Patterns And Development In The English Clause System

Author : Clarence Green
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789811028816

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Patterns and Development in the English Clause System by Clarence Green Pdf

This book examines in detail the forms and functions of clause combination in English. Using a corpus linguistics methodology, it describes how the English clause system currently behaves, how it has developed over the history of the language, and how the features and properties of English clause combination have important theoretical and empirical significance. Adopting the cognitive-functional Adaptive Approach to grammar, it offers a series of interconnected studies that investigate how English clause combination interacts with the properties of coherence and cohesion in discourse across historical time, as well in contemporary language use. This work contributes to the ever-increasing common ground between corpus linguistics and cognitive-functional linguistics, producing new paths for interdisciplinary research.

Author : Svenja Adolphs,Dawn Knight
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000049725

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The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities by Svenja Adolphs,Dawn Knight Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities serves as a reference point for key developments related to the ways in which the digital turn has shaped the study of the English language and of how the resulting methodological approaches have permeated other disciplines. It draws on modern linguistics and discourse analysis for its analytical methods and applies these approaches to the exploration and theorisation of issues within the humanities. Divided into three sections, this handbook covers: sources and corpora; analytical approaches; English language at the interface with other areas of research in the digital humanities. In covering these areas, more traditional approaches and methodologies in the humanities are recast and research challenges are re-framed through the lens of the digital. The essays in this volume highlight the opportunities for new questions to be asked and long-standing questions to be reconsidered when drawing on the digital in humanities research. This is a ground-breaking collection of essays offering incisive and essential reading for anyone with an interest in the English language and digital humanities.

Author : Hendrik De Smet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199812752

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Spreading Patterns by Hendrik De Smet Pdf

Examines the emergence and spread of three types of complements from the Middle English period to the present day

Author : Bettelou Los,Claire Cowie,Patrick Honeybone,Graeme Trousdale
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258205

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English Historical Linguistics by Bettelou Los,Claire Cowie,Patrick Honeybone,Graeme Trousdale Pdf

This volume contains a set of articles based on papers selected from those delivered at the 20th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Edinburgh 2018). It focuses on cutting-edge research in the history of English, while reflecting the diversity that exists in the current landscape of English historical linguistics. Chapters showcase traditional as well as novel methodologies in historical linguistics (the latter made possible by the increasing quality and accessibility of digital tools), work on linguistic interfaces (between segmental phonology and prosody, and syntax and information structure) and work on mechanisms of language change (such as Yang’s Tolerance Principle, on the threshold for the productivity of linguistic rules in language acquisition). The volume will be of interest to those working on the historical phonology, morphology, syntax and pragmatics of English, language change, corpus linguistics, computational historical linguistics, and related sub-disciplines.

Author : Winfred Philipp Lehmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : English language
ISBN : IND:30000130613809

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Development of German-English Machine Translation System by Winfred Philipp Lehmann Pdf

GUISTICS, Syntax, Transformational grammars, Computer programmingThe report documents performance on a five month R+D effort oriented toward completion of a pilot system for machine translation of German scientific and technical literature into English. Work on grammer formalism concentrated mainly on increasing the power of the subscript grammer to prevent intermediate 'forced' readings. Work in system construction concentrated on the completion of the grammer maintenance programs and on the core of the system programs used by all analysis and production algorithms. The linguistic work concentrated on the coverage of the German surface syntax, the 'choice rules' for the generation of the corresponding standard structures (deep structures), and their grammatical description. (Author).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1280 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015023534558

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Research in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena,Richard Dury
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027290991

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English Historical Linguistics 2006 by Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena,Richard Dury Pdf

The papers selected for this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). At that important event, alongside studies of phonology, lexis, semantics and dialectology (presented in two companion volumes in this series), many innovative contributions focused on syntax and morphology. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including one of the plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the quality of the scholarly interest in this field of research. In all the contributions, well-established methods combine with new theoretical approaches in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. State-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and concordancing software, are employed consistently, ensuring a methodological homogeneity of the contributions.

