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Cambridge University Press The World of Rome
Book SynopsisThe World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for students at university and at school as well as for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, it covers all aspects of the city - its rise to power, what made it great, and why it still engages and challenges us today. The first two chapters outline the history and changing identity of Rome from 1000 BC to AD 476. Subsequent chapters examine the mechanisms of government, the economic and social life of Rome, and Roman ways of looking at and reflecting the world. Frequent quotations from ancient writers and numerous illustrations make this a stimulating and accessible introduction to ancient Rome. The World of Rome is particularly designed to serve as a background book to Reading Latin (Cambridge University Press, 1986).Trade Review'With 400 richly illustrated pages, it is the most up-to-date general introduction to Roman life, history and culture available.' Daily Telegraph'Books entitled 'An introduction to … ' can so easily fail, if only because of the wealth of material to be covered. As an introduction to the Roman world, this volume succeeds and should be essential reading.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'… stimulating and up-to-date … I am sure many generations of students to come will have cause to be very grateful for the insight into the mindset of the Romans offered by this book.' JACT ReviewTable of ContentsPreface; List of maps and illustrations; Notes; Part I. Ideology, History and Administration: 1. The idea of Rome (753–31 BC); 2. Rome's new kings (31 BC–AD 476); 3. Princeps and imperator; 4. Governing Rome; Part II. Society and Economy: 5. The life of the city; 6. Production and consumption; 7. The Roman family; PART III. The Roman Mind: 8. The Roman mind; 9. Roman literature; 10. Roman art and architecture; Epilogue: the ghosts of Rome; Appendices: I. Roman emperors; II. Roman and Greek writers; III. Cross-references with the text of Reading Latin; Index and glossary of Latin terms; General indexes: topographical index; Index of personal names; Index of passages.
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Cambridge University Press SwitchReference and Discourse Representation 63 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 63
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Cambridge University Press Collaborative Language Learning and Teaching
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Cambridge University Press Heads in Grammatical Theory
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Cambridge University Press collaborativelanguagelearningandteaching
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Cambridge University Press Research Methods in Language Learning
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Cambridge University Press Text Generation
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Cambridge University Press Wisdom Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century
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Cambridge University Press Language Program Evaluation
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Cambridge University Press Using Italian A Guide to Contemporary Usage
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Cambridge University Press Education for Sustainability Becoming Naturally Smart
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Cambridge University Press Korean
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy in a New Century
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Cambridge University Press English Grammar
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Cambridge University Press Language Migration and Identity
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Cambridge University Press Semantics An Introduction to Meaning in Language Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press A Reference Grammar of Modern Hebrew
Book SynopsisPresents a clearly structured and accessible guide to all aspects of contemporary Hebrew grammar. Systematically organised, it serves as an easy-to-use reference tool on the basic structures of the language, looking at grammatical categories, phrases, expressions, and the construction of clauses and sentences.Trade Review'Anyone who wants a solid reference book for Hebrew grammar would benefit from this book. … the authors provide numerous examples in illustrating their teaching points. Whenever possible [they] provide Hebrew terminology alongside the English terms to help students benefit more from this textbook. … overall I would recommend [it], since there seems to be no better Hebrew reference grammar which has a better value than this one.' SIL Electronic Book ReviewsTable of Contents1. Preliminary discussion; 2. Writing and pronunciation; 3. The verb system; 4. Verb pattern groups; 5. The noun system; 6. Pronouns; 7. Numerals; 8. Adjectives; 9. Adverbs; 10. Particles; 11. Noun phrases; 12. Verb phrases; 13. Modal verbs and expressions; 14. Clauses and sentences; 15. Language in context; Appendix 1. Verb tables; Appendix 2. Noun tables; Appendix 3. Punctuation rules; Appendix 4. Rules for Ktiv malé; Index of terms.
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Cambridge University Press French
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the structure of French, covering all aspects of its history, structure, and regional/social variation. It will be welcomed by learners of French wishing to improve their competence, as well as linguistics students beginning to study the structure of this important language.Table of Contents1. Defining the object of study; 2. Phonetics and phonology; 3. Topics in morphology and syntax; 4. Lexicology and derivational morphology; 5. Pragmatics; 6. Historical perspectives.
£33.24
Cambridge University Press Chinese A Linguistic Introduction
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the linguistic structure of Chinese, providing an accessible introduction to its writing system, pronunciation, grammar and word-formation, and its social, cultural and historical background. It will greatly benefit teachers and learners of Chinese, and also linguists beginning work on the structure of this major world language.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Historical background; 2. Phonetics of standard Chinese; 3. Morphology 1; 4. Morphology 2; 5. Chinese writing; 6. Chinese language and culture; 7. Chinese syntax 1; 8. Chinese syntax 2.
