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De Gruyter Signifying and Understanding: Reading the Works of Victoria Welby and the Signific Movement
Book SynopsisThe theory of signifying (significs), formulated and introduced by Victoria Welby for the first time in 1890s, is at the basis of much of twentieth-century linguistics, as well as in other language and communication sciences such as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, translation theory and semiotics. Indirectly, the origins of approaches, methods and categories elaborated by analytical philosophy, Wittgenstein himself, Anglo-American speech act theory, and pragmatics are largely found with Victoria Lady Welby. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say, in addition, that Welby is the "founding mother" of semiotics. Some of Peirce's most innovative writings - for example, those on existential graphs - are effectively letters to Lady Welby. She was an esteemed correspondent of scholars such as Bertrand Russell, Charles K. Ogden, Herbert G. Wells, Ferdinand S. C. Schiller, Michel Bréal, André Lalande, the brothers Henry and William James, and Peirce, as well as Frederik van Eeden, Mary Everst Boole, Ferdinand Tönnies, and Giovanni Vailati. Her writings directly inspired the Signific Movement in the Netherlands, important for psycholinguistics, linguistics and semantics and inaugurated by van Eeden and developed by such authors as Gerrit Mannoury. This volume, containing introductions and commentaries, presents a selection from Welby's published and unpublished writings delineating the whole course of her research through to developments with the Significs Movement in the Netherlands and still other ramifications, contemporary and subsequent to her. A selection of essays by first-generation significians contributing to the Signific Movement in the Netherlands completes the collection, testifying to the progress of significs after Welby and even independently from her. This volume contributes to the reconstruction on both the historical and theoretical levels of an important period in the history of ideas. The aim of the volume is to convey a sense of the theoretical topicality of significs and its developments, especially in semiotics, and in particular its thematization of the question of values and the connection with signs, meaning, and understanding, therefore with human verbal and nonverbal behavior, language and communication.
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Brill Dictionary of Arabic and allied loanwords: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and kindred dialects
Book SynopsisOne of the main cultural consequences of the contacts between Islam and the West has been the borrowing of hundreds of words, mostly of Arabic but also of other important languages of the Islamic world, such as Persian, Turkish, Berber, etc. by Western languages. Such loanwords are particularly abundant and relevant in the case of the Iberian Peninsula because of the presence of Islamic states in it for many centuries; their study is very revealing when it comes to assess the impact of those states in the emergence and shaping of Western civilization. Some famous Arabic scholars, above all R. Dozy, have tackled this task in the past, followed by other attempts at increasing and improving his pioneering work; however, the progresses achieved during the last quarter of the 20th c., in such fields as Andalusi and Andalusi Romance dialectology and lexicology made it necessary to update all the available information on this topic and to offer it in English.
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Brill Majd al-Dīn al-Fīrūzābādī (1329-1415): A Polymath on the Eve of the Early Modern Period
Book SynopsisIn Majd al-Dīn al-Fīrūzābādī (1329-1415): A Polymath on the Eve of the Early Modern Period, Vivian Strotmann provides a detailed reconstruction of the famous lexicographer’s and travelling scholar’s life and works. The ‘author of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ’ is widely known for his Arabic lexicon, which overshadows the astounding breadth of his writing. This polymathic aspect is elucidated through detailed reconstruction of al-Fīrūzābādī’s corpus, including examination of works that were considered lost and misapprehensions concerning ascriptions of authorship. Through minute analysis of biographical sources, the book shows al-Fīrūzābādī’s development as a scholar, his central role in the defence of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s teachings and thereby his importance as a powerful intellectual in Timurid times and for developments during the Early Modern Period.Trade Review"Strotmann provides a detailed exposition and discussion of al-Firuzabadi, evaluates the biographical information concerning his life, critically examines and highlights his work – unquestionably illuminating and helpful not only for Arabists, but generally for linguists and researchers in the area of biography. Strotmann’s is a work that attempts to reach beyond al-Firuzabadi as the author of the Qamus; she actually promises that this is a book leaving the reader with more questions than answers." - Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 28 (2019) "... Strotmann's work represents the first monographic study on al-Fīrūzābādī and the most successful