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Max Hueber Verlag GrundstufenGrammatik fr Deutsch als Fremdsprache
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Max Hueber Verlag Hueber dictionaries and study-aids:
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Max Hueber Verlag Hueber dictionaries and study-aids: Kleine
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Bibliographisches Institut & FA Brockhaus AG Duden Wortschatztrainer Deutsch als Fremdsprache
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Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co Franzosische Grammatik fur die Mittel-und
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Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co Alles klar! Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung
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Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co Grundkurs Grammatik
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Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co Basisgrammatik Deutsch Plus: Basisgrammatik
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Vereinfachte Hanzi Lernen Und Behalten 1:
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Romische Rhetorik Ciceros Reden Gegen Verres Und
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Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co Lex: tra Grund- & Aufbauwortschatz Deutsch als
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Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co Lex: tra Grund- & Aufbauwortschatz Deutsch als
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Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co Lex tra Ubungsgrammatik DaF Grammatik Kein
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Oldenbourg Schulbuchverlag GmbH Grammatik-Stars 3. Schuljahr
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Oldenbourg Schulbuchverlag GmbH Grammatik-Stars 1./2. Schuljahr
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Schwabe Lehrbuch Der Klassisch-Agyptischen Sprache
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Brill U Schoningh Grammatik: Verstehen - Erklaren - Unterrichten:
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Westermann Lernspielverlag GmbH Luk Lernspiele: LUK Deutsch ganz einfach
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Debbrecht, Jan, u. Jorg Wachendorf. Jandorfverlag Rechtschreiben 2
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Schubert Verlag Deutsch zu 2weit - Ein romantisch-grammatisches
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Schubert Verlag e.K. Da fehlen mir die Worte Systematischer
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Edelsa Grupo Didascalia, S.A. Uso Interactivo del vocabulario: Libro (Nivel A -
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Edelsa Grupo Didascalia, S.A. Uso Interactivo del vocabulario: Libro (Nivel B2
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Columbia University Press The Fine Art of Copyediting
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University of Notre Dame Press Essay in Aid of A Grammar of Assent An
Book SynopsisThis classic of Christian apologetics seeks to persuade the skeptic that there are good reasons to believe in God even though it is impossible to understand the deity fully. First written over a century ago, the Grammar of Assent speaks as powerfully to us today as it did to its first readers. Because of the informal, non-technical character of Newman''s work, it still retains its immediacy as an invaluable guide to the nature of religious belief. A new introduction by Nicholas Lash reviews the background of the Grammar, highlights its principal themes, and evaluates its philosophical originality.Trade Review“Lash’s introduction to this recent reissue of Newman’s Grammar makes that work accessible to contemporary students of philosophy and theology alike. If one wishes a fresh perspective on the shape of the ‘critical questions’ facing philosophical theology, as well as an object lesson in the norms implicit in ordinary discourse properly employed, that person would be well advised to take up this century-old volume.” —Theological Studies“The combination of Newman’s original genius, complemented by Nicholas Lash’s ability to focus his concerns onto ours, makes this edition a useful tool for teachers.” —America“Here is presented one of the most famous 19th century statements of Christian apologetics, including a most influential analysis of the faith-reason controversy.” —Reprint Bulletin Book Reviews
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Yale University Press Learn to Read Greek
Book SynopsisA text and workbook for students beginning the study of Ancient Greek. It includes carefully chosen vocabularies and extensive vocabulary notes; clear and complete presentations of all necessary morphology and syntax; large numbers of drills and drill sentences; and abundant unabridged sample passages from a variety of Greek authors and texts.
