Coordination Relations In The Languages Of Europe And Beyond

Author : Caterina Mauri
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110211498

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Coordination Relations in the Languages of Europe and Beyond by Caterina Mauri Pdf

This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs on the basis of a 74 language sample, with special focus on the languages spoken in Europe. It constitutes the first systematic inquiry so far conducted on the cross-linguistic coding of coordination, as defined in cognitive and pragmatic terms. This research shows that the 'and-but-or' coding system which is typical of Central-Western Europe appears to be extremely rare outside Europe, where a great variation in the coding of coordination is attested. This cross-linguistic variation, however, is not random, but is crucially constrained by the interaction of economic principles with the semantic properties of the individual relations expressed. A fine-grained functional systematization of coordination is proposed and described by means of implicational patterns and semantic maps. This work brings together a broad cross-linguistic perspective and a detailed semantic analysis, largely based on new and comparable data collected by means of questionnaires, all accessible in the appendix of the book. It represents the first systematic attempt towards a unified typology of coordination relations.

Author : Silvia Luraghi,Claudia Parodi
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441124609

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The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax by Silvia Luraghi,Claudia Parodi Pdf

The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax is the definitive guide to a key area of linguistic study.

Author : Tasaku Tsunoda
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110519242

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Levels in Clause Linkage by Tasaku Tsunoda Pdf

This is a cross-linguistic exploration of the use of clause linkage markers in causal, conditional, and concessive sentences. Employing a five-level classification of clause linkage based on semantic and pragmatic grounds, it shows that, within individual languages different markers exhibit different distributions on the five levels. Also, the rich evidence presented from seventeen languages from many parts of the world documents that these distributions present commonalities as well as differences across the languages of the sample.

Author : Adriano Murelli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110238792

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Relative Constructions in European Non-Standard Varieties by Adriano Murelli Pdf

Cross-linguistic studies on relative constructions in European languages are often centred on standard varieties as described in reference grammars. This volume breaks with the tradition in that it investigates relative constructions in non-standard varieties from a multidisciplinary perspective and addresses a crucial question: what does Europe's typological panorama actually look like?

Author : Qi Su,Ge Xu,Xiaoyan Yang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031289569

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Chinese Lexical Semantics by Qi Su,Ge Xu,Xiaoyan Yang Pdf

The two-volume set LNAI 13495 and LNAI 13496, constitute the refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 23rd Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop, CLSW 2022, held as a virtual event, during May 14-15, 2022. In total the two-volume set includes 39 full papers and 19 short papers which were carefully reviewed and selected from 214 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: lexical semantics; corpus linguistics; general linguistics, lexical resources; computational linguistics, applications of natural language processing.

Author : Jermo van Nes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004358423

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Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles by Jermo van Nes Pdf

In Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles, Jermo van Nes argues that the language of the so-called Pastoral Epistles is not significantly different from the other Pauline writings, and therefore should no longer be used as a criterion in discussions of their authorship.

Author : Katja Hetterle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110409857

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Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective by Katja Hetterle Pdf

This study investigates adverbial clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. In line with other recent typological research in the context of complex sentences and clause-linkage, it proceeds from a detailed, multivariate analysis of the morphosyntactic characteristics of the phenomenon under scrutiny.

Author : Renata Enghels,Bart Defrancq,Marlies Jansegers
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110682588

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New Approaches to Contrastive Linguistics by Renata Enghels,Bart Defrancq,Marlies Jansegers Pdf

The practice of comparing languages has a long tradition characterized by a cyclic pattern of interest. Its meeting with corpus linguistics in the 1990s has led to a new sub-discipline of corpus-based contrastive studies. The present volume tackles two main challenges that had not yet been fully addressed in the literature, namely an empirical assessment of the nature of the data commonly used in cross-linguistic studies (e.g. translation data versus comparable data), and the development of advanced methods and statistical techniques suitably adapted to contrastive research settings. The papers collected in this volume endeavour to find out what (new) types of data are most useful for what kind of contrastive questions, and which advanced statistical techniques are most suited to deal with the multidimensionality of contrastive research questions. Answers to these questions are provided through the contrastive analysis of various language pairs or groups, and a wide variety of phenomena situated at almost all linguistic levels. In sum, this book provides an update on new methodological and theoretical insights in empirical contrastive linguistics and will stimulate further research within this field.

Author : Chiara Fedriani,Andrea Sansó
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027265494

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Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal Particles by Chiara Fedriani,Andrea Sansó Pdf

This book offers new perspectives into the description of the form, meaning and function of Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal Particles in a number of different languages, along with new methods for identifying their ‘prototypical’ instances in situated language contexts, often based on cross-linguistic comparisons. The papers collected in this volume also discuss different factors at play in processes of grammaticalization and pragmaticalization, which include contact-induced change and pragmatic borrowing, socio-interactional functional pressures and sociopragmatic indexicalities, constraints of cognitive processing, together with regularities in semantic change. Putting the traditional issues concerning the status, delimitation and categorization of Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal Particles somewhat off the stage, the eighteen articles collected in this volume deal instead with general questions concerning the development and use of such procedural elements, explored from different approaches, both formal and functional, and from a variety of perspectives – including corpus-based, sociolinguistic, and contrastive perspectives – and offering language-specific synchronic and diachronic studies.

