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Language Form And Language Function
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Author : Frederick J. Newmeyer
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2000
Language Form And Language Function written by Frederick J. Newmeyer and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The two basic approaches to linguistics are the formalist and the functionalist approaches. In this engaging monograph, Frederick J. Newmeyer, a formalist, argues that both approaches are valid. However, because formal and functional linguists have avoided direct confrontation, they remain unaware of the compatability of their results. One of the author's goals is to make each side accessible to the other. While remaining an ardent formalist, Newmeyer stresses the limitations of a narrow formalist outlook that refuses to consider that anything of interest might have been discovered in the course of functionalist-oriented research. He argues that the basic principles of generative grammar, in interaction with principles in other linguistic domains, provide compelling accounts of phenomena that functionalists have used to try to refute the generative approach.
Language Form And Language Function
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Author : Frederick J. Newmeyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Language Form And Language Function written by Frederick J. Newmeyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Formalization (Linguistics) categories.
Passivization And Typology
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Author : Werner Abraham
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Passivization And Typology written by Werner Abraham and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Is the passive a unified universal phenomenon? The claim derived from this volume is that the passive, if not universal, has become unified according to function. Language as a means of communication needs the passive, or passive-like constructions, and sooner or later develops them based on other voices (impersonal active, middle, reflexive), specific semantic meanings such as adversativity, or tense-aspect categories (stative, perfect, preterit). Certain contributors review the passives in various languages and language groups, including languages rarely discussed. Another group of contributors takes a novel theoretical approach toward passivization within a broad typological perspective. Among the languages discussed are Vedic, Irish, Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Lithuanian, Mordvin, and Nganasan, next to almost all European languages. Various theoretical frameworks such as Optimality Theory, modern structuralist approaches, Role and Reference Grammar, cognitive semantics, Distributed Morphology, and case grammar have been applied by the different authors.
Simultaneity In Signed Languages
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Author : Myriam Vermeerbergen
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Simultaneity In Signed Languages written by Myriam Vermeerbergen and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Signed language users can draw on a range of articulators when expressing linguistic messages, including the hands, torso, eye gaze, and mouth. Sometimes these articulators work in tandem to produce one lexical item while in other instances they operate to convey different types of information simultaneously. Over the past fifteen years, there has been a growing interest in the issue of simultaneity in signed languages. However, this book is the first to offer a comprehensive treatment of this topic, presenting a collection of papers dealing with different aspects of simultaneity in a range of related and unrelated signed languages, in descriptive and cross-linguistic treatments which are set in different theoretical frameworks. This volume has relevance for those interested in sign linguistics, in teaching and learning signed languages, and is also highly recommended to anyone interested in the fundamental underpinnings of human language and the effects of signed versus spoken modality.
Language Function
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Author : Ellyn Arwood
language : en
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Release Date : 2011-05-15
Language Function written by Ellyn Arwood and has been published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Dr. Arwood outlines a revolutionary four-tiered model of how learners acquire language, and suggests ways to impose visual language functions onto an auditory language like English in order to improve learning for both neurotypical learners and those with neurogenic disabilities.
Language Form And Linguistic Variation
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Author : John A. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1982-01-01
Language Form And Linguistic Variation written by John A. Anderson and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The papers in this volume celebrate the work of Angus McIntosh, who specialized in dialects of Later Middle English, and wrote on other topics in English linguistics as well. Of the papers in this volume most deal with English and a few with other subjects in (historical) dialectology.
Applied Language Learning
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Applied Language Learning written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Applied linguistics categories.
Multilingual Trends In A Globalized World
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Author : Navin Kumar Singh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2013-07-16
Multilingual Trends In A Globalized World written by Navin Kumar Singh and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-16 with Political Science categories.
This book presents evolving language education trends by drawing examples and case studies from around the world. Over the past few decades, significant economic and political changes have taken place around the world which have had a significant impact on language teaching and learning practices across the globe. With globalization, the focus of language education has shifted from monolingualism towards bilingualism and multilingualism, in that multilingual practices have become the norm rather than the exception in most parts of the world. This book brings together some of latest controversies and case studies from South East Asia, the most diverse and multilingual context in the world, along with various other diverse contexts of importance. This book will be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and bilingual and multicultural education, second and foreign language educators, and other specialists in these fields.
Comprehending The Complexity Of Countries
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Author : Hans Kuijper
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-18
Comprehending The Complexity Of Countries written by Hans Kuijper and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-18 with Social Science categories.
This book argues for computer-aided collaborative country research based on the science of complex and dynamic systems. It provides an in-depth discussion of systems and computer science, concluding that proper understanding of a country is only possible if a genuinely interdisciplinary and truly international approach is taken; one that is based on complexity science and supported by computer science. Country studies should be carefully designed and collaboratively carried out, and a new generation of country students should pay more attention to the fast growing potential of digitized and electronically connected libraries. In this frenzied age of globalization, foreign policy makers may – to the benefit of a better world – profit from the radically new country studies pleaded for in the book. Its author emphasizes that reductionism and holism are not antagonistic but complementary, arguing that parts are always parts of a whole and a whole has always parts.
Pragmatics
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Author : Jef Verschueren
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1978-01-01
Pragmatics written by Jef Verschueren and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The selection of entries in this bibliography reflects the following definition of pragmatics: The study (i) of the use and extra-linguistic function(s) of language, and (ii) of the relation between such uses or functions and the structure of language, i.e., the contextual appropriateness conditions on the use of language. This bibliography does not only cover purely theoretical works, but also includes applications of pragmatic theory in language teaching, language acquisition, discourse analysis, literary studies, etc. To augment the usefulness of the bibliography, which is arranged alphabetically, a subject and a language index have been added.