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Yale University Press Learn to Read Greek
Book SynopsisSuitable for students, beginning the study of Ancient Greek, this title provides a grammar-based approach. It includes chosen vocabularies and vocabulary notes; clear and complete presentations of all necessary morphology and syntax; large numbers of drills and drill sentences; and, sample passages from a variety of Greek authors.Trade Review"Learn to Read Greek by Keller and Russell clearly will be the best book available for students in the US or UK who want to learn Greek quickly, precisely, and in the most rewarding way. It is, in fact, a model textbook."—Richard Martin, Stanford University"Learn to Read Greek by Keller and Russell clearly will be the best book available for students in the US or UK who want to learn Greek quickly, precisely, and in the most rewarding way. It is, in fact, a model textbook."—Richard Martin, Stanford University
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WW Norton & Co 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way
Book SynopsisA guide to the artistry that lifts a sentence from good to great
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John Wiley & Sons Inc How Grammar Works
Book SynopsisYour English teacher wasn''t kidding. Nothing says more about you than your command of language. Here is a quick and easy way to brush up on the intricate system of grammar that powers the English language. The updated and expanded edition of this proven guide is a painless way to master parts of speech, syntax, and all the rules of good usage. Best of all, the self-teaching format enables you to learn at your own pace, when it is convenient for you. Now you can learn to write and speak Standard American English effectively. The task is easier if you have a solid understanding of how and why grammar works than if you try to memorize lists of rules. That''s why author Patricia Osborn emphasizes grammar in action, taking the rules out of the classroom and into everyday language. She explains the functions performed by the various parts of speech and provides a new glossary of frequently misused word pairs. You''ll discover: * How grammar works to mTable of ContentsTHE ESSENTIALS OF LANGUAGE. What is Grammar, Anyway? Nouns: The Building Blocks of Sentences. Verbs: The Energy of Sentences. Complements: The Completion of the Verb. Pronouns: Getting Personal. Adjectives: The First Add-On. Adverbs: Add-On Number Two. Prepositions: Relating One Word to Another. Coordinating Conjunctions: One and One Makes Two. ACTION AND INTERACTION: THE SYSTEM AT WORK. Word Order is Part of Meaning. Just Enough Punctuation. The 5 W's and an H. The Amazing Word Be and its Many Faces. More About Pronouns and Nouns. Introducing the Verbals. More Punctuation: I Said, "May I Have Your Attention Please?" Combining Sentences. Keeping It Simple, Even When Sentences Get Complex. Verbs Do More: The Fine Points of Using Verbs. Questions of Usage: How Can Words Agree with One Another When People Don't. Forming Comparisons Correctly: A Matter of Degree. The Complete Sentence: Putting It All Together. Making the Right Choice. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc 750 French Verbs and Their Uses
Book SynopsisEssential grammar taught simply and directly. 750 French Verbs and Their Uses gives you the backbone of language study ---- correct verb usage ---- by showing verb conjugations in their contexts.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Mundo unido
Book SynopsisMundo unido is a two-volume intermediate Spanish series. Using a contextual approach to language learning, Mundo unido focuses on language and how it functions in everyday situations. The Mundo unido program consists of Repaso y conversación, a conversational grammar book, and Lectura y escritura a text aimed at developing reading and writing skills. Mundo unido: Repaso y conversación focuses on a comprehensive review of grammar and promotes conversation and cultural awareness through the inclusion of many vignettes, media, and photos. Reviewers praised the clarity of the grammatical explanations and the diversity of the numerous realia-based exercises. The exercises promote an active use of the language with pair and group and self-expression activities. Closely coordinated with the accompanying reader, workbook, and cassette program, this grammar review may be used alone in an Intermediate Spanish, Grammar Review, or Composition/Conversation course or in conjunction Table of ContentsUnidad I: La Escuela Y El Hogar Entre Estudiantes La Familia La Casa Vida Doméstica Unidad II: Vida De Ciudad Y Vida De Campo La Ciudad Maneras De Vestir ¡Que Aproveche! ¡Vamos Al Campo! Unidad III: Trabajo Y Diversiones Hay Que Ganarse La Vida Los Deportes Los Espectáculos Viajando Por El Mundo Hispánico
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Connecting Reading Writing in Second Language
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Words for Students of English Vol. 5
Book SynopsisConsists of 25 units that present basewords with definitions, usage examples, and exercises. Each unit focuses on a specific topic, carefully selected for its relevance to students' lives, so that students can practice new words in meaningful contexts.