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Cambridge University Press Research Genres Explorations and Applications Cambridge Applied Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Study Abroad and Second Language Use Constructing The Self
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Cambridge University Press Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe
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Cambridge University Press Bakhtinian Perspectives on Language Literacy and Learning
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Cambridge University Press Australian Sign Language Auslan An introduction to sign language linguistics
Book SynopsisThis is first comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Auslan, the sign language of Australia. Assuming no prior background in language study, it explores each key aspect of the structure of Auslan, providing an accessible overview of its grammar (how sentences are structured), phonology (the building blocks of signs), morphology (the structure of signs), lexicon (vocabulary), semantics (how meaning is created), and discourse (how Auslan is used in context). The authors also discuss a range of myths and misunderstandings about sign languages, provide an insight into the history and development of Auslan, and show how Auslan is related to other sign languages, such as those used in Britain, the USA and New Zealand. Complete with clear illustrations of the signs in use and useful further reading lists, this is an ideal resource for anyone interested in Auslan, as well as those seeking a clear, general introduction to sign language linguistics.Table of Contents1. Signed languages and linguistics; 2. Auslan in social context; 3. Auslan and other signed languages; 4. Phonetics and phonology: the building blocks of signs; 5. Morphology: sign formation and modification; 6. Lexicon: the structure of Auslan vocabulary; 7. Syntax: the structure of sentences in Auslan; 8. Semantics and pragmatics: sign meaning and sentence meaning; 9. Discourse: structure and use above the sentence; 10. Issues in the study of signed languages.
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Cambridge University Press Lexicalization and Language Change Research Surveys in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Discourse and Identity 23 Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics Series Number 23
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Cambridge University Press The Bilingual Child Early Development and Language Contact Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
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Cambridge University Press Linguistic Universals
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Cambridge University Press Corpus Linguistics
Book SynopsisCorpus linguistics is the study of language data on a large scale - the computer-aided analysis of very extensive collections of transcribed utterances or written texts. This textbook outlines the basic methods of corpus linguistics and surveys the major approaches to the use of corpus data.Trade Review'A comprehensive and up-to-date overview, covering nicely theoretical distinctions and debates as well as the hands-on, practical questions every corpus linguist has to come to grips with.' Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara'… a unique resource for … present-day corpus linguistics.' Karin Aijmer, University of GothenburgTable of Contents1. Corpus linguistics; 2. Accessing and analysing corpus data; 3. The web, laws and ethics; 4. English corpus linguistics; 5. Corpus-based studies of synchronic and diachronic variation; 6. Neo-Firthian corpus linguistics; 7. Corpus methods and functionalist linguistics; 8. The convergence of corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, and functionalist linguistics; 9. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Possession Cognitive Sources Forces and Grammaticalization 83 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 83
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Cambridge University Press Using Language
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Cambridge University Press The Raising of Predicates Predicative Noun Phrases and the Theory of Clause Structure 80 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 80
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Cambridge University Press The History of Linguistics in Europe
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Cambridge University Press Language Typology and Syntactic Description
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles
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Cambridge University Press Platos Cratylus
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Cambridge University Press Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Chinese
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Icelandic
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Cambridge University Press Callimachus Hymn to Demeter 27 Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press Regularity in Semantic Change 97 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 97
Book SynopsisThis important study of semantic change examines how new meanings arise through language use, especially the various ways in which speakers and writers experiment with uses of words and constructions in the flow of strategic interaction with addressees. There has been growing interest in exploring systemicities in semantic change from a number of perspectives including theories of metaphor, pragmatic inferencing, and grammaticalization. Like earlier studies, these have for the most part been based on data taken out of context. This book is a detailed examination of semantic change from the perspective of historical pragmatics and discourse analysis. Drawing on extensive corpus data from over a thousand years of English and Japanese textual history, Traugott and Dasher show that most changes in meaning originate in and are motivated by the associative flow of speech and conceptual metonymy.Trade Review'How does it come about that linguistic expressions change their meanings over time, or, to be more precise, that speakers start using established linguistic expressions with novel meanings? What is the nature of semantic change, and - more importantly - can we generalize about different instantiations of semantic change not only within individual languages but also cross-linguistically? The book under review, by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Richard B. Dasher, provides bold answers to such big questions.' Journal of LinguisticsTable of ContentsList of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Conventions; List of abbreviations; 1. The framework; 2. Prior and current work on semantic change; 3. The development of modal verbs; 4. The development of adverbials with discourse marker function; 5. The development of performative verbs and constructions; 6. The development of social deictics; 7. Conclusion; Primary references; Secondary references; Index of languages; Index of names; Index of subjects.
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Cambridge University Press Functional Categories Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 117
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Guide to English Usage
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Cambridge University Press A Short History of Structural Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press A Short History of Structural Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Romani
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Arabic Cambridge Syntax Guides
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Arabic Cambridge Syntax Guides
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