and comprehensive effort ever undertaken to create the complete portrait of this great Islamic scholar, encompassing his biography and oeuvre, his intellectual network of masters and students, his relationship with political power, and his religious thought, thus establishing itself as the essential reference for any future investigation on the man, his ideas, and his written work." - Giovanni Maria Martini, University of Bonn, in: Al-Abhath 62-63 (2014-2015)Table of ContentsPreliminaries Acknowledgements Table of Transliteration Abbreviations List of Tables, Graphs, Photos, Maps and Texts 1. Introduction 2. Reports on a Scholar’s Life – Approaching the Sources 3. A Life’s Journey 3.1 Childhood and Youth (729/1329-745/1344): Kārizīn & Shīrāz 3.2 Travel and Teaching (745/1344-750/1350): From Wāsiṭ to Baghdād 3.3 Coming of Age (750/1350-759/1357(8)): The Damascene Decade 3.4 Further Travels & The Qāmūs (760/1358(9)-794/1392): Based in Makka 3.4.1 The Celebrated Qāmūs 3.4.2 Dating and Versions of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ 3.4.3 Editorial Decisions 3.4.4 The Floods vs. the Crown of Language 3.5 En Route to Yemen (794/1392-796/1393(4)): Baghdād, Shīrāz, Hurmuz 3.6 Years of Allegiance (796/1393(4)-817/1415): Between Yemen and Mecca 3.6.1 Educational Power: Two madāris 3.6.2 Political Involvement: Declaring a khalīfa 3.6.2.1 An Abortive Opus: The Baṣāʾir 3.6.2.2 The Second Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ 3.6.3 Religious Dispute: Defending Ibn al-ʿArabī 4. A lughawī and More 4.1 Matters of Reputation 4.2 Oeuvre 4.2.1 Accepted Works 4.2.1.1 Adab 4.2.1.2 ʿAsal 4.2.1.3 Faḍāʾil 4.2.1.4 Fiqh /Kalām 4.2.1.5 Ḥadīth / Sīra nabawiyya 4.2.1.6 Lugha 4.2.1.7 Naḥw 4.2.1.8 Ṣalāt 4.2.1.9 Shiʿr 4.2.1.10 Tafsīr 4.2.1.11 Tarājim / ʿIlm al-rijāl 4.2.1.12 Tārīkh / Buldān 4.2.1.13 Taṣawwuf 4.2.2 Disputed and Doubtful Ascriptions 4.2.2.1 Unica 4.2.2.2 Authorship 4.3 Overview of Works 5. A Man on the Eve of the Early Modern Period 6. Summary Bibliography Works by al-Fīrūzābādī Manuscript Sources Printed Sources Internet Sources Appendix A Manuscript Source: al-Nuʿmānī’s Kitāb al-rawḍ al-ʿāṭir
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Brill Lateinische Musterprosa und Sprachpflege der Neuzeit (17. – Anfang des 19. Jhs.): Ein Wörterbuch
Book SynopsisWährend die lateinische Prosa der Renaissance-Autoren ansatzweise durch das Lexique de la prose latine de la Renaissance von René Hoven erschlossen ist, gab es bisher für die späteren Autoren noch kein Wörterbuch. Besonders fehlte eine stilistische Dokumentation. Eine genaue Dokumentation ist von epochengeschichtlichem Interesse und füllt nicht nur eine Lücke in der lateinischen Lexikographie, sondern bietet auch neues Material zum Vergleich mit dem Sprachgebrauch der Nationalsprachen. Im vorliegenden Wörterbuch werden neue Wörter registriert, der Schwerpunkt liegt aber auf den neuen Bedeutungen des antiken Sprachguts. Als Ausgangspunkt wurden kultur- und speziell philologiegeschichtlich aufschlussreiche Texte lateinischer Musterprosa ausgewählt, d.h. Texte von Autoren, die im Hinblick auf die lateinische Sprachpflege als vorbildlich galten. Da diese Musterprosa-Autoren sich bemühten, möglichst antike (und dann meistens klassische) Wörter zu gebrauchen, werden in diesem Wörterbuch nur solche Wörter und Wortbedeutungen aufgenommen, die bis zum 7. Jh. n. Chr. nicht bezeugt sind. While Renaissance Latin prose has been opened up by René Hoven in his ‘Lexique de la prose latine de la Renaissance’, there has been no dictionary for the later authors. Especially a stylistic documentation was missing. An exact documentation is of epoch-historical interest and not only fills a gap in existing Latin lexicography, but also offers new material for comparison with how vernacular languages were used. In this dictionary, new words are registered, but the focus is on the new meanings of Classic Latin words. As a starting point, culturally and philologically significant texts of Latin prose , were selected, i.e. texts by authors who were regarded as exemplary. Since these authors tried to use as many as possible ancient (and then mostly classical) words, this dictionary contains only those words and word meanings, which are not attested until the 7th century AD.Table of ContentsAbbildungsverzeichnis Sonderzeichenverzeichnis Anmerkung des Verlags De Helgi Nikitinski laudibus Vorwort Wörterbuch Deutsch-lateinischer Index
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Brill A Comparative Lexical Study of Qur'ānic Arabic
Book SynopsisThis work does not aim to be an etymological dictionary of Qur'ānic Arabic, nor does it attempt to suggest some new genetic classification of the Semitic languages. Rather, it offers insights into the internal lexical relationships attested in a number of Semitic varieties. The work is based on a quantitative analysis of a substantial corpus of the Arabic lexicon with a view to investigating lexical relationships within a number of Semitic languages. Qur'ānic Arabic is the source of a lexical mass comparison exercise involving Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician, Epigraphic South Arabian and Ge‘ez. Moreover, the lexical links identified in this study are in themselves linguistic indicators of the various degrees of cultural proximity characterising the various Semitic languages.