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University of British Columbia Press Witsuwiten Grammar
Book SynopsisWitsuwit’en Grammar presents acoustic studies of several aspects of Witsuwit’en phonetics, including vowel quality, vowel quantity, ejectives, voice quality, and stress.Table of ContentsContentsAuthor’s noteAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPart 1: Language and Dialect1 Witsuwit’en1.1 Geography1.2 Demographics1.3 Previous research on Witsuwit’en-Babine1.4 Witsuwit’en-U’in Wit’en dialects1.5 Witsuwit’en dialects1.6 Carrier vs. Witsuwit’en-Babine1.7 Language namePart 2: Segmental Phonetics and Phonology2 Consonant contrasts2.1 Consonant inventory2.2 Labial consonants2.3 Nasal consonants2.4 Voiced vs. voiceless fricatives2.5 Labio-velar consonants2.6 /h/2.7 V2.8 Summary3 Consonant Phonetics3.1 Ejective stops3.2 Final glottalic consonants and voice quality3.3 T- qualifier prefix3.4 Summary4 Vowel Quality4.1 Introduction4.2 Previous analyses4.3 An acoustic study of vowel quality4.4 Summary4.5 Tables of numerical results5 Vowel Quantity5.1 Introduction5.2 Reduced vs. full vowels5.3 Long full vowels5.4 / / lengthening5.5 A phonetic study of /a/, /aa/ and lengthened / /5.6 Representation of the reduced and full vowel classes5.7 Summary6 Consonant and vowel classes6.1 Laryngeal features6.2 Place features6.3 Manner features6.4 SummaryPart 3: Morphology and Phonological Structure7 Nouns7.1 Possessive prefixes7.2 Pronouns7.3 Nominal roots7.4 Compounds7.5 Plural and vocative forms7.6 Noun classes7.7 Nouns derived from other lexical categories7.8 Loan words7.9 Summary8 Postpositions8.1 Inflection for object of postposition8.2 Postposition stems: phonological properties8.3 Postposition stems: semantic properties8.4 Noun phrases containing postpositional phrases8.5 Summary9 Directional system9.1 Introduction9.2 Directional morphemes9.3 Directional words9.4 Directional adverbs vs. postpositions9.5 Co-occurrence with verb prefixes9.6 Lexical items historically derived from directional adverbs9.7 Summary10 Adjectives10.1 Predicate adjectives10.2 Nominal adjectives10.3 Post-nominal adjectives10.4 Summary11 Numbers11.1 Cardinal numbers 1-1011.2 Ordinal forms of numbers11.3 Numbers: 11+11.4 Summary12 Overview of verb structure12.1 The lexical verb12.2 Inflection12.3 Derivation12.4 Prefix order restrictions12.5 Discontinuity12.6 The verb system13 Verb roots13.1 Overview13.2 The lexical root13.3 Number13.4 Ablaut13.5 Imperative suffixation14 Verb prefix position classes14.1 Introduction14.2 Voice/valence (classifier)14.3 Inner subject14.4 Tense/negative/conjugation14.5 Qualifier14.6 Pronominal14.7 Distributive: /n/14.8 Incorporated root14.9 Inceptive /ho/14.10 Negative: /we/14.11 Multiple: /ye/14.12 Iterative: /ne/14.13 Preverb: postposition/adverbial14.14 Summary14.15 Word external verb theme forming elements15 Aspectual verb suffixation15.1 Introduction15.2 Continuative15.3 Momentaneous15.4 Persistive15.5 Distributive15.6 Conclusive15.7 Durative15.8 Repetitive15.9 Neuter15.10 Semelfactive15.11 Customary15.12 Progressive15.13 Summary of aspectual stem variation16 Verb theme categories16.1 Introduction16.2 Active vs. neuter verb themes16.3 Active verb themes16.4 Neuter verb themes16.5 Summary17 Inflectionally defective verbs17.1 Third person subject only17.2 No perfective17.3 No perfective and no positive17.4 Suppletive perfective17.5 No imperfective17.6 Imperfective negative only17.7 Imperative only17.8 No negative17.9 No tense or subject17.10 Summary18 Phonological domains18.1 Word domain18.2 Stem domain18.3 Prefix domain18.4 Conjunct domain18.5 Qualifier domain?18.6 SummaryPart 4: Suprasegmental Phonology19 Syllables19.1 Syllable types19.2 Coda consonants19.3 Word-final rhymes19.4 Onsetless syllables19.5 Consonant clusters19.6 Antigemination19.7 Syllable weight19.8 [ ] ~ 0 alternations19.9 Glides19.10 Summary20 Stress20.1 Previous analyses20.2 Word stress: qualitative observations20.3 Phonetic correlates of stress in Witsuwit’en20.4 SummaryPart 5: Prefix Case Studies21 Morpheme-specific alternation21.1 Introduction21.2 Allomorphy as output