Author : Martti Juhani Rudanko
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0761814078

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Diachronic Studies of English Complementation Patterns by Martti Juhani Rudanko Pdf

Diachronic Studies of English Complementation Patterns offers original analysis of change and continuity of predicates selecting central prepositions and complement clauses over the last three centuries using authentic data drawn from a unique combination of authoritative resources. Juhani Rudanko examines some of the most central prepositions in English; to, in, at, on/upon, and with, in constructions using an -ing clause. He depicts the common constructions used with the prepositions, focusing on matrix adjectives, matrix verbs, and in the case of to, the issue of alternation related to the infinitival pattern. He also provides a systematization of matrix verbs governing the pattern of eighteenth century English in each case. Then Rudanko focuses on the later development of the verbs identified by comparing the eighteenth century usage with present-day English. He draws on many sources for guidance on usage in each period along with the Oxford English Dictionary and H. Poutsma's unpublished dictionary which were sources throughout. For present-day English, he uses the intuitions of native speakers, along with the British National Corpus, and the COBUILD Direct Corpus. His source for nineteenth century examples is the Corpus of Nineteenth Century English. For the eighteenth century, he used the Chadwyck-Healy Corpus and the Century of Prose Corpus.

Author : Mohsen Ghadessy
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1855673339

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Thematic Development of English Texts by Mohsen Ghadessy Pdf

This text discusses the concept of theme and its application as an analytical tool to a number of spoken and written registers of English. To date, studies of text organization have paid less attention to what is called the method of development of a text, that is thematic organization. The book shows that the study of this organization can reveal many different strategies employed by speakers and writers when texts are created.

Author : William O'Grady
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226620787

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Syntactic Development by William O'Grady Pdf

Syntactic Development presents a broad critical survey of the research literature on child language development. Giving balanced coverage to both theoretical and empirical issues, William O'Grady constructs an up-to-date picture of how children acquire the syntax of English. Part 1 offers an overview of the developmental data pertaining to a range of syntactic phenomena, including word order, subject drop, embedded clauses, wh-questions, inversion, relative clauses, passives, and anaphora. Part 2 considers the various theories that have been advanced to explain the facts of development as well as the learnability problem, reporting on work in the mainstream formalist framework but also considering the results of alternative approaches. Covering a wide range of perspectives in the modern study of syntactic development, this book is an invaluable reference for specialists in the field of language acquisition and provides an excellent introduction to the acquisition of syntax for students and researchers in psychology, linguistics, and cognitive science.

Author : Charles A. Nelson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134792337

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Basic and Applied Perspectives on Learning, Cognition, and Development by Charles A. Nelson Pdf

Although current views of cognitive development owe a great deal to Jean Piaget, this field has undergone profound change in the years since Piaget's death. This can be witnessed both in the influence connectionist and dynamical system models have exerted on theories of cognition and language, and in how basic work in cognitive development has begun to influence those who work in applied (e.g., educational) settings. This volume brings together an eclectic group of distinguished experts who collectively represent the full spectrum of basic to applied aspects of cognitive development. This book begins with chapters on cognition and language that represent the current Zeitgeist in cognitive science approaches to cognitive development broadly defined. Following a brief commentary on this work, the next section turns to more applied issues. Although the focus here is on arithmetic learning, the research programs described have profound implications for virtually all aspects of education and learning. The last chapter views cognitive development from the perspective of ethology and evolutionary biology, and in so doing provides a theoretical perspective that is novel and in some ways, prescient: specifically, how can our views of cognition incorporate recent work in biology?

Author : Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena,Richard Dury
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248107

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English Historical Linguistics 2006: Syntax and morphology by Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena,Richard Dury Pdf

The papers selected for this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). At that important event, alongside studies of phonology, lexis, semantics and dialectology (presented in two companion volumes in this series), many innovative contributions focused on syntax and morphology. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including one of the plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the quality of the scholarly interest in this field of research. In all the contributions, well-established methods combine with new theoretical approaches in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. State-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and concordancing software, are employed consistently, ensuring a methodological homogeneity of the contributions.

Author : George Watson,Ian Roy Willison
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English literature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature by George Watson,Ian Roy Willison Pdf

Author : Anne Burns,Caroline Coffin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136370205

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Analyzing English in a Global Context by Anne Burns,Caroline Coffin Pdf

Devised in collaboration with the Open University and Macquarie University, Australia, Analysing English in a Global Context is specifically designed for the postgraduate student market, as well as for teachers of English as a second or foreign language throughout the world. This is a groundbreaking Reader which includes specially commissioned pieces as well as classic texts and provides a global perspective on the changing uses and forms of English and its impact on language teaching contexts. Students' skills in analysing these forms will be developed through an examination of the major functional models and their strengths and weaknesses.

Author : David J. Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015002132879

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The Structure of English Clauses by David J. Young Pdf