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Book Synopsis Universal Grammar in Second-Language Acquisition by : Margaret Thomas
Download or read book Universal Grammar in Second-Language Acquisition written by Margaret Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important properties despite their obvious differences, and the story of how westerners have understood the nature of second or foreign language learning. In narrating these two stories, the author argues that modern second language acquisition theory needs to reassess what counts as its own past. The book addresses Greek contributions to the prehistory of universal grammar, Roman bilingualism, the emergence of the first foreign language grammars in the early Middle Ages, and the Medieval speculative grammarians efforts to define the essentials of human language. The author shows how after the renaissance expanded people's awareness of language differences, scholars returned to the questions of universals in the context of second language learning, including in the 1660 Port-Royal grammar which Chomsky notoriously celebrated in Cartesian Linguistics. The book then looks at how Post-Saussurean European linguistics and American structuralism up to modern generative grammar have each differently conceived of universals and language learning. Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition is a remarkable contribution to the history of linguistics and will be essential reading for students and scholars of linguistics, specialists in second language acquisition and language teacher-educators.
Book Synopsis De Lingua Latina by : Marcus Terentius Varro
Download or read book De Lingua Latina written by Marcus Terentius Varro and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De Lingua Latina X has never been so courageously edited nor so daringly translated as in this long-awaited sequel to Taylor's Declinatio (SiHoLS 2). The editor's intimate familiarity with both the extant archetype and Varro's unique linguistic theory and practice make this volume indispensable for an understanding of LL X, one of the most important texts in the entire corpus of Latin grammatical writings. The stimulating Prolegomena introduce Varro, his revolutionary language science, book ten, and both the manuscript and the editorial traditions, and the Commentary explains in absorbing detail how and why the editor has set the text as he has. The world's foremost Varro scholar of this day has successfully combined classical philology and the history of linguistics to produce an inspired new edition and novel translation of book ten of Varro's magnum opus.
Book Synopsis Critics, Compilers, and Commentators by : James E. G. Zetzel
Download or read book Critics, Compilers, and Commentators written by James E. G. Zetzel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To teach correct Latin and to explain the poets" were the two standard duties of Roman teachers. Not only was a command of literary Latin a prerequisite for political and social advancement, but a sense of Latin's history and importance contributed to the Romans' understanding of their own cultural identity. Put plainly, philology-the study of language and texts-was important at Rome. Critics, Compilers, and Commentators is the first comprehensive introduction to the history, forms, and texts of Roman philology. James Zetzel traces the changing role and status of Latin as revealed in the ways it was explained and taught by the Romans themselves. In addition, he provides a descriptive bibliography of hundreds of scholarly texts from antiquity, listing editions, translations, and secondary literature. Recovering a neglected but crucial area of Roman intellectual life, this book will be an essential resource for students of Roman literature and intellectual history, medievalists, and historians of education and language science.
Book Synopsis Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics by : Margaret Thomas
Download or read book Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics written by Margaret Thomas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the first language, and where did it come from? Do all languages have properties in common? What is the relationship of language to thought? Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics explores how fifty of the most influential figures in the field have asked and have responded to classic questions about language. Each entry includes a discussion of the person’s life, work and ideas as well as the historical context and an analysis of his or her lasting contributions. Thinkers include: Aristotle Samuel Johnson Friedrich Max Müller Ferdinand de Saussure Joseph H. Greenberg Noam Chomsky Fully cross-referenced and with useful guides to further reading, this is an ideal introduction to the thinkers who have had a significant impact on the subject of Language and Linguistics.
