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The Evolution of Grammar

Author : Joan Bybee
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226086658
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Grammar written by Joan Bybee and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-11-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan Bybee and her colleagues present a new theory of the evolution of grammar that links structure and meaning in a way that directly challenges most contemporary versions of generative grammar. This study focuses on the use and meaning of grammatical markers of tense, aspect, and modality and identifies a universal set of grammatical categories. The authors demonstrate that the semantic content of these categories evolves gradually and that this process of evolution is strikingly similar across unrelated languages. Through a survey of seventy-six languages in twenty-five different phyla, the authors show that the same paths of change occur universally and that movement along these paths is in one direction only. This analysis reveals that lexical substance evolves into grammatical substance through various mechanisms of change, such as metaphorical extension and the conventionalization of implicature. Grammaticization is always accompanied by an increase in frequency of the grammatical marker, providing clear evidence that language use is a major factor in the evolution of synchronic language states. The Evolution of Grammar has important implications for the development of language and for the study of cognitive processes in general.

Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Author : Katja Hetterle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110409968
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective written by Katja Hetterle and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics

Author : Keith Allan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080959695
Total Pages : 1103 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics written by Keith Allan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 1103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics is a comprehensive new reference work aiming to systematically describe all aspects of the study of meaning in language. It synthesizes in one volume the latest scholarly positions on the construction, interpretation, clarification, obscurity, illustration, amplification, simplification, negotiation, contradiction, contraction and paraphrasing of meaning, and the various concepts, analyses, methodologies and technologies that underpin their study. It examines not only semantics but the impact of semantic study on related fields such as morphology, syntax, and typologically oriented studies such as 'grammatical semantics', where semantics has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of verbal categories like tense or aspect, nominal categories like case or possession, clausal categories like causatives, comparatives, or conditionals, and discourse phenomena like reference and anaphora. COSE also examines lexical semantics and its relation to syntax, pragmatics, and cognitive linguistics; and the study of how 'logical semantics' develops and thrives, often in interaction with computational linguistics. As a derivative volume from Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Second Edition, it comprises contributions from 150 of the foremost scholars of semantics in their various specializations and draws on 20+ years of development in the parent work in a compact and affordable format. Principally intended for tertiary level inquiry and research, this will be invaluable as a reference work for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics inquiring into the study of meaning and meaning relations within languages. As semantics is a centrally important and inherently cross-cutting area within linguistics it will therefore be relevant not just for semantics specialists, but for most linguistic audiences. - The first encyclopedia ever published in this fascinating and diverse field - Combines the talents of the world's leading semantics specialists - The latest trends in the field authoritatively reviewed and interpreted in context of related disciplines - Drawn from the richest, most authoritative, comprehensive and internationally acclaimed reference resource in the linguistics area - Compact and affordable single volume reference format

Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse

Author : John Haiman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027228930
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse by : John Haiman

Download or read book Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse written by John Haiman and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally the study of syntax is restricted to the study of what goes on within the boundaries of the prosodic sentence. Although the nature of clause combining within a prosodic sentence has always been a central concern of traditional syntax (in GG, e.g. it underlies important research on deletion and anaphora), work within a discourse analysis framework has hardly been done. Analyses like this are given in the present volume.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings: F-O

Author : Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1534 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings: F-O written by Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Structure of Modern Standard French

Author : Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198723733
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Structure of Modern Standard French written by Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an advanced student's grammar of French that integrates traditional grammar with knowledge and insights from modern linguistics. It assumes some prior knowledge of French grammar but is designed to be accessible to those with no background in linguistics.

Adverbial Subordination in English

Author : María Jesús Pérez Quintero
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042013605
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (136 download)

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Book Synopsis Adverbial Subordination in English by : María Jesús Pérez Quintero

Download or read book Adverbial Subordination in English written by María Jesús Pérez Quintero and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a detailed corpus-based study of adverbial subordinate clauses in English within the framework of the theory of Functional Grammar. On the basis of an in-depth data analysis, this study shows that there is a systematic correlation between the semantic types of adverbial clauses, on the one hand, and the verb forms by means of which these constructions are expressed in English, on the other. In contrast to most traditional classifications, the criterion used for the semantic classification of adverbial clauses is not simply the basic meaning of the conjunction introducing the subordinate clause. Instead, the present classification is based on the systematic and consistent application of four semantic parameters: Entity Type, Time Dependency, Factuality and Presupposition. The relevance of the application of these parameters is not only that they allow to establish a complete and exhaustive typology of adverbial clauses, but also that they form the basis for four implicational hierarchies that determine the distribution of expression formats along the different semantic types of adverbial clauses. This book also constitutes a contribution to the application of Functional Grammar to the corpus-based analysis of a specific language and, more specifically, to the validation of the hierarchical model of the structure of the clause postulated within this theoretical framework.

