A Grammar Of Kambera

Author : Marian Klamer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110805536

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The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Author : William D. Davies
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110224443

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A Grammar of Madurese by William D. Davies Pdf

Madurese is a major regional language of Indonesia, with some 14 million speakers, mainly on the island of Madura and adjacent parts of Java, making it the fourth largest language of Indonesia after Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese. There is no existing comprehensive descriptive grammar of the language, with existing studies being either sketches of the whole grammar, or detailed descriptions of phonology and morphology or some particular topics within these components of the grammar. There is no competing work that provides the breadth and depth of coverage of this grammar, in particular (though not exclusively) with regard to syntax.

Author : Mary Dalrymple
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 2192 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961104246

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The Handbook of Lexical Functional Grammar by Mary Dalrymple Pdf

Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) is a nontransformational theory of linguistic structure, first developed in the 1970s by Joan Bresnan and Ronald M. Kaplan, which assumes that language is best described and modeled by parallel structures representing different facets of linguistic organization and information, related by means of functional correspondences. This volume has five parts. Part I, Overview and Introduction, provides an introduction to core syntactic concepts and representations. Part II, Grammatical Phenomena, reviews LFG work on a range of grammatical phenomena or constructions. Part III, Grammatical modules and interfaces, provides an overview of LFG work on semantics, argument structure, prosody, information structure, and morphology. Part IV, Linguistic disciplines, reviews LFG work in the disciplines of historical linguistics, learnability, psycholinguistics, and second language learning. Part V, Formal and computational issues and applications, provides an overview of computational and formal properties of the theory, implementations, and computational work on parsing, translation, grammar induction, and treebanks. Part VI, Language families and regions, reviews LFG work on languages spoken in particular geographical areas or in particular language families. The final section, Comparing LFG with other linguistic theories, discusses LFG work in relation to other theoretical approaches.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004643253

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Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Umberto Ansaldo,Jan Don,Roland Pfau
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027222558

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Parts of Speech by Umberto Ansaldo,Jan Don,Roland Pfau Pdf

Parts of Speech are a central aspect of linguistic theory and analysis. Though a long-established tradition in Western linguistics and philosophy has assumed the validity of Parts of Speech in the study of language, there are still many questions left unanswered. For example, should Parts of Speech be treated as descriptive tools or are they to be considered universal constructs? Is it possible to come up with cross-linguistically valid formal categories, or are categories of language structure ultimately language-specific? Should they be defined semantically, syntactically, or otherwise? Do non-Indo-European languages reveal novel aspects of categorical assignment? This volume attempts to answer these and other fundamental questions for linguistic theory and its methodology by offering a range of contributions that spans diverse theoretical persuasions and contributes to our understanding of Parts of Speech with analyses of new data sets. These articles were originally published in "Studies in Language" 32:3 (2008).

Author : Anne Storch,Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270634

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Number – Constructions and Semantics by Anne Storch,Gerrit J. Dimmendaal Pdf

This book is the outcome of several decades of research experience, with contributions by leading scholars based on long-term field research. It combines approaches from descriptive linguistics, anthropological linguistics, socio-historical studies, areal linguistics, and social anthropology. The key concern of this ground-breaking volume is to investigate the linguistic means of expressing number and countable amounts, which differ greatly in the world’s languages. It provides insights into common number-marking devices and their not-so-common usages, but also into phenomena such as the absence of plurals, or transnumeral forms. The different contributions to the volume show that number is of considerable semantic complexity in many languages worldwide, expressing all kinds of extendedness, multiplicity, salience, size, and so on. This raises a number of challenging questions regarding what exactly is described under the slightly monolithic label of ‘number’ in most descriptive approaches to the languages of the world.

Author : D. N. Shankara Bhat
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199269129

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Pronouns by D. N. Shankara Bhat Pdf

On the basis of a cross-linguistic study of over 250 languages, this book brings to light several fascinating characteristics of pronouns. It argues that these words do not form a single category, but rather two different categories called 'personal pronouns' and 'proforms'. It points outseveral differences between the two, such as the occurrence of a dual structure among proforms but not among personal pronouns. These differences are shown to derive from the distinct functions that the two categories have to perform in language.The book also shows that the so-called interrogative pronouns of familiar languages do not actually have interrogation as their meaning. One can only assign the meaning of indefiniteness to them. Further, the notion of indefiniteness that can be associated with these and other pronouns is quitedifferent from the one that can be associated with noun phrases. Other interesting aspects of this book include the postulation of certain typological distinctions like 'two-person' and 'three-person' languages and 'free-pronoun' and 'bound-pronoun' languages.

