Bridging Constructions

Author : Valérie Guérin
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 296 pages
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Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783961101412

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Bridging constructions by Valérie Guérin Pdf

Many descriptive grammars report the use of a linguistic pattern at the interface between discourse and syntax which is known generally as tail-head linkage. This volume takes an unprecedented look at this type of linkage across languages and shows that there exist three distinct variants, all subsumed under the hypernym bridging constructions. The chapters highlight the defining features of these constructions in the grammar and their functional properties in discourse. The volume reveals that: Bridging constructions consist of two clauses: a reference clause and a bridging clause. Across languages, bridging clauses can be subordinated clauses, reduced main clauses, or main clauses with continuation prosody.Bridging constructions have three variants: recapitulative linkage, summary linkage and mixed linkage. They differ in the formal makeup of the bridging clause.In discourse, the functions that bridging constructions fulfil depend on the text genres in which they appear and their position in the text.If a language uses more than one type of bridging construction, then each type has a distinct discourse function.Bridging constructions can be optional and purely stylistic or mandatory and serve a grammatical purpose.Although the difference between bridging constructions and clause repetition can be subtle, they maintain their own distinctive characteristics.

Author : Valérie Guérin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1013292944

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Bridging Constructions by Valérie Guérin Pdf

Many descriptive grammars report the use of a linguistic pattern at the interface between discourse and syntax which is known generally as tail-head linkage. This volume takes an unprecedented look at this type of linkage across languages and shows that there exist three distinct variants, all subsumed under the hypernym bridging constructions. The chapters highlight the defining features of these constructions in the grammar and their functional properties in discourse. The volume reveals that: Bridging constructions consist of two clauses: a reference clause and a bridging clause. Across languages, bridging clauses can be subordinated clauses, reduced main clauses, or main clauses with continuation prosody. Bridging constructions have three variants: recapitulative linkage, summary linkage and mixed linkage. They differ in the formal makeup of the bridging clause. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author : Peter Nielaba,Michel Mareschal,Giovanni Ciccotti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540458371

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Bridging the Time Scales by Peter Nielaba,Michel Mareschal,Giovanni Ciccotti Pdf

The behaviour of many complex materials extends over time- and lengthscales well beyond those that can normally be described using standard molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo simulation techniques. As progress is coming more through refined simulation methods than from increased computer power, this volume is intended as both an introduction and a review of all relevant modern methods that will shape molecular simulation in the forthcoming decade. Written as a set of tutorial reviews, the book will be of use to specialists and nonspecialists alike.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428915558

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Bridging the Imjin: Construction of Libby and Teal Bridges during the Korean War (October 1952-July 1953) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes,Cristina Suárez-Gómez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789402419320

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New Trends in Language Acquisition Within the Generative Perspective by Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes,Cristina Suárez-Gómez Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatment of the acquisition of Indo- and Non-Indo-European languages in various contexts, such as L1, L2, L3/Ln, bi/multilingual, heritage languages, pathology as well as language impairment, and sign language acquisition. The book explores a broad mix of methodologies and issues in contemporary research. The text presents original research from several different perspectives, and provides a basis for dialogue between researchers working on diverse projects with the aim of furthering our understanding of how languages are acquired. The book proposes and refines new theoretical constructs, e.g. regarding the complexity of linguistic features as a relevant factor forming children’s, adults’ and bilingual individuals’ acquisition of morphological, syntactic, discursive, pragmatic, lexical and phonological structures. It appeals to students, researchers, and professionals in the field.

Author : Daniel Altshuler,Robert Truswell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192526281

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Coordination and the Syntax – Discourse Interface by Daniel Altshuler,Robert Truswell Pdf

This survey explores interactions between syntax and discourse, through a case study of patterns of extraction from coordinate structures. The theoretical breadth of the volume makes it the most complete account of extraction from coordinate structures to date: at first glance, it appears to be a syntactic matter, but the survey raises theoretical and empirical questions not just for syntax, but also across semantics, pragmatics, and discourse structure. Rather than promoting a single analysis, Daniel Altshuler and Robert Truswell outline reasonable hypotheses that allow theoretical conclusions to be deducted from empirical facts. The theoretical conclusions show that coordinate structures have the potential to discriminate between current syntactic theories, and to inform work on the interfaces between syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse. In many cases, however, the necessary empirical work has not yet been carried out, and too much of the literature revolves around the same handful of primarily English examples. The volume offers a starting point for further research on extraction from coordinate structures, particularly in understudied languages, and provides a guide to how to tease out the theoretical implications of empirical findings.

Author : Florian Rudolf-Miklau,Siegfried Sauermoser,Arthur Mears
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783433603864

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The Technical Avalanche Protection Handbook by Florian Rudolf-Miklau,Siegfried Sauermoser,Arthur Mears Pdf

Snow avalanches can have highly destructive consequences in developed areas. Each year, avalanche catastrophes occur in mountain regions around the globe and cause unnecessary fatalities and severe damage to buildings and infrastructure. In some mountainous regions, especially in the European Alps, technical avalanche defence structures are built to increase the level of safety for inhabited areas; however, new infrastructure such as roads, railway lines and tourist facilities cause new risk potential in hazardous areas. As a result, the demand is increasing for technical avalanche protection solutions. Avalanche defence structures and protection systems are used in most inhabited mountain regions worldwide. During the last decades, technical avalanche protection has evolved from a specialist field to an independent engineering branch that has gained importance in alpine countries such as Austria, Italy, France and Switzerland, as well as in other countries such as Canada, Iceland, Norway and USA. This work is the first comprehensive, English-language overview of technical avalanche protection and establishes state-of-the-art best practices in the field. It covers the fundamentals of avalanche protection technology and includes plans, dimensions, construction and maintenance of defence structures. The editors have collaborated with an international team of experts from Austria, Canada, France, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and USA to produce this landmark handbook.