optimization21.3 Co-phonologies vs. prespecification21.4 Summary22 First person plural subject prefix22.1 Introduction22.2 Overview22.3 ___V22.4 V___.C22.5 C___.C22.6 PWd[___.C22.7 ___C.22.8 PWd[C___22.9 Second person singular object + first person plural subject22.10 Summary22.11 Cross-linguistic perspective23 Areal prefix23.1 Introduction23.2 The areal prefix in Witsuwit’en23.3 The verbal areal prefix23.4 The areal prefix with nouns, postpositions, adjectives and directional adverbs23.5 Summary24 D- voice prefix24.1 Introduction24.2 The Witsuwit’en pattern24.3 First person dual subject24.4 OT analysis24.5 Thematic and iterative D- voice24.6 D- combinations24.7 SummaryPart 6: Conclusion25 Witsuwit’en in comparative and theoretical perspectiveAppendices26 Historical phonology26.1 Consonants26.2 Reflexes of vowel initial roots26.3 Vowels27 Writing systems for Witsuwit'en-Babine27.1 Introduction27.2 G j vs. gg g27.3 Cl vs. gil27.4 Long full vowels27.5 Front vowels27.6 Uwh, eeyh vs. uh, ïh27.7 Glottalized nasals27.8 Conclusion28 Verb paradigms28.1 Imperfective and customary28.2 Perfective28.3 Future28.4 Optative28.5 Perfective negative28.6 Non-perfective negative28.7 Irregular verbs29 Texts29.1 Alfred Joseph, 1 July 9, Witsuwit'en summit29.2 Mabel Forsythe and Lillian Morris talking together, September 7ReferencesIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Koasati Grammar
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University of Oklahoma Press Cherokee Reference Grammar
Book SynopsisThe Cherokees have the oldest and best-known Native American writing system in the United States. Invented by Sequoyah and made public in 1821, it was rapidly adopted. This writing system, the Cherokee syllabary, is fully explained and used throughout this volume, the first and only complete published grammar of the Cherokee language.
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University of Minnesota Press Digital Shift
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jeff Scheible argues that when writing—and all of culture—is undergoing radical change through the overwhelming adoption of networked and programmable media, it is possible to detect and analyze these changes in the encompassing details, in the cultural logic of punctuation, for example. This book is highly engaging. Scheible’s arguments are compelling and provocative."—John Cayley, Brown University Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Textual Shift and the Cultural Logic of Punctuation1. Connecting the Dots: Periodizing the Digital2. Within, Aside, and Too Much: On Parentheticality across Media3. # LogicCoda: Canceling the Semiotic SquareNotesIndex
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University of Hawai'i Press Intermediate Tagalog Developing Cultural
Book SynopsisIntermediate Tagalog is a pioneering language text that gives students a grasp of the social rules of the language as well as the linguistic rules.
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University of Hawai'i Press Handbook of Korean Vocabulary A Resource for
Book SynopsisThis root dictionary of Korean for second language learners contains more than 1500 vocabulary lists consisting of words built from a shared root. Upon encountering a word, the student can consult the list for its component roots and discover other semantically related words.Trade ReviewAn excellent resource for those desiring a systematic way to increase vocabulary knowledge of Korean. It will serve well as self-study material for students of Korean (or even for native Koreans studying English) or as a teacher reference for lesson planning." —Acta Koreana 2
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University of Hawai'i Press Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar IlocanoEnglish
Book SynopsisThis root-based dictionary of the Ilocano language (Iloko), the lingua franca of Northern Luzon, and historically the language of the majority of Filipino immigrants to the USA, includes entries for roots and affixes with illustrative sentences, idioms, common derivations and scientific names.