Author : Heiko Narrog,Bernd Heine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191618055

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The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization by Heiko Narrog,Bernd Heine Pdf

This book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammatical items get additional functions, and grammars are created. Leading scholars from around the world introduce and discuss the core theoretical and methodological bases of grammaticalization, report on work in the field, and point to promising directions for new research. They represent every relevant theoretical perspective and approach. Research on grammaticalization and its role in linguistic change encompasses work on languages from every major linguistic family. Its results offer valuable insights for all theoretical frameworks, including generative, construction, and cognitive grammar, and relate to work in fields such as phonology, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. The handbook is divided into five parts, of which the first two are devoted to theory and method, the third and fourth to work in linguistic domains, classes, and cateogories, and the fifth to case studies of grammaticalization in a range of languages. It will be an indispensable source of information and inspiration for all those who wish to know more about this fascinating and important field.

Author : Markéta Janebová,Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski,Michaela Martinková
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527504349

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Contrasting English and Other Languages through Corpora by Markéta Janebová,Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski,Michaela Martinková Pdf

This volume is grounded on the latest research in empirical contrastive language studies, addressing several issues on contrasts between English and other languages. It results from an annual workshop on language contrasts, organised by the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME), and covers a wider range of phenomena in phraseology, discourse and pragmatics. As it relies on data from parallel or comparable corpora, it gives valuable insights into cross-linguistic differences between English and other languages, which might otherwise go unnoticed. The book will be useful to experts on language studies and advanced students with an interest in linguistics. It will serve as a catalyst to other researchers interested in the contrastive analysis of the English language. The results of the linguistic analyses described within will be valuable for practical applications in lexicography, language teaching and translation (both human and machine), including translator training.

Author : Gunther Kaltenböck,Evelien Keizer,Arne Lohmann
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266552

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Outside the Clause by Gunther Kaltenböck,Evelien Keizer,Arne Lohmann Pdf

This volume brings together a number of articles on the form and function of extra-clausal constituents, a group of linguistic elements which have puzzled linguists by defying analysis in terms of ordinary sentence grammar. Given their high frequency and communicative importance, these elements can, however, no longer be dismissed as a marginal linguistic phenomenon. In recent years this awareness has resulted not only in more systematic treatments of extra-clausal constituents, but has also highlighted the need to account for them in grammatical theory. Based on (mainly English) corpus data, the volume investigates the discourse-pragmatic, semantic, syntactic and phonological features of a range of extra-clausal constituents, including discourse markers, free adjuncts, left dislocands, insubordinate clauses and various kinds of adverbials. The individual chapters adopt a number of different perspectives, investigating the diachronic development of extra-clausal constituents, their multi-functionality and their use in bilingual settings, also addressing the question of how they can be incorporated into existing models of grammar.

Author : Beregond, Anders Stenström
Publisher : Arda
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789197350075

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Arda Philology 7 by Beregond, Anders Stenström Pdf

Author : Alessandra Barotto,Simone Mattiola
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027254887

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Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective by Alessandra Barotto,Simone Mattiola Pdf

This book aims at investigating discourse phenomena (i.e., linguistic elements and constructions that help to manage the organization, flow, and outcome of communication) from a typological and cross-linguistic perspective. Although it is a well-established idea in functional-typological approaches that grammar is shaped by discourse use, systematic typological cross-linguistic investigations on discourse phenomena are relatively rare. This volume aims at bridging this gap, by integrating different linguistic subfields, such as discourse analysis, pragmatics, and typology. The contributions, both theoretically and empirically oriented, focus on a broad variety of discourse phenomena (ranging from discourse markers to discourse function of grammatical markers, to strategies that manage the discourse and information flow) while adopting a typological perspective and considering typologically distant languages.

Author : Camille Denizot,Olga Spevak
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264930

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Pragmatic Approaches to Latin and Ancient Greek by Camille Denizot,Olga Spevak Pdf

Pragmatics forms nowadays an integral part of the description not only of modern languages but also of ancient languages such as Latin and Ancient Greek. This book explores various pragmatic phenomena in these two languages, which are accessible through corpora consisting of a broad range of text types. It comprises empirical synchronic studies that deal with three main topics: (i) speech acts and pragmatic markers, (ii) word order, and (iii) discourse markers and particles. The specificity of this book consists in the discussion and application of various methodological approaches. It provides new insights into the pragmatic phenomena encountered, compares, where possible, the results of the investigation of the two languages, and draws conclusions of a more general nature. The volume will be of interest to linguists working on pragmatics in general and to scholars of Latin and Ancient Greek in particular.