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Brill The Dynamic Lexicon of English: A Socio-Cognitive Approach towards Loan Processes and Their Linguistic Effects
Book SynopsisThe open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. This study investigates the interrelation between use, meaning and the mind as a central issue of contact-induced linguistic variation and change, using the influence of French, Spanish, German and Yiddish on English as case studies. It relies on innovative methodological approaches, including the use of an integrative, socio-cognitive model of the dynamic lexicon, to describe borrowing processes and their linguistic outcomes. The multitude of socio-cultural contexts relevant to the introduction of the various borrowings since the nineteenth century has been reconstructed. This implies the identification of borrowings reflecting connections of linguistic features and culturally embedded attitudes. Taking the effects of cognitive and social factors on conventionalization and entrenchment processes into account, this study makes an original contribution to existing research.Table of ContentsList of Figures Symbols and Abbreviations Introduction 1 State Of The Art: The Influence of French, German, Spanish and Yiddish on the English Lexicon Since 1801 1 Lexical Borrowing from French Since 1801 2 Lexical Borrowing from German Since 1801 3 Lexical Borrowing from Spanish Since 1801 4 Lexical Borrowing from Yiddish Since 1801 2 Methodology, Data and Terminology 1 Methodology 2 Data 3 Terminology 3 Semantic Fields of French, German, Spanish and Yiddish Borrowings: Their Distribution, Development and Rich Cultural Context 1 Semantic Fields Influenced by French Since 1801 2 Semantic Fields Influenced by German Since 1801 3 Semantic Fields Influenced by Spanish Since 1801 4 Semantic Fields Influenced by Yiddish Since 1801 4 The Morphological Development of Fairly Common Borrowings 1 Compounding 2 Affixation 3 Conversion 4 Back-Formation 5 Clipping 6 Blending 7 Summary 5 The Semantic Development of Fairly Common Borrowings 1 New Concepts (the Need for a New Designation) 2 Abstract Concepts, Distant and Usually Invisible Referents 3 Sociocultural Change 4 Close Conceptual or Factual Relation 5 Complexity and Irregularity in the Lexicon 6 Emotionally Marked Concepts 7 Summary 6 The Contextual Use of Borrowings with a Specific Focus on Informal Language Including Social Media 1 Pursuit of Prestige and Social Estimation 2 ‘Messages’ Conveyed by Foreign-Derived Brand Names 3 Socio-cultural Attitudes and Values 4 Socio-cultural Reservations, Prejudice and Stereotypes 5 Sensationalism 6 Indication of Ethnic Identity and Group Affiliation 7 Vividness and Variation of Expression in Informal Usage or Slang 8 Crudity of Expression in Informal Usage or Slang 9 Summary 7 Summary and Conclusion 1 The Chronological Distribution of Fairly Common French, German, Spanish and Yiddish Borrowings Since 1801 2 Schmid’s Entrenchment- and Conventionalization Model in the Light of Loan Processes Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography Index
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Brill The Power of Words: Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay
Book SynopsisThis volume comprises essays in lexicography, lexicology and semantics by leading international experts in these fields. The contributions cover Old, Middle and Present-Day English and Scots, and specific subjects include medical vocabulary, colour lexemes, and semantic and pragmatic meaning in terms for politeness, money and humour. In the area of Old English studies there are articles on kinship terminology and colour lexemes, and in Middle English a semantic and syntactic study of the overlapping of the verbs dreden and douten. Many of the essays make use of the Historical Thesaurus of English project at the University of Glasgow, and pay tribute to its Director, Professor Christian Kay; e.g., one article demonstrates how the HTE, a project which is at the interface between historical semantics and lexicography, may present a rich resource for information about the lexicalization of concepts within our culture, such as changing social attitudes in the area of will, consent and coercion. Other resources, such as The Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English, and the Oxford English Dictionary provide a rich source for information on historical lexicography, semantics and editing. A number of essays concern the Scots language, such as an analysis of evaluative terms in modern Scots speech and writing, the rich potential of rhyme in Scots, and the role of lexicon in th- fronting in Glaswegian.Table of ContentsIntroduction C. P. BIGGAM: Old English colour lexemes used of textiles in Anglo-Saxon England Julie COLEMAN: Slang terms for money: a historical thesaurus Fiona DOUGLAS and John CORBETT: ‘Huv a wee