Book Synopsis The Worlds of Aulus Gellius by : Leofranc Holford-Strevens
Download or read book The Worlds of Aulus Gellius written by Leofranc Holford-Strevens and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004-12-23 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Book Synopsis Sanctius' Theory of Language by : Manuel Breva-Claramonte
Download or read book Sanctius' Theory of Language written by Manuel Breva-Claramonte and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the main tenets of Sanctius linguistic theory and explores the questions raised by Robin Lakoff in her 1969 review of the "Grammaire generale et raisonnee (Port Royal)." Part I surveys earlier developments in the study of language, in particular the Graeco-Roman and Medieval traditions, the Renaissance period, and Judaeo-Arabic scholarship. Part II contains a synopsis in English of Sanctius "Minerva," placing special emphasis on theoretical passages and illustrative data. Part III is devoted to Sanctius linguistic doctrine: (1) his philosophical approach to language analysis, (2) his notion of logical structure and rule, (3) his classification of the parts of speech, and (4) his basic semantic postulates.
Book Synopsis The History of Linguistics in Europe by : Vivien Law
Download or read book The History of Linguistics in Europe written by Vivien Law and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and wide-ranging book, first published in 2003, examines the history of western linguistics over a 2000-year timespan, from its origins in ancient Greece up to the crucial moment of change in the Renaissance that laid the foundations of modern linguistics. Some of today's burning questions about language date back a long way: in 1400 BC Plato was asking how words relate to reality. Other questions go back just a few generations, such as our interest in the mechanisms of language change, or in the social factors that shape the way we speak. Vivien Law explores how ideas about language over the centuries have changed to reflect changing modes of thinking. A survey chapter brings the coverage of the book up to the present day. Classified bibliographies and chapters on research resources and the qualities the historian of linguistics needs to develop, provide the reader with the tools to go further.
Book Synopsis PRIMI MOBILIS TABVLAE ANDREAE ARGOLI EQVITIS &c by : Andrea Argoli
Download or read book PRIMI MOBILIS TABVLAE ANDREAE ARGOLI EQVITIS &c written by Andrea Argoli and published by . This book was released on 1644 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A New and Copius Lexicon of the Latin Language by : Frederick Percival Leverett
Download or read book A New and Copius Lexicon of the Latin Language written by Frederick Percival Leverett and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Universal History of Linguistics by : Esa Itkonen
Download or read book Universal History of Linguistics written by Esa Itkonen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1991-12-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging book presents the linguistic achievements of four major cultures to readers presumably conversant with modern theoretical linguistics. The chapter on India discusses in detail Pāṇini's (c. 400 B.C.) grammar Ast-adhy-ay-i as well as the work of his commentators Kātyāyana, Patanjali, and Bhartṛhari. In the Chinese tradition, the Confucian doctrine of the Rectification of Names' is singled out for treatment. Arabic linguistics is represented by Sibawaihi's (d. 793) grammar al-Kitāb, in particular its syntax, as well as the subsequent commentary tradition. The chapter on Europe, which is the most comprehensive of the four, covers the time span from antiquity to the 20th century; special attention is devoted to the contributions of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Varro, Apollonius Dyscolus, and the Modistae. The achievements of the cultures in linguistics are treated throughout from a deliberately value-laden point of view. The achievements of Western antiquity and the Middle Ages are shown to be much more than the average linguist is inclined to believe. Even more importantly, it is shown that the Indian and the Arab traditions have been superior to the European tradition at least until the 20th century. The fact that a linguistic theory created some 2,400 years ago is fully as adequate as our best theories today must have far-reaching implications for the notion of 'scientific progress'. More precisely, it proves necessary to distinguish between 'progress in the human sciences' and 'progress in the natural sciences'. These issues, which pertain to the general philosophy of science, are treated in the final chapter of the book.
Book Synopsis Mathematical Astronomy in Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus by : N.M. Swerdlow
Download or read book Mathematical Astronomy in Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus written by N.M. Swerdlow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I first laid out the framework for A History of Ancient Mathe matical Astronomy, I intended to carry the discussion down to the last applications of Greek astronomical methodology, i. e. Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler. But as the work proceeded, it became evident that this plan was much too ambitious, and so I decided to terminate my History with late antiquity, well before Islam. Nevertheless, I did not discard the running commentary that I had prepared when studying De revolutionibus in its relation to the methodology of the Almagest. Only recently, E. S. Kennedy and his collaborators had opened access to the" Maragha School" (mainly Ibn ash-Shalir), revealing close parallels to Copernicus's procedures. Accordingly, it seemed useful to make available a modern analysis of De revolutionibus, and thus in 1975 I prepared for publication "Notes on Copernicus. " In the meantime, however, Noel Swerdlow, also starting from Greek astronomy, not only extended his work into a deep analysis of De revolu tionibus, but also systematically investigated its sources and predecessors (Peurbach, Regiomontanus, etc. ). I was aware of these studies through his publications as well as from numerous conversations on the subject at The Institute for Advanced Study and at Brown University. It became clear to me that my own investigations lay at too superficial a level, and I therefore withdrew my manuscript and suggested to Swerdlow that he undertake a thoroughgoing revision and amplification of my "Notes. " His acceptance of my proposal initiated the present publication.
