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Cambridge University Press A Student Grammar of Spanish
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Cambridge University Press Grammars of Space Explorations in Cognitive Diversity 6 Language Culture and Cognition Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press The Evolution of Language
Book SynopsisSince Darwin's theory of evolution, questions about the origin of language have generated a rapidly-growing scientific literature. Tecumseh Fitch cuts through this vast literature, bringing together its most important insights to explore one of the biggest unsolved puzzles of human history.Trade Review'The evolution of language has been described as the hardest problem in science, fraught with conflict, entrenched views, and misunderstandings between the multifarious disciplines involved. Fitch guides us through this tangled and often treacherous domain with clarity, equanimity, and encyclopedic reach. No other book so completely, fairly, and eloquently presents contemporary notions as to how language evolved.' Michael Corballis, University of Auckland'Reconstructing the evolution of language is a daunting task but Tecumseh Fitch brings it off with style. An impressive synthesis.' Robert Seyfarth, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania'Tecumseh Fitch's book reads like a novel, telling the story of the long and complex search for a theory of language evolution very clearly and engagingly … comprehensive, analytic, and fair.' Merlin Donald, Queen's University, Kingston, OntarioTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Lay of the Land: 1. Language from a biological perspective; 2. Evolution; 3. Language; 4. Animal cognition and communication; Part II. Meet the Ancestors: 5. Meet the ancestors; 6. The last common ancestor; 7. The hominid fossil record; Part III. The Evolution of Speech: 8. The evolution of the human vocal tract; 9. The evolution of vocal control; 10. Modelling the evolution of speech; Part IV. Phylogenetic Models of Language Evolution: 11. Language evolution before Darwin; 12. Lexical protolanguage; 13. Gestural protolanguage; 14. Musical protolanguage; 15. Conclusions and prospects.
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Cambridge University Press The Ancient Languages of Europe
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Cambridge University Press Destiny or Chance Our Solar System and its Place in the Cosmos
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Cambridge University Press Metaphor in Culture
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Cambridge University Press A Primer on Ugaritic
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Cambridge University Press Analyzing Linguistic Data
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Cambridge University Press meterinpoetry
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Biolinguistics Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press The Emergence of Phonology
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Cambridge University Press Sociolinguistic Fieldwork Key Topics in Sociolinguistics
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Cambridge University Press Systems of Nominal Classification 4 Language Culture and Cognition Series Number 4
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Cambridge University Press Ref Grammar Modern Standard Arabic
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Cambridge University Press Latin Language and Latin Culture From Ancient to Modern Times Roman Literature and its Contexts
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Cambridge University Press Modes of Discourse The Local Structure of Texts 103 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 103
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Cambridge University Press Writing Systems
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Cambridge University Press Using Chinese
Book SynopsisThis book is a guide to Chinese usage for students who have already acquired the basics of the language and wish to extend their knowledge. Clear, readable, and easy to consult, it is an essential reference for learners seeking access to one of the world's most important languages.Table of Contents1. Varieties of language and register; 2. Vocabulary and usage; 3. Functional language; 4. Letters; 5. Grammar; 6. Body language.
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Cambridge University Press Writing Systems An Introduction to Their Linguistic Analysis Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
During its long history the problem of reducing language to writing, and conversely that of interpreting written signs as language, has found a variety of solutions which still exist in the form of different writing systems. Written by a leading expert, this new textbook provides an accessible introduction to the major writing systems of the world, from cuneiform to English spelling. Florian Coulmas presents detailed descriptions of the world's writing systems and explains their structural complexities as well as the intricate relationship between written and spoken language. The book also provides a clear and engaging account of the history of writing and its consequences for human thought and literate society. This illustrated textbook includes questions for discussion at the end of each chapter, and an up-to-date explanation of theoretical issues. Clearly organised and engagingly written, it is the ideal textbook for use on courses on writing systems.
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Cambridge University Press The Neuroscience of Language
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Cambridge University Press Pragmatic Impairment
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
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Cambridge University Press Fluent Aphasia 107 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 107
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Cambridge University Press Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
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Cambridge University Press John Searle
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Cambridge University Press The Neuroscience of Language
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Cambridge University Press Russian A Linguistic Introduction
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Cambridge University Press Language and Religion
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Cambridge University Press Using German Vocabulary
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a comprehensive and thematically structured vocabulary for students of German. Designed for all but the very beginning levels of undergraduate study, it is accompanied by extensive exercises and activities that are suitable for both classroom teaching and private study.Table of Contents1. Towns and buildings, household, gardens; 2. The physical world, the animal world, weather; 3. The human body and health, the health service and medicine; 4. Physical appearance, gesture and movement; 5. Personality and human behavior; 6. Clothes, accessories and grooming, food and drink; 7. Perception, color and light, materials and textures; 8. Shapes and patterns, size and quantity, containers, time; 9. Visual and performing arts, media and popular culture; 10. Literature and literary criticism, speaking, reading and writing; 11. Leisure, sport; 12. Tourism, travel and transport; 13. Family, birth, death, and marriage, religion; 14. Education, science; 15. Agriculture, industry; 16. Business and commerce, employment; 17. The office and computing, post and telecommunications; 18. Law, finance; 19. Geography, history, war, and peace; 20. Politics and international relations, public services, social and environmental issues; Answers to the exercises.
