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Author : William Ronald Leben
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Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book Papers from the Fifth Annual Conference on African Linguistics written by William Ronald Leben and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. L. Goyvaerts
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902722322X
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book African Linguistics written by D. L. Goyvaerts and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents papers on issues in African linguistics, covering a variety of African languages and ranging from phonology to lexicology.
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Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Studies in African Linguistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry M. Hyman
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Total Pages : 306 pages
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Download or read book Papers in African Linguistics in Honor of Wm. E. Welmers written by Larry M. Hyman and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jürgen Klausenburger
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027237002
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Grammaticalization written by Jürgen Klausenburger and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monograph, various aspects of the morphosyntactic evolution of the Romance languages are shown to interact in a theory of grammaticalization. The study argues for the incorporation and subordination of inflectional morphology within a grammaticalization continuum, constituting but a portion of the latter. Parameters of natural morphology are seen as principles of grammaticalization, but the reverse is also true, rendering grammaticalization and natural morphology indistinguishable. In the context of this theoretical framework, Chapter 2 deals with Latin, French, and Italian verbal inflection, focusing on universal and system-dependent parameters of natural morphology. In Chapter 3, a theory of grammaticalization is built on divergent elements, including not only grammaticalization studies proper, but also the perception/production line of inquiry, and typology and branching issues, permitting the phasing out of the traditional synthesis/analyis cycle. Chapter 4 touches on nominal inflection, in particular that of Old French and Rumanian, the most revealing histories in the Romance domain. Chapter 5, finally, thoroughly discusses extant theoretical questions in grammaticalization, prominently featuring the relevance of 'invisible hand' explanations and the crucial role played by unidirectionality. This study will be of interest to specialists in Romance and historical linguistics, as well as morphological theory.
Author : Ruth Elizabeth King
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027237163
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (371 download)
Download or read book The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing written by Ruth Elizabeth King and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a detailed study of French-English linguistic borrowing in Prince Edward Island, Canada which argues for the centrality of lexical innovation to grammatical change. Chapters 14 present the theoretical and methodological perspectives adopted along with the sociolinguistic history of Acadian French. Chapter 5 outlines the basic features of Acadian French morphosyntax. Chapter 6 provides an overview of the linguistic consequences of language contact in Prince Edward Island. Chapters 79 consider three particular cases of grammatical borrowing: the borrowing of the English adverb back and the semantic and syntactic reanalysis it has undergone, the borrowing of a wide range of English prepositions, resulting in dramatic changes in the syntactic behaviour of French prepositions, and the borrowing of English wh-ever words, resulting in the emergence of a new type of free relative. Chapter 10 argues for a theory of grammar contact by which contact-induced grammatical change is mediated by the lexicon.
Author : Robert K. Herbert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110865939
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes written by Robert K. Herbert and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Author : Henning Andersen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781588110817
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Actualization written by Henning Andersen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers consolidates the observation that linguistic change typically is actualized step by step: any structural innovation being introduced, accepted, and generalized, over time, in one grammatical environment after another, in a progression that can be understood by reference to the markedness values and the ranking of the conditioning features. The Introduction to the volume and a chapter by Henning Andersen clarify the theoretical bases for this observation, which is exemplified and discussed in separate chapters by Kristin Bakken, Alexander Bergs and Dieter Stein, Vit Bubenik, Ulrich Busse, Marianne Mithun, Lene Schosler, and John Charles Smith in the light of data from the histories of Norwegian, English, Hindi, Northern Iroquoian, and Romance. A final chapter by Michael Shapiro adds a philosophical perspective. The papers were first presented in a workshop on "Actualization Patterns in Linguistic Change" at the XIV International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, B.C. in 1999.
Author : Rainer Vossen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199609896
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of African Languages written by Rainer Vossen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Une source inconnue indique : "This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. It covers a wide range of topics, from grammatical sketches of individual languages to sociocultural and extralinguistic issues."
