Post Predicate Elements In The Western Asian Transition Zone
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Post Predicate Elements In The Western Asian Transition Zone
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Author : Geoffrey Haig
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-12-20
Post Predicate Elements In The Western Asian Transition Zone written by Geoffrey Haig and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume explores word-order phenomena across a phylogenetically diverse sample of languages covering a region loosely referred to as the Western Asian Transition Zone, approximately corresponding to western Iran, northern Iraq, eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. The sample includes representatives from four branches of Indo-European (Iranian, Hellenic, Armenian, Indo-Aryan) as well as Turkic, Semitic, Kartvelian, Northwest Caucasian and Northeast Caucasian. Methodologically, we apply a corpus-based approach to word-order, building on two purpose-built and fully accessible data-bases of spoken language corpora, WOWA (Word Order in Western Asia), and HamBam (Hamedan-Bamberg Corpus of Contemporary Spoken Persian). The majority of the languages are historically OV, yet exhibit high rates of post-verbal elements, and these constitute the primary focus of the volume. One of the major findings is the importance of semantic role in determining pre- versus post-verbal placement of clausal constituents: We identify a consistent bias towards post-verbal placement of spatial Goals, which is amplified by increasing areal proximity to the VO languages of the southwestern periphery of the region (Semitic). In the languages in and adjacent to the Caucasus, on the other hand, we find stronger effects of information structure in triggering post-verbal position. Along with contributions on individual languages and varieties, the volume includes an overview chapter outlining the theoretical background and the data sources, summary chapters on sub-regions, as well as contributions from an experimental and psycholinguistic perspective.
Post Predicate Elements In The Western Asian Transition Zone
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Author : Geoffrey Haig
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date : 2024-12-03
Post Predicate Elements In The Western Asian Transition Zone written by Geoffrey Haig and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume explores word-order phenomena across a phylogenetically diverse sample of languages covering a region loosely referred to as the Western Asian Transition Zone, approximately corresponding to western Iran, northern Iraq, eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. The sample includes representatives from four branches of Indo-European (Iranian, Hellenic, Armenian, Indo-Aryan) as well as Turkic, Semitic, Kartvelian, Northwest Caucasian and Northeast Caucasian. Methodologically, we apply a corpus-based approach to word-order, building on two purpose-built and fully accessible data-bases of spoken language corpora, WOWA (Word Order in Western Asia), and HamBam (Hamedan-Bamberg Corpus of Contemporary Spoken Persian). The majority of the languages are historically OV, yet exhibit high rates of post-verbal elements, and these constitute the primary focus of the volume. One of the major findings is the importance of semantic role in determining pre- versus post-verbal placement of clausal constituents: We identify a consistent bias towards post-verbal placement of spatial Goals, which is amplified by increasing areal proximity to the VO languages of the southwestern periphery of the region (Semitic). In the languages in and adjacent to the Caucasus, on the other hand, we find stronger effects of information structure in triggering post-verbal position. Along with contributions on individual languages and varieties, the volume includes an overview chapter outlining the theoretical background and the data sources, summary chapters on sub-regions, as well as contributions from an experimental and psycholinguistic perspective.
Language Contact Volume 2
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Author : Jeroen Darquennes
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2025-04-21
Language Contact Volume 2 written by Jeroen Darquennes and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Targeting a full range of students and scholars, this volume provides a total of 50 chapters illustrating the linguistic dynamics and the dynamics of (inter)individual, and societal language contact as well as the dynamics of multidisciplinary language contact studies. Fueled by a wealth of data from a rich variety of contact situations, its geographically balanced case studies are governed by the triangulation between a focus on language structure and change, a sincere drive of sociopolitical and academic agency, and the confrontation with an everyday reality that can be unkind to (and ignorant of) those two factors. The volume clearly demonstrates the social relevance of our trade in a time burdened with ecolinguistic challenges.