seat, hen’: evaluative terms in Scots Philip DURKIN: Lexical splits and mergers: some difficult cases for the OED Andreas FISCHER: Of fæderan and eamas: avuncularity in Old English Roger LASS and Margaret LAING: $ho:fian{*}/vK2: a LAEME-based lexical study Caroline MACAFEE: The rhyme potential of Scots Terttu NEVALAINEN and Heli TISSARI: Of politeness and people Michiko OGURA: ME douten and dreden Jane ROBERTS: What did Anglo-Saxon seals seal when? Jeremy J. SMITH: Notes on the medical vocabulary of John Keats Jane STUART-SMITH and Claire TIMMINS: ‘Tell her to shut her moof’: the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian Louise SYLVESTER: Forces of change: are social and moral attitudes legible in this Historical Thesaurus classification? Irma TAAVITSAINEN: Key word in context: semantic and pragmatic meaning of humour James MCGONIGAL: Lexicographical Lyrics Notes on the Contributors Tabula Gratulatoria
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Independently Published The Unsaid Lexicon
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Edinburgh University Press Lexical Structures
Book SynopsisA monograph about structural entities originating in the lexicon - that is, about word structure - as well as about the structural characteristics of the lexicon as a module of formal grammar.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Noun-plus-noun compounding and the lexicon; 3. The grammar of attribution: phrase vs. compound; 4. On the interface: associative-adjective constructions and similar borderline cases; 5. The specific and the general: blocking effects and the modularization of the grammar; 6. Two modules or three? Interfaces, overlaps and the lexicon-syntax continuum.
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Walter de Gruyter Ein Fachsprachliches Elektronisches
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Walter de Gruyter LexikographischGrammatische Perspektiven
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Universitatsverlag Winter Sprachliche Zweifelsfalle:
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Indiana University Press Problems in Lexicography A Critical Historical
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrefacePart One: Introduction1. A Conference, a Book, and Their Context2. Contents3. Reception4. Text5. Contributors6. NotesPart Two: Problems in Lexicography1. The Preparation of Dictionaries I: Theoretical ConsiderationsA Typological Classification of Dictionaries on the Basis of Distinctive Features, by Yakov MalkielLexicographical Definition in Descriptive Semantics, by Uriel WeinreichWhat Belongs in the Bilingual Dictionary?, by Mary HaasSome Notes on Bilingual Lexicography, by Richard S. Harrell and Ann M. DriscollRecommendations on the Selection of Entries for a Bilingual Dictionary, by Donald C. SwansonComments, by Dean Stoddard Worth2. Structural Linguistics and the Preparation of DictionariesThe Relation of Lexicon and Grammar, by H. A. Gleason, Jr.Lexicography and Grammar, by Henry M. HoenigswaldStructural Linguistics and Bilingual Dictionaries, by Kemp MaloneLexicographical Treatment of Folk Taxonomies, by Harold C. ConklinComments, by James Sledd3. The Preparation of Dictionaries II: Practical ConsiderationsSelection and Presentation of Ready Equivalents in a Translation Dictionary, by Samuel E. MartinProblems in Editing Commercial Monolingual Dictionaries, by C. L. BarnhartUse and Preparation of Specialized Glossaries, by Meredith F. Burrill and Edwin Bonsack, Jr.Meaning Discrimination in Bilingual Dictionaries, by James E. IannucciThe Labeling of National and Regional Variation in Popular Dictionaries, by Allen Walker ReadComments, by William Gedney4. Lexicographical Problems in Specific LanguagesLexicographical Problems in Pashto, by O. L. Chavarría-Aguilar and Herbert PenzlProblems in Modern Greek Lexicography, by Henry and Renée KahaneProblems of Turkish Lexicography, by Andreas TietzeComments, by William S. Cornyn5. AppendicesSummary Report, by Fred D. HouseholderProgram of the ConferenceParticipants in the ConferenceReferencesIndex
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Yale University Press Caught in the Web of Words James Murray the
Book SynopsisA biography of James Murray, the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary". It provides an account of his life, along with how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned.Trade Review"It is a magnificent story of a magnificent man, one of the finest biographies of the twentieth century, as its subject was one of the finest human beings of the nineteenth." Anthony Burgess "A moving and dramatic story... sometimes tragic, often comic, ultimately triumphant." The Times "A biography that possesses many of the virtues of James Murray himself - grace, humour, intelligence, curiosity, and scholarship." Time "In her vivid biography, Murray's granddaughter brings his remarkable personality to life, and provides an unexpectedly fascinating account of the O.E.D.'s long and difficult birth." Times Literary Supplement "A gripping, engaging story; endearing, too. The daily round of a big Victorian family, with its jokes, games, and treasured seaside holidays, is entrancingly evoked." The Sunday Times"
