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Word Formation in South American Languages

Author : Swintha Danielsen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269661
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Word Formation in South American Languages by : Swintha Danielsen

Download or read book Word Formation in South American Languages written by Swintha Danielsen and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on word formation processes in smaller and so far underrepresented indigenous languages of South America. The data for the analyses have been mainly collected in the field by the authors. The several language families described here, among them Arawakan, Takanan, and Guaycuruan, as well as language isolates, such as Yurakaré and Cholón, reflect the linguistic diversity of South America. Equally diverse are the topics addressed, relating to word formation processes like reduplication, nominal and verbal compounding, clitic compounding, and incorporation. The traditional notions of the processes are discussed critically with respect to their implementation in minor indigenous languages. The book is therefore not only of interest to readers with an Amerindian background but also to typologists and historical linguists, and it is a supplement to more theory-driven approaches to language and linguistics.

Spanish Word Formation

Author : M. F. Lang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135080836
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Spanish Word Formation by : M. F. Lang

Download or read book Spanish Word Formation written by M. F. Lang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990. Romance Philology and General Linguistics have followed sometimes converging sometimes diverging paths over the last century and a half. With the present series we wish to recognise and promote the mutual interaction of the two disciplines. The focus is deliberately wide, seeking to encompass not only work in the phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis of the Romance languages, but also studies in the history of Romance linguistics and linguistic thought in the Romance cultural area. Some of the volumes will be devoted to particular aspects of individual languages, some will be comparative in nature; some will adopt a synchronic and some a diachronic slant; some will concentrate on linguistic structures and some will investigate the sociocultural dimensions of language and language use in the Romance-speaking territories. As a branch of linguistic science, word formation is concerned with analysing and understanding the mechanisms by which the lexis is created and renewed.

Word-Formation in the World's Languages

Author : Pavol Štekauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052176534X
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Book Synopsis Word-Formation in the World's Languages by : Pavol Štekauer

Download or read book Word-Formation in the World's Languages written by Pavol Štekauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fills a gap in cross-linguistic research by being the first systematic survey of the word-formation of the world's languages. Data from fifty-five world languages reveals associations between word-formation processes in genetically and geographically distinct languages.

Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America

Author : Gale Goodwin Gómez
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004272410
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America by : Gale Goodwin Gómez

Download or read book Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America written by Gale Goodwin Gómez and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume to focus on reduplication in South America. Most regions and language families of the continent are represented in articles based on recent fieldwork by the authors.

Spanish Word Formation and Lexical Creation

Author : José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027240078
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Spanish Word Formation and Lexical Creation by : José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia

Download or read book Spanish Word Formation and Lexical Creation written by José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contributes a wider approach to word formation processes and sheds light on some unsolved issues. While the formal relationships established between the different constituents of a complex word have been analyzed in great depth, the semantic links have received little dedication. In order to complete the analysis, it is necessary to pay attention to the semantic properties associated to verbalization. The main purpose of the book is to integrate both the semantic proposals and the formal perspectives concerning word formation. This theoretical aim becomes the framework to study several mechanisms of lexical creation and neologisms. Furthermore, word formation is presented as a new source for Applied Linguistics. Although the volume uses Spanish as a starting point, it means to delimit formation patterns which may also be productive in other languages. This book is sure to become an important reference in the controversial field of word formation.

Word-Formation across Languages

Author : Pavol Štekauer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443869295
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Word-Formation across Languages by : Pavol Štekauer

Download or read book Word-Formation across Languages written by Pavol Štekauer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research into cross-linguistic aspects and typology of word-formation has not been paid relevant and systematic attention by morphologists, and only a few articles dealing with various word-formation issues of this kind appear in journals. The chapters in this volume address this issue by discussing, on contrastive principles, important questions of word-formation in a sample of 26 languages. The focus of the book, as a whole, is on typological features of word-formation in the languages sampled. It is aimed at researchers that have an interest in word-formation in a variety of languages.