The Neo Aramaic Dialect Of The Jews Of Dohok
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Author : Dorota Molin
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-04-22
The Neo Aramaic Dialect Of The Jews Of Dohok written by Dorota Molin and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book combines in-depth grammatical analysis with dialectology and typology. It presents important features of Jewish Neo-Aramaic from Dohok (Iraqi Kurdistan), a previously undocumented dialect that is now on the verge of extinction. The first Neo-Aramaic grammar to offer data glossing, this book is accessible for and highly relevant to Semitists, language typologists and historical linguists. It focuses especially on phonology, verbal morphosyntax and syntax. The monograph also highlights features that characterise the wider lišana deni dialect group, which is the most widespread Jewish Neo-Aramaic today. The book leverages the staggering microvariation persisting within North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic to reconstruct the grammaticalisation of some key Neo-Aramaic constructions. It also includes a text sample of prime historiographic value (Jews of Iraq during the Second World War).
Language Diversity In Iran
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Author : Charles G. Häberl
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2024-09-02
Language Diversity In Iran written by Charles G. Häberl and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The current companion will offer a survey of the Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, and Turkic languages in contact with Iranian languages. Comparatively few of Iran's minority languages are well-documented or even widely known outside of a small cadre of specialists. A volume that organizes sketches of the non-Iranian languages of Iran offers a unique perspective on the history and structure of the Iranian language.
Gorani In Its Historical And Linguistic Context
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Author : Shuan Osman Karim
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2024-10-21
Gorani In Its Historical And Linguistic Context written by Shuan Osman Karim and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-21 with History categories.
Gorani refers to under-documented, endangered varieties spoken in a cluster within the Zagros mountains (Iran/Iraq). These varieties possess conservative features of importance to linguists. However, their study has been plagued by nomenclature and taxonomy issues. Traditional names for these languages have been supplanted first by orientalists' prescriptions and then by their linguist heirs. Inaccurate terminology has sewn discord between speaker communities, disturbing the sociolinguistic landscape. This volume represents the state of the art of Gorani's historical and socio-linguistics, documentation, and literature, as well as an effort to aid the "decolonization" of Gorani linguistics.
Word Order Variation
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Author : Hiwa Asadpour
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-08-01
Word Order Variation written by Hiwa Asadpour and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In the Iranic-Semitic-Turkic contact area, where many languages are described as verb-final, ‘Targets’ (Goals, Recipients, etc.) tend to appear in the immediate postverbal position, a pattern violating the alleged ‘basic word order’. Investigating empirical material, the present volume examines the idea of its contact-induced origin by combining various languages from inside and outside this contact area: the Greek variety Romeyka; Indic Domari; Iranic Balochi, Kurdish, Middle Persian, Parthian, Bactrian and Sogdian; Nilotic Maa; Semitic Arabic and Aramaic; Siberian and Iran-Turkic. The contributors investigate word order variation of transitive, ditransitive, and copula structures as well as intransitives with Targets. Their analyses highlight the relevance of grammatical, discourse-pragmatic, and cognitive principles. The volume highlights the importance of Target structures for linguistic theory by offering new perspectives and will be of interest to typologists and linguists interested in word order variation and information structure.
Vii Mezhdunarodny Kongress Antropologicheskikh I Tnograficheskikh Nauk
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Vii Mezhdunarodny Kongress Antropologicheskikh I Tnograficheskikh Nauk written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Anthropology categories.
Vii
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language : en
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Release Date : 1970
Vii written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Anthropology categories.
Trudy Vii Mezhdunarodnogo Kongressa Antropologicheskikh I Tnograficheskikh Nauk Sektsii A 19 Avstralii A I Okeanii A Sektsii A 20 Afrika Sektsii A 21 Vostochnai A I I Uzhnai A Azii A Simpozium Istoriko Kul Turnye Svi Azi Tikhookeanskogo Basse Na
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Trudy Vii Mezhdunarodnogo Kongressa Antropologicheskikh I Tnograficheskikh Nauk Sektsii A 19 Avstralii A I Okeanii A Sektsii A 20 Afrika Sektsii A 21 Vostochnai A I I Uzhnai A Azii A Simpozium Istoriko Kul Turnye Svi Azi Tikhookeanskogo Basse Na written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Anthropology categories.