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University of Hawai'i Press A Korean Reader for Chinese Characters Klear
Book SynopsisThis reader should help students of Korean master basic Chinese characters that are frequently encountered in everyday situations. More than five hundred characters are targeted in exercises that aid in the efficient study of the forms, meanings and sounds of individual characters.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Understanding Sentence Structure
Book SynopsisA straightforward guide to understanding English grammar This book is for people who have never thought about syntax, and who don't know anything about grammar, but who want to learn. Assuming a blank slate on the part of the reader, the book treats English grammar as a product of the speaker's mind, and builds up student skills by exploring phrases and sentences with more and more complexity, as the chapters proceed. This practical guide excites and empowers readers by guiding them step by step through each chapter with intermittent exercises. In order to capitalize on the reader's confidence as a personal authority on English, Understanding Sentence Structure assumes an inclusive definition of English, taking dialect variation and structures common amongst millions of English speakers to be a fact of natural language. Situates grammar as part of what the student already unconsciously knowsPresupposes no prior instruction, not even in prescriptive grammarBegins analyzing sentences immediately, with the big picture (sentences have structure, structure can be ambiguous) and moves through levels of complexity, tapping into students' tacit knowledge of sentence structureIncludes exercise boxes for in-chapter practicing of skills, side notes that offer further tips/encouragement on topics being discussed, and new terms defined immediately and helpfully in term boxesApplies decades of findings in syntactic theory and cognitive science, with an eye towards making English grammar accessible to school teachers and beginning students alike Understanding Sentence Structure: An Introduction to English Syntax is an ideal book for undergraduates studying modern English grammar and for instructors teaching introductory courses in English grammar, syntax, and sentence structure.Trade Review"The book is very informative and it is highly recommended for instructors who teach Introduction to Syntax." - Hassan Makhad, Cadi Ayyad University, LINGUIST List 30.2945Table of ContentsPreface xii Acknowledgments xvii 1 Let’s get Parsing! 1 1.1 some introductory words 1 1.2 let’s start understanding what those unconscious rules that create structure are 11 1.3 some conclusions, and what to look forward to in the coming chapters 16 list of terms/concepts 17 reference 17 2 The Subject NP — Outside and In 18 2.1 some introductory words about the noun phrase vs. the subject position 18 2.2 the subject position 20 2.3 let’s get inside that NP triangle 23 2.4 possessive NPs 42 2.5 conclusions 47 list of terms/concepts 50 3 The Subject’s Better Half: The Verb Phrase 51 3.1 parts of the verb phrase we already know about 51 3.2 building up the VP 53 3.3 revisiting structural ambiguity from Chapter 1 56 3.4 VPs with double objects 58 3.5 VPs with adjectives 61 3.6 constituency test 64 3.7 conclusions 70 list of terms/concepts 71 4 Up Close and Personal with the Prepositional Phrase 73 4.1 aspects of the prepositional phrase we already know about 73 4.2 it’s not just the P and NP anymore! 76 4.3 verb–particle constructions 83 4.4 modifiers within PP 89 4.5 lexical vs. functional prepositions 93 4.6 English prepositions are not inflected 95 4.7 conclusions 96 list of terms/concepts 97 5 Infinite Wisdom: Sentences Inside the Verb Phrase 98 5.1 aspects of the verb phrase we already know about 98 5.2 building up VP 99 5.3 the complementizer phrase 108 5.4 embedded adjunct clauses 119 5.5 conclusions 123 list of terms/concepts 124 6 It’s More Complex Than That: The Complex Noun Phrase 126 6.1 aspects of the noun phrase we already know about 126 6.2 subordinate clauses within the noun phrase 127 6.3 the noun complement clause 131 6.4 the relative clause 139 6.5 subject relative clauses 152 6.6 conclusions 157 list of terms/concepts 158 7 Making Their Presence Felt: Silent Categories 159 7.1 what is a silent category in sentence structure? 159 7.2 the reality of the trace of movement: wanna‐contraction 163 7.3 other kinds of silence: the null pronoun 166 7.4 the null operator in relative clauses 182 7.5 conclusions 184 list of terms/concepts 185 8 The Main Attraction: Main Verbs and the Simple Tenses 186 8.1 overview: the “main verb” and its entourage 186 8.2 main verbs: the present, the past, and the future 191 8.3 conclusions 214 list of terms/concepts 216 reference 217 9 The Support System: Auxiliaries and the Compound Tenses 218 9.1 auxiliary verbs: the support in the English verb system 218 9.2 auxiliary have 221 9.3 auxiliary be 242 9.4 modal auxiliaries 254 9.5 verb selection and word order 260 9.6 conclusions: all 16 possible combinations 264 list of terms/concepts 266 10 It Takes a Village: Main Verbs, Auxiliaries, Tense, and Negation 267 10.1 the syntax of the English verb system 267 10.2 auxiliaries and the syntactic expression of tense 268 10.3 main verbs: in a class by themselves 298 10.4 conclusions 312 list of terms/concepts 313 references 313 11 Unfinished Business 314 11.1 overview 314 11.2 tense as the head of S 315 11.3 matrix interrogatives 318 11.4 x‐bar and binary branching 330 11.5 adverbs 335 11.6 conclusions 340 list of terms/concepts 342 references 343 Index 344