Syntactic Heads and Word Formation

Author : Marit Julien
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195348826
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis Syntactic Heads and Word Formation by : Marit Julien

Download or read book Syntactic Heads and Word Formation written by Marit Julien and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marit Julien investigates the relation between morphology and syntax, or more specifically, the relation between the form of inflected verbs and the position of those verbs. She surveys 530 languages and shows that, with the exception of agreement markers, the positioning of verbal inflectional markers relative to verb stems is compatible with a syntactic approach to morphology.

Cultures, Ideologies, and the Dictionary

Author : Braj B. Kachru
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110957078
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultures, Ideologies, and the Dictionary by : Braj B. Kachru

Download or read book Cultures, Ideologies, and the Dictionary written by Braj B. Kachru and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering volume addressing issues related to cultures, ideologies, and the dictionary. A cross-cultural and cross-linguistic study with focus on selected Western and non-Western languages. A number of in-depth case studies illustrates the dominant role ideology and other types of bias play in the making of a dictionary. The volume includes invited papers of 40 internationally recognized scholars.

The Indigenous Languages of South America

Author : Lyle Campbell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311025803X
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis The Indigenous Languages of South America by : Lyle Campbell

Download or read book The Indigenous Languages of South America written by Lyle Campbell and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide is a thorough guide to the indigenous languages of this part of the world. With more than a third of the linguistic diversity of the world (in terms of language families and isolates), South American languages contribute new findings in most areas of linguistics. Though formerly one of the linguistically least known areas of the world, extensive descriptive and historical linguistic research in recent years has expanded knowledge greatly. These advances are represented in this volume in indepth treatments by the foremost scholars in the field, with chapters on the history of investigation, language classification, language endangerment, language contact, typology, phonology and phonetics, and on major language families and regions of South America.

Amazonian Linguistics

Author : Doris L. Payne
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292786115
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Book Synopsis Amazonian Linguistics by : Doris L. Payne

Download or read book Amazonian Linguistics written by Doris L. Payne and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lowland South American languages have been among the least studied ln the world. Consequently, their previous contribution to linguistic theory and language universals has been small. However, as this volume demonstrates, tremendous diversity and significance are found in the languages of this region. These nineteen essays, originally presented at a conference on Amazonian languages held at the University of Oregon, offer new information on the Tupian, Cariban, Jivaroan, Nambiquaran, Arawakan, Tucanoan, and Makuan languages and new analyses of previously recalcitrant Tupí-Guaraní verb agreement systems. The studies are descriptive, but typological and theoretical implications are consistently considered. Authors invariably indicate where previous claims must be adjusted based on the new information presented. This is true in the areas of nonlinear phonological theory, verb agreement systems and ergativity, grammatical relations and incorporation, and the uniqueness of Amazonian noun classification systems. The studies also contribute to the now extensive interest in grammatical change.

Language Isolates I: Aikanã to Kandozi-Shapra

Author : Patience Epps
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110419408
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Isolates I: Aikanã to Kandozi-Shapra by : Patience Epps

Download or read book Language Isolates I: Aikanã to Kandozi-Shapra written by Patience Epps and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides the first broadly comprehensive, typologically-informed descriptive overview of the languages of Greater Amazonia. Organized by genealogical units, the chapters provide empirically rich descriptions of the phonology and grammar of all Amazonian families and isolates for which data and descriptions exist. Volume 1 focuses on the many isolates of the region – those languages for which no extant sisters can be identified.

