McConvell11. Mama and Papa in Indigenous Australia - Rachel Hendery and Patrick McConvell12. Comparing Recordings of Warumungu Kinship Systems - Jane SimpsonList of ContributorsIndex
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WW Norton & Co How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's
Book SynopsisAt the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind’s most incredible creation. Deemed a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” by Tom Wolfe (Harper’s), Daniel L. Everett posits that the near- 7,000 languages that exist today are not only the product of one million years of evolution but also have allowed us to become Earth’s apex predator. Tracing 60,000 generations, Everett debunks long- held theories across a spectrum of disciplines to affi rm the idea that we are not born with an instinct for language. Woven with anecdotes of his nearly forty years of fi eldwork amongst Amazonian hunter- gatherers, this is a “completely enthralling” (Spectator) exploration of our humanity and a landmark study of what makes us human. “[An] ambitious text. . . . Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes . . . , will help the neophyte along.”— New York Times Book Review
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Hendrickson Publishers Inc Inscriptions from the World of the Bible
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cognitive Neuroscience of Language
Book SynopsisLanguage is one of our most precious and uniquely human capacities, so it is not surprising that research on its neural substrates has been advancing quite rapidly in recent years. Until now, however, there has not been a single introductory textbook that focuses specifically on this topic.Cognitive Neuroscience of Language fills that gap by providing an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in the field. It guides students through all of the major areas of investigation, beginning with fundamental aspects of brain structure and function, and then proceeding to cover aphasia syndromes, the perception and production of speech, the processing of language in written and signed modalities, the meanings of words, and the formulation and comprehension of complex expressions, including grammatically inflected words, complete sentences, and entire stories.Drawing heavily on prominent theoretical models, the core chapters illustrate how such frameworks are supported, and sometimes challenged, by experiments employing diverse brain mapping techniques. Although much of the content is inherently challenging and intended primarily for graduate or upper-level undergraduate students, it requires no previous knowledge of either neuroscience or linguistics, defining technical terms and explaining important principles from both disciplines along the way.
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EQUINOX PUB The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics
Book SynopsisExamines ancient, medieval, post-renaissance, and modern conceptions of linguistics. This work also identifies a classical tradition to which modern linguistics owes a very clear debt.
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Les Belles Lettres Varron, La Langue Latine. Tome IV: Livre VIII
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Les Belles Lettres Varron La Langue Latine. Tome VI
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Classiques Garnier La Grammaire Francoise (1557)
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Classiques Garnier Joannes Serreius [Jean Serrier]
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Classiques Garnier Introduction a la Langue Francaise Suivie d'Une
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Brepols N.V. Language and History in Viking Age England:
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Brepols N.V. Vernacularity in England and Wales c. 1300-1550
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Brepols Publishers Medieval Glossaries from North-Western Europe:
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Brepols Publishers Old Uigur Administrative Orders from Turfan
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Brepols Publishers Varietate Delectamur
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Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner Le Sanctuaire Devoile. AntoineLeonard Chezy Et Les Debuts Des Etudes Sanskrites En Europe 18001850
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Ifao Heritage Et Transmission Dans Le Monachisme
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Ifao Guide to the Writing Systems of Ancient Egypt
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Classiques Garnier Anglo-Francais: Philologie Et Linguistique
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Association pour l'Avancement des Etudes Iraniennes Final -y in Non-Manichaean Parthian and the
Book SynopsisThis work traces the uses of the so-called "final -y" in Inscriptional Parthian, and provides the distributional rules that govern its presence or absence in certain words. Following the introduction, the bulk of this study consists of three main headings involving, firstly, the presentation of the Aramaeographic forms and the words outside the nominal inflexion, secondly, the classification of the nominal forms in connection with the final -y and, finally, a feasible history of the Parthian nominal inflection. Cet ouvrage offre une description de l'usage du -y final en parthe épigraphique et présente les règles de distribution régissant la présence ou l'absence de ce signe dans certains mots. Après une introduction, une présentation des formes hétérographiques et des mots qui ne font pas partie de la déclinaison, deux grandes parties composent cette étude: d'une part, la classification des formes nominales dans leur relation avec le -y final et, d'autre part, la proposition d'une histoire de la déclinaison nominale du parthe.
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Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Apollon, Artemis, Asteria Und Die Apokalypse Des
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Harrassowitz The Anti-Witchcraft Ritual Maqlu: The Cuneiform
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Harrassowitz Autorenlexikon: Deutsche Rhetoren 1450-1700
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