Who Climbs The Grammar Tree

Author : Rosemarie Tracy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111633824

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Who Climbs the Grammar-Tree by Rosemarie Tracy Pdf

Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory.

Author : D. Vale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0333973372

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Grammar Tree by D. Vale Pdf

Author : Paul Hammond,David Hopkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317905363

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The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Four by Paul Hammond,David Hopkins Pdf

Volume Four covers poems published between 1693 and 1696, principally Dryden's translations from Juvenal and Persius, and those from Ovid and Homer included in the miscellany Examen Poeticum (1693). This new edition represents the most informative and accessible edition of Dryden's poetry, incorporating extensive new research and providing an invaluable resource for all those interested in English poetry and Restoration culture.

Author : Mridula Kaul,Beena Sugathan,Archana Gilani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0195684427

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The Grammar Tree 8 (Revised) by Mridula Kaul,Beena Sugathan,Archana Gilani Pdf

Author : Barry J. Blake
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191622830

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All About Language by Barry J. Blake Pdf

In clear, congenial style Barry Blake explains how language works. He describes the make-up of words and how they're built from sounds and signs and put together in phrases and sentences. He examines the dynamics of conversation and the relations between the sound and meaning. He shows how languages help their users connect to each other and to the world, how they vary around the world, why they never stop changing, and that no two people speak a language in the same way. He looks at how language is acquired by infant children, how it relates to thought, and its operations in the brain. He investigates current trends and issues such as the levelling of linguistic class differences and the rise of new secret or in-group languages such as argot and teenspeak. He describes the history of writing from its origins to digital diffusion, and ends by looking at how language might have originated and then evolved among our distant hominid and primate ancestors. Language is crucial to every aspect of our lives whether we're thinking, talking, or dreaming. Barry Blake reveals the wonders that lie beneath the surface of everyday communication, enriching his exposition with a unique blend of anecdote and humour. His engaging guide is for everyone curious about language or who needs to know more about it.

Author : Victoria Fromkin,Robert Rodman,Nina Hyams,Mengistu Amberber,Felicity Cox,Rosalind Thornton
Publisher : Cengage AU
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 9780170386807

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An Introduction to Language with Online Study Tools 12 Months by Victoria Fromkin,Robert Rodman,Nina Hyams,Mengistu Amberber,Felicity Cox,Rosalind Thornton Pdf

An Introduction to Language continues to be instrumental in introducing students to the fascinating study of human language. Engagingly and clearly written, it provides an overview of the key areas of linguistics from an Australian perspective. This classic text is suitable for students in fields as diverse as linguistics, computer science, English, communication studies, anthropology, foreign language teaching and speech pathology. The text is divided into four sections, and chapters take you through the nature of human language, the grammatical aspects and psychology of language, finishing with language and its relation to society. Chapters have also been reworked and revised to keep all syntax up-to-date and accurate. Popular features from previous editions have been retained for this ninth edition including learning objectives and margin definitions in each chapter, along with summary tables inside the covers, which assist you to learn core concepts and terminology.gy.

Author : Katja Hetterle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : Esther Pascual
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269799

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Fictive Interaction by Esther Pascual Pdf

Language is intimately related to interaction. The question arises: Is the structure of interaction somehow mirrored in language structure and use? This book suggests a positive answer to this question by examining the ubiquitous phenomenon of fictive interaction, in which non-genuine conversational turns appear in discourse, even within clauses, phrases, and lexical items (e.g. “Not happy? Money back! guarantee”). The book is based on a collection of hundreds of examples of fictive interaction at all grammatical levels from a wide variety of spoken, written, and signed languages, and from many different discourse genres. Special attention is devoted to the strategic use of fictive interaction in legal argumentation, with a focus on high-profile criminal trials. Both trial lawyers and lay jurors often present material evidence or murder victims as speaking, and express emotions and intentions in conversational terms. The book thus establishes the role of the conversational turn—rather than the sentence—as the basic unit of language, and the role of conversation as a frame that structures cognition, discourse, and grammar.