Book Synopsis Tabulae primi mobilis by : Andrea Argoli
Download or read book Tabulae primi mobilis written by Andrea Argoli and published by . This book was released on 1610 with total page 1760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Græcæ grammatices rudimenta: in usum Regiæ Scholæ Etonensis. The Rudiments of Greek Grammar, as used in the College at Eton; with ... explanatory notes in English, intended to combine some of the advantages of the Port Royal, and the more modern grammars of Matthiæ and others, with the ... Eton plan. Published from the manuscript of a late member of the University of Cambridge [i.e. William Bosworth], with some additions by his brother, the Rev. J. Bosworth ... Second edition by :
Download or read book Græcæ grammatices rudimenta: in usum Regiæ Scholæ Etonensis. The Rudiments of Greek Grammar, as used in the College at Eton; with ... explanatory notes in English, intended to combine some of the advantages of the Port Royal, and the more modern grammars of Matthiæ and others, with the ... Eton plan. Published from the manuscript of a late member of the University of Cambridge [i.e. William Bosworth], with some additions by his brother, the Rev. J. Bosworth ... Second edition written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700, Abridg'd and Dispos'd Under General Heads ... By John Lowthorp ...: Containing pt. 1, The mathematical papers; pt. 2, The physiological papers; pt. 3, the anatomical papers; pt. 4, The philological and miscellaneous papers, by J. Eames and J. Martyn by : Royal Society (Great Britain)
Download or read book The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700, Abridg'd and Dispos'd Under General Heads ... By John Lowthorp ...: Containing pt. 1, The mathematical papers; pt. 2, The physiological papers; pt. 3, the anatomical papers; pt. 4, The philological and miscellaneous papers, by J. Eames and J. Martyn written by Royal Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1734 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Etymology and Grammatical Discourse in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages by : Mark E. Amsler
Download or read book Etymology and Grammatical Discourse in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages written by Mark E. Amsler and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on the uses of the grammatical concept of etymologia in primarily Latin writings from the early Middle Ages. Etymologia is a fundamental procedure and discursive strategy in the philosophy and analysis of language in early medieval Latin grammar, as well as in Biblical exegesis, encyclopedic writing, theology, and philosophy. Read through the frame of poststructuralist analysis of discourse and the philosophy of science, the procedure of the ars grammatica are interpreted as overlapping genres (commentary, glossary, encyclopedia, exegesis) which use different verbal or extraverbal criteria to explain the origins and significations of words and which establish different epistemological frames within which an etymological account of language is situated. The study also includes many translations of heretofore untranslated passages from Latin grammatical and exegetical writings.
Book Synopsis A Brief Summe of Geographie, by Roger Barlow by : E.G.R. Taylor
Download or read book A Brief Summe of Geographie, by Roger Barlow written by E.G.R. Taylor and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transcript of the manuscript dedicated to Henry VIII (Royal mss. 18 B. XXVIII), with a pedigree of Barlow, edited with an introduction and notes. Barlow's translation of Enciso's Suma de geographia, with much original and supplementary matter by him. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1932.
Book Synopsis The Shadows of Poetry by : Sabine MacCormack
Download or read book The Shadows of Poetry written by Sabine MacCormack and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers us new insights into the exercise of power and into the social, political, and cultural significance of religious change during the Christianization of the Roman world.