Author : Tom Güldemann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110421755
Total Pages : 1085 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Languages and Linguistics of Africa written by Tom Güldemann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 1085 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages in the world. It covers the major domains of linguistics, offering both a representative picture of Africa’s linguistic landscape as well as new and at times unconventional perspectives. The focus is not so much on exhaustiveness as on the fruitful relationship between African and general linguistics and the contributions the two domains can make to each other. This volume is thus intended for readers with a specific interest in African languages and also for students and scholars within the greater discipline of linguistics.
Author : Ruqaiya Hasan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027236216
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book On Subject and Theme written by Ruqaiya Hasan and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ten papers in this volume focus on Subject and Theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilém Mathesius, while Subject has traditionally been seen as just a syntactic entity. More recently two related perspectives on these concepts have attracted linguists' attention: the formal criteria for their recognition and the relations between the two concepts. Using the systemic functional model as their point of departure, the papers in the present volume consider the two notions in a wider context by relating them to the interpersonal and textual metafunctions of language. By contrast with the current linguistic approaches, the primary focus here is neither simply on formal recognition criteria nor on the relation of these elements to each other; instead, the notions of Subject and Theme are examined from the point of view of their function in the economy of discourse, with studies of their significance in English and French, as well as in a range of non-Indo-European languages. Definitions of the concepts are offered on the basis of their discourse functions, which are also important in selecting the formal recognition criteria and in understanding their mutually supportive role vis à vis each other. Most of the papers in the volume are a selection from presentations made at the 19th International Systemic Functional Congress at Macquarie University.
Author : Josiah Walters
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004323910
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book A Grammar of Dazaga written by Josiah Walters and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Grammar of Dazaga, Josiah Walters provides the first detailed description and analysis of Dazaga (a Saharan language) in the past half-century. Based on a review of previous work on Dazaga, and with his own more recent data, the author describes the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Dazaga. He provides a new analysis of the categorization of verbs in to classes, demonstrating the prominence of light verb constructions in Dazaga. His analysis of the syntax brings to light several striking features of Dazaga, including optional ergative case marking, mixed alignment of objects, a variety of causative constructions, and verb serialization. Throughout the work, the author relates his findings to work on related languages and to recent typological studies.
Author : Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027277621
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Approaches to Grammaticalization written by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1991-10-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of grammaticalization raises a number of fundamental theoretical issues pertaining to the relation of langue and parole, creativity and automatic coding, synchrony and diachrony, categoriality and continua, typological characteristics and language-specific forms, etc., and therefore challenges some of the basic tenets of twentieth century linguistics.This two-volume work presents a number of diverse theoretical viewpoints on grammaticalization and gives insights into the genesis, development, and organization of grammatical categories in a number of language world-wide, with particular attention to morphosyntactic and semantic-pragmatic issues. The papers in Volume I are divided into two sections, the first concerned with general method, and the second with issues of directionality. Those in Volume II are divided into five sections: verbal structure, argument structure, subordination, modality, and multiple paths of grammaticalization.
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Total Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book Journal of African Languages and Linguistics written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith Snider
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110869373
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Phonology of Tone written by Keith Snider and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria A. Fromkin
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483273768
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Tone written by Victoria A. Fromkin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tone: A Linguistic Survey is a nine-chapter text that considers the phonetics and phonology of tone from both a synchronic and a diachronic point of view. The first chapters deal with the physiological and perceptual correlations of tone. These chapters also describe the interactions of tonal and nontonal features. The succeeding chapters provide the phonetic basis for phonological tonal phenomena. These topics are followed by discussions of the physical and physiological aspects of tone, the number of possible contrastive tones in a language, and a suprasegmental representation of tones based on linguistic evidence. This text also summarizes the kinds of tone rules found in languages and the important syntactic function played by tone in a number of the world's languages, particularly those in Africa. The final chapters look into the general and specific principles that constrain historical tone change. This book will prove useful to students with phonology course.
Author : Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalog of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University Library (Evanston, Illinois) and Africana in Selected Libraries written by Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