Genders and Classifiers

Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : Explorations in Linguistic Typ
ISBN 13 : 0198842015
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Book Synopsis Genders and Classifiers by : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

Download or read book Genders and Classifiers written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and published by Explorations in Linguistic Typ. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun classification across the world's languages. Every language has some means of categorizing objects into humans, or animates, or by their shape, form, size, and function. The most widespread are linguistic genders - grammatical classes of nouns based on core semantic properties such as sex (female and male), animacy, humanness, and also shape and size. Classifiers of several types also serve to categorize entities. Numeral classifiers occur with number words, possessive classifiers appear in the expressions of possession, and verbal classifiers are used on a verb, categorizing its argument. These varied sorts of genders and classifiers can also occur together. This volume elaborates on the expression, usage, history, and meanings of noun categorization devices, exploring their various facets across the languages of South America and Asia, which are known for the diversity of their noun categorization. The volume begins with a typological introduction that outlines the types of noun categorization devices and their expression, scope, functions, and development, as well as sociocultural aspects of their use. The following nine chapters provide in-depth studies of genders and classifiers of different types in a range of South American and Asian languages and language families, including Arawak languages, Zamucoan, Hmong, and Japanese.

Edinburgh Handbook of Evaluative Morphology

Author : Nicola Grandi
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748681752
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Book Synopsis Edinburgh Handbook of Evaluative Morphology by : Nicola Grandi

Download or read book Edinburgh Handbook of Evaluative Morphology written by Nicola Grandi and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With examples drawn from over 200 world languages, this ground-breaking volume presents a state-of-the-art overview of evaluative morphology.

Handbook of Japanese Lexicon and Word Formation

Author : Taro Kageyama
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501500813
Total Pages : 747 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Japanese Lexicon and Word Formation by : Taro Kageyama

Download or read book Handbook of Japanese Lexicon and Word Formation written by Taro Kageyama and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a comprehensive survey of the lexicon and word formation processes in contemporary Japanese, with particular emphasis on their typologically characteristic features and their interactions with syntax and semantics. Through contacts with a variety of languages over more than two thousand years of history, Japanese has developed a complex vocabulary system that is composed of four lexical strata: (i) native Japanese, (ii) mimetic, (iii) Sino-Japanese, and (iv) foreign (especially English). This hybrid composition of the lexicon, coupled with the agglutinative character of the language by which morphology is closely associated with syntax, gives rise to theoretically intriguing interactions with word formation processes that are not easily found with inflectional, isolate, or polysynthetic types of languages.

Language Isolates II: Kanoé to Yurakaré

Author : Patience Epps
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110432846
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Isolates II: Kanoé to Yurakaré by : Patience Epps

Download or read book Language Isolates II: Kanoé to Yurakaré written by Patience Epps and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.

New Perspectives on Mixed Languages

Author : Maria Mazzoli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501511254
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Mixed Languages by : Maria Mazzoli

Download or read book New Perspectives on Mixed Languages written by Maria Mazzoli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A growing number of language varieties with diverse backgrounds and structural typologies have been identified as mixed. However, the debate on the status of many varieties and even on the existence of the category of “mixed languages” continues still today. This volume examines the current state of the theoretical and empirical debate on mixed languages and presents new advances from a diverse set of mixed language varieties. These cover well-known mixed languages, such as Media Lengua, Michif, Gurindji Kriol, and Kallawaya, and varieties whose classification is still debated, such as Reo Rapa, Kumzari, Jopará, and Wutun. The contributions deal with different aspects of mixed languages, including descriptive approaches to their current status and origins, theoretical discussions on the language contact processes in them, and analysis of different types of language mixing practices. This book contributes to the current debate on the existence of the mixed language category, shedding more light onto this fascinating group of languages and the contact processes that shape them.

The Native Languages of South America

Author : Loretta O'Connor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139867989
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Book Synopsis The Native Languages of South America by : Loretta O'Connor

Download or read book The Native Languages of South America written by Loretta O'Connor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis. The book aims to uncover regional patterns and potential deeper genealogical relations between the languages. Based on a large-scale database of features from sixty languages, the book analyses major language families such as Tupian and Arawakan, as well as the Quechua/Aymara complex in the Andes, the Isthmo-Colombian region and the Andean foothills. It explores the effects of historical change in different grammatical systems and fills gaps in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) database, where South American languages are underrepresented. An important resource for students and researchers interested in linguistics, anthropology and language evolution.