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Fordham University Press Dictionary Poetics Toward a Radical Lexicography
Book SynopsisDictionary Poetics analyses book-length poems from a number of writers who have used particular editions of specific dictionaries to structure their work. Authors include Louis Zukofsky , George Oppen, Clark Coolidge, Bernadette Mayer, Tina Darragh, and Harryette Mullen.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward an Experimental Lexicography | 1 1 Funk & Wagnalls Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language and Louis Zukofsky’s Thanks to the Dictionary | 33 2 Webster’s Collegiate and Louis Zukofsky’s “A” | 48 3 The Oxford English Dictionary and George Oppen’s Discrete Series | 77 4 Webster’s New Collegiate and the Poetry of Clark Coolidge and Bernadette Mayer | 101 5 The Random House Dictionary of the English Language and the Poetry of Tina Darragh | 129 6 Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang and Harryette Mullen’s Muse & Drudge | 161 Acknowledgments | 185 Notes | 187 Index | 239
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Fordham University Press Dictionary Poetics
Book SynopsisDictionary Poetics analyses book-length poems from a number of writers who have used particular editions of specific dictionaries to structure their work. Authors include Louis Zukofsky , George Oppen, Clark Coolidge, Bernadette Mayer, Tina Darragh, and Harryette Mullen.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward an Experimental Lexicography | 1 1 Funk & Wagnalls Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language and Louis Zukofsky’s Thanks to the Dictionary | 33 2 Webster’s Collegiate and Louis Zukofsky’s “A” | 48 3 The Oxford English Dictionary and George Oppen’s Discrete Series | 77 4 Webster’s New Collegiate and the Poetry of Clark Coolidge and Bernadette Mayer | 101 5 The Random House Dictionary of the English Language and the Poetry of Tina Darragh | 129 6 Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang and Harryette Mullen’s Muse & Drudge | 161 Acknowledgments | 185 Notes | 187 Index | 239
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Statistical Methods in Language and Linguistic Research
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is try to illustrate with numerous examples how quantitative methods can most fruitfully contribute to linguistic analysis and research. In addition, it does not intend to offer an exhaustive presentation of all statistical techniques available to linguistics, but to demonstrate the contribution that statistics can and should make to linguistic studies. This book shows how quantitative methods and statistical techniques can supplement qualitative analyses of language. It attempts to present some mathematical and statistical properties of natural languages, and introduces some of the quantitative methods which are of the most value in working empirically with texts and corpora, illustrating the various issues with numerous examples and moving from the most basic descriptive techniques to decision-taking techniques and to more sophisticated multivariate statistical language models.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Some Basic Issues 2. Scales and Variables 3. Parametric Versus Non-parametric Statistics 4. Reducing Dimensionality: Multivariate Statistics 5. Word Frequency Lists 6. Words in Context Appendix 1: Standard Normal Distribution Appendix 2: Examples of Appropriate Statistics Appendix 3: T-distribution Appendix 4: F-distribution Appendix 5: Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coefficient Appendix 6: U-distribution for a Two-tailed Mann-Whitney Test Appendix 7: Sign Test Appendix 8: Chi-square Distribution Appendix 9: Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient
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De Gruyter Sixty years of Swedish computational lexicography
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de Gruyter Wörterbuch Der EweSprache
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Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Articles in English as a Second Language A
Book SynopsisThe aim of this study is to provide an overview of research findings on the acquisition and use of articles in English as a second language, investigated from a phraseological perspective. It also presents an examination of various linguistic accounts of the English article system with respect to their application to English language teaching.