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Cambridge University Press Applied Critical Leadership in Education Choosing Change
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Cambridge University Press Theories of Case
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Saussure
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages Volume 1 Structures
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive survey of the history of the Romance languages ever published in English, offering major and original insights into the subject. Volume 1 is organized around the two key recurrent themes of persistence (structural inheritance and continuity from Latin) and innovation (structural change and loss in Romance).Trade Review'… an authoritative overview of some of the most relevant topics in Romance historical and comparative linguistics … this is a reference work that all linguists researching any of the Romance languages should take into consideration, from phonologists to sociolinguists to syntacticians.' Miquel Simonet, Journal of SociolinguisticsTable of Contents1. Romance linguistics and historical linguistics. Reflections on synchrony and diachrony Rosanna Sornicola; 2. Syllable, segment and prosody Michele Loporcaro; 3. Phonological processes Michele Loporcaro; 4. Morphophonological persistence Martin Maiden; 5. Morphophonological innovation Martin Maiden; 6. Change and continuity in form-function relationships John Charles Smith; 7. Morphosyntactic persistence from Latin into Romance Giampaolo Salvi; 8. Syntactic and morphosyntactic typology and change in Latin and Romance Adam Ledgeway; 9. Pragmatic and discourse changes from Latin to Romance Maria Manoliu; 10. Word formation Brigitte Bauer; 11. Lexical stability Arnulf Stefenelli; 12. Lexical change Steven Dworkin; 13. Latin and the structure of written Romance Christopher Pountain; 14. Slangs and jargons John Trumper.
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Cambridge University Press Evolutionary Phonology
Book SynopsisThis book explores the nature of sound change in human language over the past 7000–8000 years. It presents a new approach to the problem of how genetically unrelated languages can often show similar sound patterns, and why there are many exceptions to the patterns often regarded as universal.Trade Review'The book contains everything that makes a linguistics book fascinating to read: an overview of the field, a provocative theory for explaining phonological facts, and numerous contemporary and historical examples from a wide sample of languages to support the new theory … As a whole, I think the book makes an interesting contribution to the field of phonology. The theory presented proposes that much of the complexity of human sound systems is due to historical processes that are set in motion by different kinds of misperception, while the actual learning and representations in the mind/brain are relatively simple and general … Blevins' theory does not propose strict formal rules and algorithms to process and learn sound system, but rather a number of mechanisms, heuristics and ways of looking at linguistic phenomena that can be adapted to particular instances … I consider this to be a practical perspective … all in all, I found this book easier to read and less formal than most books on phonological theory … this book is well worth reading for a new perspective on phonology that conforms to the trend towards more data-driven models of language.' Journal of LinguisticsTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Preliminaries: 1. What is evolutionary phonology? 2. Evolution in language and elsewhere; 3. Explanation in phonology: a brief history of ideas; Part II. Sound Patterns: 4. Laryngeal features; 5. Place features; 6. Other common sound patterns; 7. The evolution of geminates; 8. Some uncommon sound patterns; Part III. Implications: 9. Synchronic phonology; 10. Diachronic phonology; 11. Beyond phonology; References; Language index; Subject index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Saussure Cambridge Companions
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Cambridge University Press Portuguese A Linguistic Introduction
Book SynopsisThis accessible book provides a comprehensive introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese. Clearly organised, it covers the central topics of syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and explores the social and historical background of Portuguese, its development and spread in the world, and related sociolinguistic issues such as dialect variation and language planning. It also includes a chapter on Portuguese in Brazil, where approximately 80% of Portuguese speakers live. Assuming very little prior knowledge of linguistic terminology, Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction is designed to help intermediate and advanced students of Portuguese understand how the language functions at all levels, and to give students of linguistics a useful starting point for work on the structure of Portuguese. Keeping linguistic theory to a minimum, it focuses on presenting the linguistic facts in a clear and lucid way, providing a useful global overview of the Portuguese languTrade Review'An especially strong point for this work as an introductory linguistics text is its clarity and comprehensibility, achieved without 'talking down' to the beginner or excluding more advanced students.' HispaniaTable of Contents1. Portuguese in the world; 2. The sounds of Portuguese; 3. Words; 4. Sentences; 5. Portuguese in time; 6. The expansion of European Portuguese; 7. Brazilian Portuguese; 8. Sociolinguistic issues.
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Cambridge University Press A History of the Spanish Language
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Cambridge University Press Reduplication Doubling in Morphology 106 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 106
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Cambridge University Press Language Discourse and Power in African American Culture 20 Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Series Number 20
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Cambridge University Press The Germanic Languages
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Cambridge University Press MemoryBased Language Processing
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Cambridge University Press The Language Organ
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Cambridge University Press Voices of Modernity Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality 21 Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Series Number 21
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Cambridge University Press Exploring the SyntaxSemantics Interface
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Cambridge University Press Binding Theory
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Cambridge University Press The Semantics of English Prepositions
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Cambridge University Press Analyzing Grammar An Introduction Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Hamann
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