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Author : R. J. C. Smits
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-11-05
ISBN 10 : 9783110882704
Pages : 476 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (827 downloads)
Download Eurogrammar PDF Full Free by R. J. C. Smits and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andreas Dufter
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 10 : 9789027205797
Pages : 375 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (57 downloads)
Download Focus and Background in Romance Languages PDF Full Free by Andreas Dufter and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at a workshop, Focus and background in Romance languages, that convened during the 30th Romanistentag, in Vienna, Austria, 23-27 September 2007.
Author : Riet Vos
Publisher :
Release Date : 1994
ISBN 10 : UOM:39015040750567
Pages : 236 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download Wh-questions PDF Full Free by Riet Vos and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Eckett
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Release Date : 2012-03-16
ISBN 10 : 9780857192219
Pages : 172 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (922 downloads)
Download Harriman's Money Miscellany PDF Full Free by Stephen Eckett and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of facts, figures, intriguing information and oddities about money. A cornucopia of financial trivia covering topics as diverse as the size of the smallest banknote to a list of the ten largest stockmarket crashes of all time. If you have ever wondered which currency presents the best value by volume for smugglers, what an 'Entreprenerd' is, or what the top ten songs about money are, then this is the book for you You will find the answers to these questions and hundreds more packed into this pocket-sized masterpiece. Whether you are dazzled by data, fascinated by financial markets or crazy about cash, this book will have you enthralled. Harriman's Money Miscellany is a solid gold addition to anyone's literary portfolio and an invaluable source of fascinating financial facts. * What is the production cost of a one dollar bill? * What is the price of a top hat? * What country has a currency called kip? * What is the difference between the IMF and the World Bank? * What did Nokia do before it made phones? * How can you tell if a euro coin was minted in Pessac, France? * Why are bad companies good for investors? * When was the word millionaire first used? * What is the plural of euro? * What currency do they use in Star Wars? * How many coins (per person) are in circulation in the UK? * How do you launder money? * What is a 'Dead cat bounce'? * What year did the first ATM machine appear? * Why can't you play Monopoly in Cuba? * How can two cows explain political economic theory? and lots more!
Author : Adriano Murelli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-10-27
ISBN 10 : 9783110238792
Pages : 497 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (387 downloads)
Download Relative Constructions in European Non-Standard Varieties PDF Full Free by Adriano Murelli and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross-linguistic studies on relative constructions in European languages are often centred on standard varieties as described in reference grammars. This volume breaks with the tradition in that it investigates relative constructions in non-standard varieties from a multidisciplinary perspective and addresses a crucial question: what does Europe's typological panorama actually look like?
Author : Henk van Riemsdijk
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 1999-01-01
ISBN 10 : 9783110804010
Pages : 1038 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (4 downloads)
Download Clitics in the Languages of Europe PDF Full Free by Henk van Riemsdijk and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Paola Beninca
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-16
ISBN 10 : 0199842310
Pages : 352 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (998 downloads)
Download Mapping the Left Periphery PDF Full Free by Paola Beninca and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapping the Left Periphery, the fifth volume in "The Cartography of Syntactic Structures," is entirely devoted to the functional articulation of the so-called complementizer system, the highest part of sentence structure. The papers collected here identify, on the basis of substantial empirical evidence, new atoms of functional structure, which encode specific features that are typically expressed in the left periphery. The volume also submits the richly articulated CP structure to further crosslinguistic checking. The research presented here has led to the identification of new, important restrictions in the relative sequence of elements appearing in the left periphery. With contributions from African languages, Chinese, Hungarian, Romance languages, and Italian dialects, Mapping the Left Periphery will be of interest to syntacticians working on comparative syntax, and more specifically on Romance grammar.
Author : Ludovico Franco
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-12-16
ISBN 10 : 9781501505102
Pages : 920 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (51 downloads)
Download Linguistic Variation: Structure and Interpretation PDF Full Free by Ludovico Franco and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume scholars honor M. Rita Manzini for her contributions to the field of Generative Morphosyntax. The essays in this book celebrate her career by continuing to explore inter-area research in linguistics and by pursuing a broad comparative approach, investigating and comparing different languages and dialects.
Author : Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2016-01-29
ISBN 10 : 9781317498018
Pages : 2889 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (98 downloads)
Download Enciclopedia de Lingüística Hispánica PDF Full Free by Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 2889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enciclopedia de Linguistica Hispánica provides comprehensive coverage of the major and subsidiary fields of Spanish linguistics. Entries are extensively cross-referenced and arranged alphabetically within three main sections: Part 1 covers linguistic disciplines, approaches and methodologies. Part 2 brings together the grammar of Spanish, including subsections on phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Part 3 brings together the historical, social and geographical factors in the evolution of Spanish. Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of contributors from across the Spanish-speaking world the Enciclopedia de Linguistica Hispánica is an indispensable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Spanish, and for anyone with an academic or professional interest in the Spanish language/Spanish linguistics.