SignGram Blueprint

Author : Josep Quer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501516086
Total Pages : 1009 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book SignGram Blueprint written by Josep Quer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union. Current grammatical knowledge about particular sign languages is fragmentary and of varying reliability, and it appears scattered in scientific publications where the description is often intertwined with the analysis. In general, comprehensive grammars are a rarity. The SignGram Blueprint is an innovative tool for the grammar writer: a full-fledged guide to describing all components of the grammars of sign languages in a thorough and systematic way, and with the highest scientific standards. The work builds on the existing knowledge in Descriptive Linguistics, but also on the insights from Theoretical Linguistics. It consists of two main parts running in parallel: the Checklist with all the grammatical features and phenomena the grammar writer can address, and the accompanying Manual with the relevant background information (definitions, methodological caveats, representative examples, tests, pointers to elicitation materials and bibliographical references). The areas covered are Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Syntax and Meaning. The Manual is endowed with hyperlinks that connect information across the work and with a pop-up glossary. The SignGram Blueprint will be a landmark for the description of sign language grammars in terms of quality and quantity.

Modern English Syntax

Author : C.T. Onions
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113689859X
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Modern English Syntax written by C.T. Onions and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This standard introductory textbook presents in systematic form an account of current English practice. The introduction provides a full scheme of sentence analysis. Part I contains a treatment of syntactical phenomena based on the analysis of sentences; Part II classifies the uses of forms. Cross-references indicate how the two parts supplement one another.

Elements of Structural Syntax

Author : Lucien Tesnière
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269998
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Elements of Structural Syntax by : Lucien Tesnière

Download or read book Elements of Structural Syntax written by Lucien Tesnière and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume appears now finally in English, sixty years after the death of its author, Lucien Tesnière. It has been translated from the French original into German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian, and now at long last into English as well. The volume contains a comprehensive approach to the syntax of natural languages, an approach that is foundational for an entire stream in the modern study of syntax and grammar. This stream is known today as dependency grammar (DG). Drawing examples from dozens of languages, many of which he was proficient in, Tesnière presents insightful analyses of numerous phenomena of syntax. Among the highlights are the concepts of valency and head-initial vs. head-final languages. These concepts are now taken for granted by most modern theories of syntax, even by phrase structure grammars, which represent, in a sense, the opposite sort of approach to syntax from what Tesnière was advocating. Now Open Access as part of the Knowledge Unlatched 2017 Backlist Collection.

Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy

Author : Isabelle Bril
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027205884
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy written by Isabelle Bril and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collective volume explores clause-linkage strategies in a cross-linguistic perspective with greater emphasis on subordination. Part I presents some theoretical reassessment of syntactic terminologies and distinctive criteria for subordination, as well as typological methods based on sets of variables and statistics allowing cross-linguistic comparability. Part II deals with strategies relating to clause-chaining, conjunctive conjugations, converbial constructions, masdars. Part III centers on the interaction between the syntax, pragmatics, and semantics of clause-linking and subordination, in relation to informa-tional structure, to referential hierarchy, and correlative constructions. Part IV presents insights in the clause-linking and subordinating functions of some T.A.M. markers, verbal inflectional morphology and conjugation systems, which may also interact with informa-tional hierarchy, via the backgrounding effects and lack of illocutionary force of some aspect and mood forms. The volume is of particular interest to linguists and typologists working on clause-linkage systems and on the interface between syntax, pragmatics, and semantics.

The Oxford Latin Syntax

Author : Harm Pinkster
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192608894
Total Pages : 1280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Latin Syntax written by Harm Pinkster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this two-volume work, the first full-scale treatment of its kind in English, Harm Pinkster applies contemporary linguistic theories and the findings of traditional grammar to the study of Latin syntax. He takes a non-technical and principally descriptive approach, based on literary and non-literary texts dating from c.250 BC to c.450 AD. The volumes contain a wealth of examples to illustrate the grammatical phenomena under discussion, many of them from the works of Plautus and Cicero, alongside extensive references to other sources of examples such as the Oxford Latin Dictionary and the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. While the first volume explored the simple clause, this second volume focuses on the complex sentence and discourse. The first three chapters examine different types of subordinate clause; the following four then explore relative clauses, coordination, comparison, and secondary predicates. Later chapters investigate information structure and extraclausal expressions, word order, and discourse and related features. The Oxford Latin Syntax will be a valuable and up-to-date resource both for professional Latinists and all linguists with an interest in Classics.

Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

Author : David Holton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317396782
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language written by David Holton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to modern Greek. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language in short, readable sections. Explanations are clear and supported by examples throughout. This new edition has been revised and updated to present an accurate and accessible description of the most important aspects of modern Greek. Features include: clear and up-to-date examples special attention to those points which often cause problems to English-speaking learners Greek/English comparisons and contrasts highlighted throughout. Greek: An Essential Grammar is ideal for learners involved in independent study and for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types. Levels CEFR scale A1-B2 and ACTFL level Low-Intermediate to Advanced.

Marathi

Author : Rajeshwari Pandharipande
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136851577
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Marathi written by Rajeshwari Pandharipande and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First and only grammar available Author is native speaker of Marathi and a Professor of Linguistics Combines traditional insights from traditional grammarians and contemporary Linguistic approaches Comprehensive coverage of syntax, morphology, phonology of modern Marathi

Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 2, Complex Constructions

Author : Timothy Shopen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521318983
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 2, Complex Constructions written by Timothy Shopen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-07-25 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of a survey of syntactic and morphological structure in the world's languages.

Greek

Author : David Holton
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415232090
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Greek written by David Holton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise and user-friendly reference guide to the most important aspects of modern Greek, this book presents a fresh and accessible description of the language in short, readable sections. Explanations are clear and supported by examples.