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This book explores sets of movement cases in medieval Italian from 1200 to 1315. It offers an integrated description of all the relevant aspects of word order in Old Italian based on uniform principles (analysing the left periphery of the sentence, of the verbal phrase,...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-03-06
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Imposters are third person DPs that are used to refer to the speaker/writer or addressee, such as :
(i) Your humble servant finds the time before our next encounter very long.
(ii) This reporter thinks that the current developments are extraordinary.
(iii) Daddy will...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-03-04
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The Grammar of Knowledge offers both a linguistic and anthropological perspective on the expression of information sources, as well as inferences, assumptions, probability and possibility, and gradations of doubt and beliefs in a range of languages.The book investigates...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-28
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In this book John A. Hawkins argues that major patterns of variation across languages are structured by general principles of efficiency in language use and communication. Evidence for these comes from languages permitting structural options from which selections are...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-28
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English Lexicogenesis investigates the processes by which novel words are coined in English, and how they are variously discarded or adopted, and frequently then adapted. Gary Miller looks at the roles of affixation, compounding, clipping, and blending in the history of...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-20
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This book presents a novel semantic account of weak, or selective, islands. Weak islands are configurations that block the displacement of certain elements in a sentence. Examples of island violations with acceptable counterexamples include '#How much wine haven't you...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-20
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This book offers detailed empirical coverage of the syntax and semantics of Plains Cree, an Algonquian language of western Canada. It combines careful elicitation with corpus studies to provide the first systematic investigation of the two distinct verbal inflectional...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-20
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This book analyzes personal experiences of language through the voices of Mexican immigrant women, in relation to the racialization discourses that frame the social life of Mexican immigrant communities in the United States. It reveals the power of narrative, understood...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-01-31
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The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian to, among others, Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-24
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The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian to, among others, Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-23
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Sociolinguistics in Scotland presents a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic research in Scotland and showcases developments in sociolinguistic theory, method and application, highlighting Scotland's position as a valuable 'sociolinguistic laboratory'. This book is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-22
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This wide-ranging survey of the state of the art in clinical pragmatics includes an examination of pragmatic disorders in previously neglected populations such as juvenile offenders, children and adults with emotional and behavioural disorders, and adults with...
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Springer
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2014-01-10
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Descriptions of new varieties of European languages in postcolonial contexts have focused exceedingly on system-based indigenisation and variation. This volume–while further illustrating processes and instantiations of indigenisation at this level–incorporates...
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Springer
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2013-12-20
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The volume analyses and develops David Makinson’s efforts to make classical logic useful outside its most obvious application areas.The book contains chapters that analyse, appraise, or reshape Makinson’s work and chapters that develop themes emerging from his...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-12-20
Collection :
Outstanding Contributions to Logic
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This volume presents evidence about how we understand communication in changing times, and proposes that such understandings may contribute to the development of pedagogy for teaching and learning. It expands current debates on multilingualism, asking which signs are in...
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Springer
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2013-12-17
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Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices represents a clear and concise introduction to the main concepts, issues, and debates in second language acquisition studies aimed specifically at undergraduates encountering the topic for the first...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-16
Collection :
Linguistics in the World
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This book presents a collection of thematically focused articles addressing culture-specific features of academic communication, with a particular focus on communication conducted in English as an Additional Language and directed at multicultural audiences. It comprises...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-12-16
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A Dictionary of Varieties of English presents a comprehensive listing of the distinctive dialects and forms of English spoken throughout the contemporary world. Provides an invaluable introduction and guide to current research trends in the field Includes definitions...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-12
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This book presents the forefront of research in the emerging field of family language policy.This is the first volume to explore the link between family language policy, practice and management in the light of state and community language policy in more than 20...
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Springer
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2013-12-12
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Our eye movements in response to visual stimuli reveal much about how we experience the world. Focusing on the latest developments in the multidisciplinary field of eye tracking research, this volume ranges across a wide spectrum of research applications, with four...
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Springer
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2013-12-11
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