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Bookvault Publishing Parma Eldalamberon 12 Qenyaqetsa
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Arco Libros - La Muralla, S.L. El diccionario de la Academia en el siglo XIX la 5 edicin 1817 al microscopio
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introduccion a la lexicografia en espanol
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introducción a la lexicografía en español
Book SynopsisIntroducción a la lexicografía en español. Funciones y aplicaciones ofrece una descripción innovativa de la historia lexicográfica en español, una crítica constructiva de los diccionarios existentes y una visión transformativa y optimista de la disciplina relacionada con las nuevas tecnologías.Basado en la teoría funcional de la lexicografía con un enfoque centrado en el usuario y sus necesidades de información, el libro contribuirá, sin duda, al renacimiento de la lexicografía en español. Su punto de partida es la detección de esas necesidades, la generación de datos que ayuden a resolverlas y la presentación de esos datos a los usuarios mediante un diseño de uso intuitivo.Características principales: Establecimiento de conceptos fundamentales de la lexicografía; Exposición de las tendencias principales en la lexicografía en español; Explicación de las fases para realizar un proyecto lexicográfico; Discusión de los métodos y
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Lexicography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Introduction to Child Language Development Learning About Language
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning Applied Linguistics and Language Study
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Second Language Grammar Learning and Teaching Applied Linguistics and Language Study
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Cambridge University Press Formulaic Language and the Lexicon
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Cambridge University Press Inheritance Defaults and the Lexicon
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Cambridge University Press Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe
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Cambridge University Press Inheritance Defaults and the Lexicon
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Cambridge University Press The Lexicon
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Cambridge University Press dictionaries
Book SynopsisThis second edition of Sidney I. Landau's landmark work offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written, with particular attention to the ways in which computer technology has changed modern lexicography. A completely new chapter has been added and every chapter has been updated and reorganized to reflect the changes. Landau has an insider's practical knowledge of making dictionaries and every feature of the dictionary is examined and explained, with frequent examples given from the latest dictionaries of the US and Britain. A history of English lexicography is also included. The book is both practically grounded and soundly based on current lexicographic scholarship. Written in a readable style, free of jargon and unnecessary technical language, it will appeal to readers who are simply interested in dictionaries, with no specialist knowledge of the field, as well as to professional lexicographers.Trade Review'This new version is superb. It gives succinct sketches of all the important dictionaries of English from the earliest days up to now, on both sides of the Atlantic.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Thorough and reliable this second edition (now much enlarged, but still impeccably produced) still is: let us be clear right from the start, it is an excellent book … Sidney Landau's book is an admirable achievement. I have no doubt that it will meet with the same approval as the first edition in its time, from students, teachers of general lexicography, and professional lexicographers, as well as by compilers of technical and/or scientific dictionaries - a role in which it is probably unequalled.' Henri Béjoint, International Journal of Lexicography'The book is written in simple language that non-linguists can understand easily … this new edition, like the first, makes good, comfortable reading, with its abundant notes … Sidney Landau's new book is an admirable achievement. I have no doubt that it will meet with the same approval as the first edition in its time, from students, teachers of general lexicography and professional lexicographers, as well as by compilers of technical and/or scientific dictionaries - a role in which it is probably unequalled.' International Journal of LexicographyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. What is a dictionary?; 2. A brief history of lexicography; 3. Key elements of dictionaries and other language references; 4. Definition; 5. Usage; 6. The corpus in lexicography; 7. Dictionary making; 8. Legal and ethical issues; Bibliography and index to dictionaries mentioned in the text, from Johnson (1755) to the present; A selective bibliography of nondictionary sources.