Author : Benoît Leclercq
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009273190

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Linguistic Knowledge and Language Use by Benoît Leclercq Pdf

Combining insights from two of the most influential approaches in linguistics, Construction Grammar and Relevance Theory, this book furthers our understanding of how meaning comes about. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Author : Edward Ochieng,Andrew Price,David Moore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781137329103

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Management of Global Construction Projects by Edward Ochieng,Andrew Price,David Moore Pdf

The first textbook of its kind, taking a uniquely global approach to project management in construction. Using a wealth of case studies from around the world to explain theory and practice, the authors take a business-oriented, decision-making approach to project management and the challenges it faces in the modern world. The book covers topics highly relevant to the challenges and opportunities currently facing the global construction industry, including managing culturally-diverse and globally dispersed teams, international project finance and global stakeholders in projects. Management of Global Construction Projects is essential reading for both students of construction management and professionals looking to understand construction project management in a truly global context.

Author : Eduardo de Miranda Batista,Pedro Vellasco,Luciano Rodrigues Ornelas de Lima
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781315675497

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Tubular Structures XV by Eduardo de Miranda Batista,Pedro Vellasco,Luciano Rodrigues Ornelas de Lima Pdf

Tubular Structures XV contains the latest scientific and engineering developments in the field of tubular structures, as presented at the 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS15, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27-29 May 2015). The International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS) has a long-standing reputation for being the principal

Author : Lucia Contreras-García,Daniel García Velasco
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110711592

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Interfaces in Functional Discourse Grammar by Lucia Contreras-García,Daniel García Velasco Pdf

In grammar design, a basic distinction is made between derivational and modular architectures. This raises the question of which organization of grammar can deal with linguistic phenomena more appropriately. The studies contained in the present volume explore the interface relations between different levels of linguistic representation in Functional Discourse Grammar as presented in Hengeveld and Mackenzie (2008) and Keizer (2015). This theory analyses linguistic expressions at four linguistic levels: interpersonal, representational, morphosyntactic and phonological. The articles address issues such as the possible correspondences and mismatches between those levels as well as the conditions which constrain the combinations of levels in well-formed expressions. Additionally, the theory is tested by examining various grammatical phenomena with a focus both on the English language and on typological adequacy: anaphora, raising, phonological reduction, noun incorporation, reflexives and reciprocals, serial verbs, the passive voice, time measurement constructions, coordination, nominal modification, and connectives. Overall, the volume provides both theoretical and descriptive insights which are of relevance to linguistics in general.

Author : Holger Diessel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009327831

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The Constructicon by Holger Diessel Pdf

It is one of the central claims of construction grammar that constructions are organized in some kind of network, commonly referred to as the constructicon. In the classical model of construction grammar, developed by Berkeley linguists in the 1990s, the constructicon is an inheritance network of taxonomically related grammatical patterns. However, recent research in usage-based linguistics has expanded the classical inheritance model into a multidimensional network approach in which constructions are interrelated by multiple types of associations. The multidimensional network approach challenges longstanding assumptions of linguistic research and calls for a reorganization of the constructivist approach. This Element describes how the conception of the constructicon has changed in recent years and elaborates on some central claims of the multidimensional network approach.

Author : Andrew D. Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192561947

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The Oxford Handbook of Identities in Organizations by Andrew D. Brown Pdf

Conceived as the meanings that individuals attach to their selves, a substantial stockpile of theory related to identities accumulated across the arts, social sciences, and humanities over many decades continues to nourish contemporary research on self-identities in organizations. In times which are more reflexive, narcissistic, and fluid, the identities of participants in organizations are increasingly less fixed and less certain, making identity issues both more salient and more interesting. Particular attention has been given to processes of identity construction, often styled 'identity work'. Research has focused on how, why, and when such processes occur, and their implications for organizing and individual, group, and organizational outcomes. This has resulted in a burgeoning stream of research from discursive, dramaturgical, symbolic, socio-cognitive, and psychodynamic perspectives that most often casts individuals' efforts to fabricate identities as intentional, relational, and consequential. Seemingly intractable debates centred on the nature of identities - their relative stability or fluidity, whether they are best regarded as coherent or fractured, positive (or not), and how they are fabricated within relations of power - combined with other conceptual issues continue to invigorate the field. However, these debates have also led to some scepticism regarding the future potential of identities research. Yet as the chapters in this Handbook demonstrate, there are considerable grounds for optimism that identity, as root metaphor, nexus concept, and means to bridge levels of analysis has significant potential to generate multiple compelling streams of theorizing in organization and management studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057002679486

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English Patents of Inventions, Specifications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11486680

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Report on the administration of Assam by Anonim Pdf