Author : Geert Booij
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192670588

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The Grammar of Words by Geert Booij Pdf

Geert Booij's popular textbook on the structure of words has been revised and updated in a third edition. The book covers every aspect of morphological theory and the analysis of words. It is the only introductory text to explore the role of morphology in language processing and language change, and also deals with the relation between morphology and other modules of grammar. The book includes a full glossary and exercises with answers. - revised and updated - with a glossary of terms - exercises and suggestions for further reading - the clearest and most readable text on the market

Author : G. E. Booij
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199258475

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Author : Geert Booij
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191069000

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The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology by Geert Booij Pdf

Geert Booij's popular textbook examines how words are formed, compounded, and inflected in different languages. It shows how, when, and why to use methods of morphological analysis and explains how morphology relates to syntax, phonology, and semantics. The author considers the universal characteristics of morphology and how these are reflected in the workings of mind. The revised edition has been revised and updated throughout; it has a full glossary and a new chapter on the field's most notorious problem: the status of the word. 'The Grammar of Words by Geert Booij covers a broad range of topics from structural questions to psycholinguistic issues and problems of language change. This introduction to morphology is thorough and accessible and, like other works by this renowned author, especially strong at showing the significance of empirical facts for theoretical reasoning.' Ingo Plag, University of Siegen 'A book that is fully comprehensive in its coverage as well as exemplary in its clarity, written by one of the major scholars of contemporary lexical theory.' Sergio Scalise, University of Bologna

Author : Pieter Muysken
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291363

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From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics by Pieter Muysken Pdf

From linguistic areas to areal linguistics explores language description and typology in terms of areal background, presenting case studies in areal linguistics. Some concern well-established linguistic areas such as the Balkan, other regions such as East Nusantara (Indonesia) and the Guapore-Mamore (Amazon) regions have never before been studied in an areal perspective, and yet other areas are involved in current debates. The insight has gained ground that languages owe many of their characteristics to the languages they are in contact with over time. Yet the nature of these areal influences remains a matter of debate. Furthermore, areas are often hard to define. Hence the title: a shift from linguistic areas as concrete and circumscribed objects to a new way of doing linguistics: areally. New findings include the observation that there may be many more language areas than previously recognized. The book is primarily directed at linguists working in descriptive, comparative, historical and typological linguistics. Since it covers linguistic areas from four continents, it will have a wide appeal.

Author : R. M. W. Dixon,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191516429

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Complementation by R. M. W. Dixon,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Pdf

This book explores the variety of types of complementation found across the languages of the world and their grammatical properties and meanings. It shows how languages differ in the grammatical properties of complement clauses and in the types of verbs which take them, and explores the complement strategies deployed by languages which lack a complement clause construction. The book includes detailed studies of particular languages, including Akkadian, Israeli, Jarawara, and Pennsylvania German. These are framed by R. M. W. Dixon's introduction, which sets out the range of issues, and his conclusion, which draws together the evidence and the arguments.

Author : Mark Donohue,Søren Wichmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199238385

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The Typology of Semantic Alignment by Mark Donohue,Søren Wichmann Pdf

Leading scholars explore the characteristics of languages with semantic alignment systems and compare the structure of languages with and without them, with special reference to Eurasia, the Americas, and the south-west Pacific, where semantically aligned languages are concentrated.

Author : Olga Fischer,Muriel Norde,Harry Perridon
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027229694

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Up and Down the Cline--the Nature of Grammaticalization by Olga Fischer,Muriel Norde,Harry Perridon Pdf

The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) What is the role of the speaker in grammaticalization? (iii) Does grammaticalization itself provide a cause for change or is it an epiphenomenon, i.e. a conglomeration of causal factors/mechanisms which elsewhere occur independently? (iv) If it is epiphenominal, how do we explain that similar pathways so often occur in known cases of grammaticalization? (v) Is grammaticalization unidirectional? (vi) What is the nature of the parameters guiding grammaticalization? The overall aim of the book is to enrich our understanding of what grammaticalization does or does not entail via detailed case studies in combination with theoretical and methodological discussions.

Author : Emma L. Pavey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139488693

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The Structure of Language by Emma L. Pavey Pdf

Most of the time we communicate using language without considering the complex activity we are undertaking, forming words and sentences in a split second. This book introduces the analysis of language structure, combining both description and theory within a single, practical text. It begins by examining words and parts of words, and then looks at how words work together to form sentences that communicate meaning. Sentence patterns across languages are also studied, looking at the similarities and the differences we find in how languages communicate meaning. The book also discusses how context can affect how we structure our sentences: the context of a particular language and its structures, the context of old and new information for us and our addressee(s), and the context of our culture.