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Cambridge University Press Cambridge StreetNames Their Origins and Associations
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Cambridge University Press The Lexicon
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Cambridge University Press Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe
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Cambridge University Press Recovering Old English
Book SynopsisThis Element Recovering Old English examines the philological activities of scholars involved in the recovery of Old English in the period between c. 1550 and 1830. It is done by collecting documents, recording the lexicon editing texts and studying the grammar.Table of Contents1. Preamble; 2. Collecting old English; 3. Recording old English; 4. Editing old English; 5. Studying old English; 6. Transitions and turning points; Bibliographies.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Typology
Book SynopsisLinguistic typology identifies both how languages vary and what they all have in common. This Handbook provides a state-of-the art survey of the aims and methods of linguistic typology, and the conclusions we can draw from them. Part I covers phonological typology, morphological typology, sociolinguistic typology and the relationships between typology, historical linguistics and grammaticalization. It also addresses typological features of mixed languages, creole languages, sign languages and secret languages. Part II features contributions on the typology of morphological processes, noun categorization devices, negation, frustrative modality, logophoricity, switch reference and motion events. Finally, Part III focuses on typological profiles of the mainland South Asia area, Australia, Quechuan and Aymaran, Eskimo-Aleut, Iroquoian, the Kampa subgroup of Arawak, Omotic, Semitic, Dravidian, the Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian and the Awuyu-Ndumut family (in West Papua). Uniting the expeTrade Review'This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of achievements and developments in the field of linguistic typology, covering the history of typology, phonological, morphological and syntactic typology, the relation of typology to historical linguistics, areal typology, sociolinguistic typology, and typological studies of sign languages. It takes account of all substantial typological studies published so far and adds a wealth of new data and analyses, based on the rich experience of the editors themselves and the expertise of a number of scholars of high competence in their respective fields.' Lars Johanson, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany'Edited by two of the world's leading typologists, this Handbook enables the reader to access a wealth of information on language structures far beyond those that have been covered in previous typological work.' Bernd Heine, Universität zu KölnTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Contributors; Abbreviations; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction. Linguistic typology: setting the scene Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon; Part I. Domains of Linguistic Typology: 1. Phonological typology Harry van der Hulst; 2. Morphological typology Thomas E. Payne; 3. Typology and historical linguistics Silvia Luraghi; 4. Sociolinguistic typology Peter Trudgill; 5. Typology and grammaticalization Heiko Narrog; 6. Sign language typology Ulrike Zeshan and Nick Palfreyman; 7. Typology of mixed languages Peter Bakker; 8. Typology of Creole languages Aymeric Daval-Markussen and Peter Bakker; 9. Typology of secret languages and linguistic taboos Anne Storch; Part II. Typology of Grammatical Categories: 10. A typology of morphological processes: form and function David Beck; 11. A typology of noun categorization devices Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 12. Negation Matti Miestamo; 13. Number Edith Moravcsik; 14. A typology of frustrative marking in Amazonian languages Simon E. Overall; 15. Logophoricity Felix Ameka; 16. Switch reference John Roberts; 17. Approaches to motion event typology Eric Pederson; Part III. Typological Profiles of Linguistic Areas and Language Families: 18. Language in the mainland Southeast Asia area N. J. Enfield; 19. The Australian linguistic area R. M. W. Dixon; 20. An overview of Aymaran and Quechuan language structures Willem Adelaar; 21. The Eskimo-Aleut language family Michael Fortescue; 22. The Athabaskan (Dene) language family Keren Rice and Willem de Reuse; 23. The Iroquoian language family Marianne Mithun; 24. The Kampa subgroup of the Arawak language family Elena Mihas; 25. The Omotic language family Azeb Amha; 26. The Semitic language family Aaron D. Rubin; 27. The Dravidian language family Sanford Steever; 28. The Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family Valérie Guérin; 29. The Greater Awyu-Ndumut language family of West Papua Lourens de Vries; Index of authors; Index of languages, language families and linguistic areas; Index of subjects.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries
Book SynopsisHow did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge our understanding of objectivity, prescription, and description? Since the first monolingual dictionary appeared in 1604, the genre has sparked evolution, innovation, devotion, plagiarism, and controversy. This comprehensive volume presents an overview of essential issues pertaining to dictionary style and content and a fresh narrative of the development of English dictionaries throughout the centuries. Essays on the regional and global nature of English lexicography (dictionary making) explore its power in standardising varieties of English and defining nations seeking independence from the British Empire: from Canada to the Caribbean. Leading scholars and lexicographers historically contextualise an array of dictionaries and pose urgent theoretical and methodological questions relating to their role as tools of standardisation, prestige, power, education, literacy, and national identity.Trade Review'Among the topics that crosscut the essays are the policy, purpose, and philosophy of various dictionaries, along with the evidence and technology that drive them and the economic factors that constrain them. But equally valuable, particularly for nonspecialists, will be the bits of dictionary lore that contributors bring to their work. Replete with useful illustrations, tables, and reproductions of dictionary entries, the work also provides a guide to further reading and a chronology of dictionaries and important events. This is a welcome addition to the literature on English language and linguistics. Highly Recommended.' E. L. Battistella, ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction Sarah Ogilvie; Part I. Issues in English Lexicography: 2. How a word gets into an English Dictionary Kory Stamper; 3. Technology and English dictionaries Michael Rundell, Miloš Jakubíček and Vojtěch Kovář; 4. Diachronic and synchronic English dictionaries Judy Pearsall; 5. Description and prescription: the roles of English dictionaries Edward Finegan; 6. European cross-currents in English lexicography Giovanni Iamartino; 7. English slang dictionaries Michael Adams; Part II. English Dictionaries throughout the Centuries: 8. A dictionary ecosystem: four centuries of English lexicography John Considine; Seventeenth-Century English Dictionaries: Hard Words: 9. Cawdrey, Coote, and 'Hard Vsual English Wordes' Roderick W. McConchie; 10. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English lexicography Rebecca Shapiro; Eighteenth-Century English Dictionaries: Prescriptivism and Completeness: 11. Recording the most proper and significant words Allen Reddick; 12. Samuel Johnson and the 'first English dictionary' Jack Lynch; Nineteenth-Century English Dictionaries: Descriptivism: 13. The making of American English dictionaries Michael Adams; 14. The Oxford English Dictionary Sarah Ogilvie; Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Dictionaries: 15. The English period dictionaries Robert E. Lewis and Antonette diPaolo Healey; 16. English-as-a-foreign-language lexicography Howard Jackson; 17. Electronic dictionaries Orin Hargraves; 18. English dictionaries and corpus linguistics Patrick Hanks; 19. Natural language processing in lexicography C. Paul Cook; Part III. Dictionaries of English and Related Varieties: 20. Dictionaries of Canadian English Stefan Dollinger; 21. Australian lexicography: defining a nation Pam Peters; 22. New Zealand's lexicographic legacy John Macalister; 23. Hobson-Jobson and dictionaries of Indian English Traci Nagle; 24. South African English dictionaries: from colonial to post-colonial Jill Wolvaardt; 25. Dictionaries of Caribbean English: agents of standardization Jeannette Allsopp; 26. Dictionary of American Regional English George Goebel; 27. The Scottish dictionary tradition Maggie Scott.
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Cambridge University Press Women and DictionaryMaking
Book SynopsisDictionaries are a powerful genre, perceived as authoritative and objective records of the language, impervious to personal bias. But who makes dictionaries shapes both how they are constructed and how they are used. Tracing the craft of dictionary making from the fifteenth century to the present day, this book explores the vital but little-known significance of women and gender in the creation of English language dictionaries. Women worked as dictionary patrons, collaborators, readers, compilers, and critics, while gender ideologies served, at turns, to prevent, secure, and veil women''s involvements and innovations in dictionary making. Combining historical, rhetorical, and feminist methods, this is a monumental recovery of six centuries of women''s participation in dictionary making and a robust investigation of how the social life of the genre is influenced by the social expectations of gender.Trade Review'This fascinating work seeks to reclaim the often forgotten and neglected role of women in the making of dictionaries, and is a welcome addition to the scholarly literature on lexicography.' Sarah Ogilvie, Stanford University, California and author of Words of the World: A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary'Russell's thorough scholarship and wide research are evidenced by densely packed in-text citations and thirty pages of references … No review of this impressive book could close without kudos to the designer, who has produced a masterpiece-simply the most beautiful cover of an academic book that I have ever come across.' Katherine J. Quigley, Language in SocietyTable of Contents1. Walking dictionary, sleeping dictionary: toward a gendered history of a rhetorical genre; 2. Patronizing dictionaries: invocations of women at the invention of the genre; 3. Compiling dictionaries: lexicography attributable to women and alternative generic traditions; 4. Living with and working for dictionaries: women's contributions and critique as the genre expanded; 5. Reinventing dictionaries: the generic interventions of feminist lexicography.
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MIT Press Ltd Linguistics An Introduction to Language and
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MIT Press Ltd Probes and Their Horizons 81 Linguistic Inquiry
Book SynopsisA comprehensive theory of selective opacity effects—configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to others—within a Minimalist framework.In this book, Stefan Keine investigates in detail “selective opacity”— configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to others—and develops a comprehensive theory of these syntactic configurations within a contemporary Minimalist framework. Although such configurations have traditionally been analyzed in terms of restrictions on possible sequences of movement steps, Keine finds that analogous restrictions govern long-distance dependencies that do not involve movement. He argues that the phenomenon is more widespread and abstract than previously assumed. He proposes a new approach to such effects, according to which probes that initiate the operation Agree are subject to “horizons,” which terminate their searches.
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MP-NEV University of Nevada The Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizonas Rim
Book SynopsisContains interviews of civilian conservation corp (ccc) veterans who served in the Rim Country, their stories and photographs of Rim Country camps and workers, and such emphemera as camp newspapers. This work talks about the human face of Arizona's ccc, the men's experiences, their work, and their lasting impact.Trade Review"From The Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona's Rim Country "I can truly say that the ccc was the best time in my life. Without hesitation, the ccc turned this country around and built its superstructure back to 'Grade A.' For the men, it meant life or death to thousands, in fact millions, of men who were just existing at the time, rather than fully living."
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Hendrickson Publishers Inc Analytical Lexicon of New Testament Greek
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