Author : Anna-Maria De Cesare
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2014-11-10
ISBN 10 : 9783110361872
Pages : 426 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (618 downloads)
Download Frequency, Forms and Functions of Cleft Constructions in Romance and Germanic PDF Full Free by Anna-Maria De Cesare and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume describes the frequency, the forms and the functions of different cleft construction types across two language families: the Romance languages (with discussion of Italian, French and Spanish data) and the Germanic languages (with focus on English, German, Swiss German and Danish).
Author : Terje Wagener
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-05-22
ISBN 10 : 9783110492958
Pages : 429 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (929 downloads)
Download The History of Nordic Relative Clauses PDF Full Free by Terje Wagener and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an analysis of relative clauses as they evolve throughout the history of (Mainland) Scandinavian, from Ancient Nordic to Early Modern Norwegian.
Author : Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2000-07-15
ISBN 10 : 9789027299239
Pages : 397 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (992 downloads)
Download The Syntax of Relative Clauses PDF Full Free by Artemis Alexiadou and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a cross-section of recent generative research into the syntax of relative clauses constructions. Most of the papers collected here react in some way to Kayne’s (1994) proposal to handle relative clauses in terms of determiner complementation and raising of the relativized nominal. The editors provide a thorough introduction of these proposals, their background and motivations, arguments for and against. There are detailed studies in the syntax and the semantics of relative clauses constructions in Latin, Ancient Greek, Romanian, Hindi, (Old) English, Old High German, (dialects of) Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, and Japanese. The book should be of interest to any linguist working within generative syntax.
Author : Heiko Motschenbacher
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2013-12-15
ISBN 10 : 9789027270993
Pages : 249 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (79 downloads)
Download New Perspectives on English as a European Lingua Franca PDF Full Free by Heiko Motschenbacher and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume complements earlier work on English as a lingua franca (ELF) by providing an in-depth study of the phenomenon from a decidedly European perspective. Distancing itself from more traditional approaches to the study of English in Europe (linguistic imperialism and “Euro-English”), the study is theoretically grounded in more recent approaches, namely the ELF paradigm and the postmodernist conceptualisation of “English”. Methodologically speaking, the study analyses language use in Eurovision Song Contest press conferences as a community of practice of European salience. The ethnographically based analyses focus on various linguistic levels, thereby producing a comprehensive picture of European ELF as a discursive formation. Various qualitative and quantitative methods are used to shed light on the following aspects: code-choice practices in ELF talk, participants’ metalinguistic comments on the use of ELF, complimenting behaviour via ELF and relativisation patterns. On the basis of this data, the concluding section advances discussions revolving around the conceptualisation of ELF in general, the connection between ELF and Europeanness, and implications for European language policies.
Author : Philomen Probert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
ISBN 10 : 9780198713821
Pages : 530 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (138 downloads)
Download Early Greek Relative Clauses PDF Full Free by Philomen Probert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering material as diverse as the Homeric poems, laws inscribed in stone on the island of Crete, and the philosophical prose of Heraclitus, this book considers the uses and histories of different relative clause types, particularly those found in early Greek.
Author : Katharina Hartmann
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-15
ISBN 10 : 9789027271129
Pages : 348 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (711 downloads)
Download Cleft Structures PDF Full Free by Katharina Hartmann and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of clefts is beyond doubt a golden oldie. It has captivated linguists of different disciplines for decades. The fascination arises from the unique syntax of clefts in interaction with their pragmatic and semantic interpretation. Clefts structure sentences according to the information state of the constituents contained in them. They are special as they exhibit a rather uncommon syntactic form to achieve the separation of the prominent part, either focal or topical, from the background of the clause. Despite the long-lasting interest in clefts, linguists have not yet come to an agreement on many basic questions. The articles contained in this volume address these issues from new theoretical and empirical perspectives. Based on data from about 50 languages from all over the world, this volume presents new arguments for the proper derivation of clefts, and contributes to the ongoing debate on the information-structural impact of cleft structures. Theoretically, it combines modern syntactic theorizing with investigations at the interface between grammar and information-structure.
Author : Jacek Fisiak
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 1995-01-01
ISBN 10 : 9783110885170
Pages : 451 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (851 downloads)
Download Linguistic Change under Contact Conditions PDF Full Free by Jacek Fisiak and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 451 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 : Ad Neeleman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-01-01
ISBN 10 : 9781614511458
Pages : 314 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (114 downloads)
Download The Syntax of Topic, Focus, and Contrast PDF Full Free by Ad Neeleman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. The authors propose that the syntactic effects of information structure come about as a result of mapping rules that are flexible enough to allow topics and foci to be expressed in a variety of positions, but strict enough to capture certain cross-linguistic generalisations about their distribution. In particular, the papers argue that only contrastive topics and contrastive foci undergo movement and that this is because such movement has the function of marking the scope of contrast. Several predications are derived from this proposal: such as that a focus cannot move across a topic – whether the latter is in situ or not. Syntactic and semantic evidence in support of this proposal is presented from a wide range of languages (including Dutch, English, Japanese, Korean and Russian) and theoretical consequences explored. The first chapter not only outlines its theoretical aims, but also provides an introduction to information structure. As a consequence, the book is accessible to advanced students as well as professional linguists.
