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As such, it offers novel approaches to three key areas of current linguistic debate, viz. (1) Methodological practices, (2) Theoretical applications and (3) Modularity."--BOOK JACKET.
Leading scholars examine languages ranging from old Egyptian to modern Afrikaans. They consider the insights parametric theory offers to understanding the dynamics of language change and test new hypotheses against an extensive array of data. In both the broad range of languages it discusses and its use of linguistic theory this is an outstanding book.
This volume contains a selection of peer-reviewed articles first presented at the 43rd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), held in New York in 2013. The articles deal with various synchronic and diachronic aspects of Romance languages and dialects world-wide. They will be of interest to scholars in Romance and in general linguistics.
Bespreking vanuit taalkundige invalshoek van tien populaire opvattingen over het hedendaagse Nederlands.
This book provides an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the study of the dialects of English as they are spoken around the world, from the earliest dialect dictionaries of the sixteenth century to contemporary research emerging from the field of geolinguistics. Organised into ten thematic chapters, it explores and evaluates the methods and purposes of each approach to the study of dialectal variation, with full explanations of technical terms throughout. Illuminating one of the most productive fields of interest in language study, this compelling book is essential reading for students of dialect and regional difference in English.
Mit Beitragen aus dem gesamten Spektrum seiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit und Interessen - Niederdeutsche / Deutsche / Europaische Philologie, Dialektologie, Namenforschung, Lexikographie - ehren Freunde, Kollegen und Schueler den Gottinger Professor fuer Niederdeutsche Sprache und Literatur, Dieter Stellmacher, zu dessen 65. Geburtstag. aEs ist kennzeichnend fuer Festschriften, dass die Beitrage haufig aus bewahrten und gewandten Federn stammen und sich als mustergueltige Fallstudien auszeichnen. So verhalt es sich auch mit diesem Band. a] Durch ihre Reichhaltigkeit wird diese Ehrung dem Jubilar sicher viel Freude bereiten.o Neuphilologische Mitteilungen Inhalt: Tabula Gratulatoria Abkuerzun...
El español en contacto con otras lenguas is the first comprehensive historical, social, and linguistic overview of Spanish in contact with other languages in all of its major contexts—in Spain, the United States, and Latin America. In this significant contribution to the field of Hispanic linguistics, Carol A. Klee and Andrew Lynch explore the historical and social factors that have shaped contact varieties of the Spanish language, synthesizing the principle arguments and theories about language contact, and examining linguistic changes in Spanish phonology, morphology and syntax, and pragmatics. Individual chapters analyze particular contact situations: in Spain, contact with Basque, Cat...
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