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University of Toronto Press Late Han Chinese
Book SynopsisThis book continues and carries a stage further Professor Dobson's pioneering researches into the nature and development of Classical Chinese. He has here compared a Late Archaic text with a paraphrase of that text written in Late Han Chinese. From that comparison he describes in systematic detail the changes that occur in Classical Chinese in the intervening five hundred years. These changes, unlike the changes that take place between Early and Middle and Middle and Late Archaic Chinese, which are formal only, show a fundamental shift. The "empty words" of Classical Chinese which, in Archaic Chinese, are crucial as grammatical indicators, in Late Han become, as later philogists have traditionally described them, "full words." Many Archaic particles become obsolete in Late Han. The "full words" in Late Han, by contrast, perform a more predictable grammatical function. Periphrastic forms replace "participles" for negation, mood, voice, and the like. "Full words" tend towards compound
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University of Texas Press Kalima wa Nagham
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that enhances language learning and builds cultural awareness by incorporating media language to help students understand news reports and original cartoons that
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University of Texas Press Kalima wa Nagham
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that enhances language learning and builds cultural awareness.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd System in Systemic Functional Linguistics: A
Book SynopsisSystemic Functional Linguistics is unique among linguistic theories in treating the concept of system as the central organising principle of language (and also of other semiotic systems, including context), most theories being focussed on syntagmatic structure. This book introduces the notion of system as the foundation of the systemic functional architecture of language, relating the general notion of system in systems thinking (holistic approaches) to the principle that language is organised as a system of systems (the polysystemic principle) and, by another step, to the technical sense of system in SFL as the basic category of paradigmatic patterning – i.e. the organisation of language as a resource for making meaning. The concept of system is then used to explore the emergence of complexity in language (within different semogenetic timeframes), to show how it is manifested in the organisation of all subsystems of language (the fractal principle), to illustrate the system at work in the development of language descriptions and in the process of text analysis, to reveal the power of the system in different areas of application, e.g. in computational modelling, in educational analysis and curriculum development, in multilingual and multimodal studies. Finally, challenges are identified e.g. in the relationship between the paradigmatic axis and the syntagmatic one, in the representation of logical iteration and interpersonal continua; and current and new opportunities are suggested.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Conceptualizing Language Systemically 2. The System in Semogenesis: Emergence of Complexity 3.The System as a Fractal Principle – the System in Relation to Other Dimension of Organization 4. The System as a Navigational Tool in Language Description and Text Analysis 5. The System in Different Domains of Application 6. The System: Challenges and Possibilities 7. Conclusion Appendix: Systemic Conventions
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Describing Language: Form and Function
Book SynopsisHow does one's grammar depend on one's conception of language? In systemic functional linguistics, language is viewed as a meaning potential, thus embracing the view, now supported by contemporary theories of the evolution of human consciousness, that language has evolved in the living of life in society. Using the theoretical framework of systemic functional linguistics, the chapters of this book explore the nature of language, the relations of meaning and society, of form and meaning, and of grammar and lexis. Halliday has referred to the level of lexicogrammar as the powerhouse of language: this is where the resource for creating linguistic meaning resides. But language as resource cannot be adequately described as a set of syntagmatic structures; instead, the primary focus must be on the paradigmatic axis, which after all furnishes the principle for the actualisation of syntagms. Accordingly, aspects of Urdu and English semantics, grammar and lexis are presented here in terms of systemic options, realised as structures.Table of ContentsEditor's Preface by Jonathan J. Webster Foreword by Carmel Cloran I: ON LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS 1 What kind of resource is language? [1984] 2 Directions from structuralism [1987] 3 Linguistic sign and the science of linguistics [2014] 4 A view of pragmatics in a social semiotic perspective [2012] 5 Choice, system and realization: describing language as meaning potential [2013] II: LEXICOGRAMMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS 6 The grammarian's dream: lexis as most delicate grammar [1987] 7 Lending and borrowing: from grammar to lexis [1985] III: ON THE RELATIONS OF FORM AND MEANING 8 Syntax and semantics [1971] 9 The meaning of `not' is not in `not' [2011] IV: BRIEF EXCURSIONS INTO URDU GRAMMAR 10 Some clause types in Urdu 11 The verb `Be' in Urdu [1970]
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