Author : Victoria Fromkin
Publisher : Cengage Learning Canada Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780176725563

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An Introduction to Language by Victoria Fromkin Pdf

This classroom-tested, student-friendly text serves a broad range of students learning about language and linguistics. This revised edition provides a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the principal subfields of linguistics. Canadian issues, examples and research are highlighted throughout the book.

Author : Jehiel Keeler Hoyt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Quotations, English
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004697699

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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt Pdf

Author : Louisa Knapp,Edward William Bok
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Home economics
ISBN : UOM:39015012341619

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The Ladies' Home Journal by Louisa Knapp,Edward William Bok Pdf

Author : Olga Fischer,Anette Rosenbach,Dieter Stein
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027298690

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Pathways of Change by Olga Fischer,Anette Rosenbach,Dieter Stein Pdf

There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concept central to many linguistic (change) theories. However, the discussion of grammaticalization processes has often suffered from a shortage of concrete empirical studies from one of the best-documented languages in the world, English. Pathways of Change contains discussion of new data and provides theoretical lead articles based on these data that will help sharpen the theoretical aspects involved, such as the definition and the logical connection of the component processes of grammaticalization. The volume is concentrated around a number of themes that are important or controversial in grammaticalization studies, such as the principle of unidirectionality, the relation between lexicalization and grammaticalization — and connected with these two factors the possibility of degrammaticalization — the way iconicity interweaves with grammaticalization processes, and with the phenomenon of grammaticalization on a synchronic or discourse level, also often termed subjectifization.

Author : Angeliki Athanasiadou,René Dirven
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-04-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027275981

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On Conditionals Again by Angeliki Athanasiadou,René Dirven Pdf

The volume brings together a selection of papers from a symposium on Conditionality held in the University of Duisburg on 25-26 March 1994. Ten years after the Stanford symposium, the Proceedings of which were edited by Traugott et al. (1986), the area of conditionality is revisited in a synthesis of issues and aspects with insights drawn from the wider framework of general processes of conceptualisation. One major question is therefore what conceptual categories fall under conditionality or how far the notion of conditionality can be extended. The volume represents the up-to-date research on most aspects of conditionality some of which include the relationship between conditionality, hypotheticality and counterfactuality, polarity, historical perspectives, concessives, the acquisition of conditionals.

Author : Johan van der Auwera
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110802610

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Adverbial Constructions in the Languages of Europe by Johan van der Auwera Pdf

The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.

Author : Kristin Davidse,Lieven Vandelanotte,Hubert Cuyckens
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110226102

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Subjectification, Intersubjectification and Grammaticalization by Kristin Davidse,Lieven Vandelanotte,Hubert Cuyckens Pdf

This volume aims to arrive at a fine-grained and grammar-based understanding of the notions of (inter-)subjectivity and (inter-)subjectification in their application to grammaticalization research. In terms of linguistic theory, position is taken vis-à-vis existing approaches to (inter-)subjectification which are either too narrow or too general by addressing two questions: (i) what is the relation between (inter-)subjectivity and pragmatics, and (ii) on what grounds can subjective and intersubjective meanings be distinguished? In the descriptive sections of the volume, these theoretical considerations are confronted with extensive analytical, and often also quantitative, study of empirical data mainly from English but also from Romance languages. The focus in these case studies is on the analytical and diachronic relations between subjectivity and intersubjectivity, with particular emphasis on the question how linguistic syntagms may shift towards the expression of meanings of which the hearer is an essential part. The domains covered include adverbials and modals, but also the noun phrase, to date a relatively under-researched area in grammaticalization studies. Together these three areas ensure broad verification of existing hypotheses about the relative order in which subjectification and intersubjectification take place. This volume is mainly of interest to researchers and graduate students with a special interest in subjectification, intersubjectification and grammaticalization, and with a general interest in language change. The volume will also be welcomed by functional linguists (in a broad sense), since it is the first to bring eclectic functionalists' reflections to bear so explicitly on grammaticalization.