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The Final-Over-Final Condition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 465

The Final-Over-Final Condition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-10-27
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

An examination of the evidence for and the theoretical implications of a universal word order constraint, with data from a wide range of languages. This book presents evidence for a universal word order constraint, the Final-over-Final Condition (FOFC), and discusses the theoretical implications of this phenomenon. FOFC is a syntactic condition that disallows structures where a head-initial phrase is contained in a head-final phrase in the same extended projection/domain. The authors argue that FOFC is a linguistic universal, not just a strong tendency, and not a constraint on processing. They discuss the effects of the universal in various domains, including the noun phrase, the adjective p...

Language History and Linguistic Modelling
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2184

Language History and Linguistic Modelling

This work presents a collection of some 130 contributions covering a wide range of topics of interest to historical, theoretical and applied linguistics alike. A major theme is the development of English which is examined on several levels in the light of recent linguistic theory in various papers. The geographical dimension is also treated extensively with papers on controversial aspects of a variety of studies, as are topical linguistic matters from a more general perspective.

Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 335

Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-08-02
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese illuminates how studies of language development and change provide special insights into the understanding of current, synchronic systems of language.

The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1260

The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages

The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages is the most exhaustive treatment of the Romance languages available today. Leading international scholars adopt a variety of theoretical frameworks and approaches to offer a detailed structural examination of all the individual Romance varieties and Romance-speaking areas, including standard, non-standard, dialectal, and regional varieties of the Old and New Worlds. The book also offers a comprehensive comparative account of major topics, issues, and case studies across different areas of the grammar of the Romance languages. The volume is organized into 10 thematic parts: Parts 1 and 2 deal with the making of the Romance languages and their typology...

Language Use and Linguistic Structure. Proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2021
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 375

Language Use and Linguistic Structure. Proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2021

The latest volume of OLINCO proceedings is a selected set of papers that grew from presentations at OLINCO 2021 - the international Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium held at Palacky University in June 2021. The nineteen papers collected here are unified by the topic of the colloquium: Language Use and Linguistic Structure, in that they all, in one way or the other, address the central questions of the study of human language. They all use standard scientific methodology and theory and solidly researched empirical evidence in favor of formalized structural representations of the language system.

Historical Linguistics 1999
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 418

Historical Linguistics 1999

This is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held August 9-13, 1999, at the University of British Columbia. From the rich program and the many papers given during this conference, the present twenty-three papers were carefully selected to display the state of current research in the field of historical linguistics.

Grammatical Analyses in Basque and Romance Linguistics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 316

Grammatical Analyses in Basque and Romance Linguistics

This volume contains fifteen articles on current theoretical issues in Basque and Romance linguistics. Even though Basque and Romance languages are typologically different and have different genetic origins, one thousand years of coexistence have shown certain parallelisms in their respective grammars. It is Mario Saltarelli that first offered a formal linguistic account of phonological and syntactic phenomena that occur in these two language groups. Thus, this compilation of articles in both Basque and Romance linguistics not only pays tribute to Saltarelli s work by acknowledging his formalization of this relational insight, but also comprises state of the art research on languages with st...

The History of Spanish
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 457

The History of Spanish

Provides students with an engaging and thorough overview of the history of Spanish and its development from Latin.

Soluzioni!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 426

Soluzioni!

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Using an appealing visual layout, Soluzioni explains the major topics of Italian grammar in clear and concise language. Real language examples and plenty of varied and imaginative exercises show how grammar works in practice. This new edition includes: Tables and charts for easy navigation and at-a-glance comprehension Authentic material from Italian media and literature showing grammar in context Graded practice exercises with answers so learners can review their progress Free interactive exercises and weblinks on www.routledge.com/cw/rome . This second edition has been fully revised and updated with new examples and even more on contemporary usage making this the clearest and most comprehensive pedagogical grammar available.

Proper Names versus Common Nouns
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Proper Names versus Common Nouns

Recent research has shown that proper names morphosyntactically differ from common nouns in many ways. However, little is known about the morphological and syntactic/distributional differences between proper names and common nouns in less known (Non)-Indo-European languages. This volume brings together contributions which explore morphosyntactic phenomena such as case marking, gender assignment rules, definiteness marking, and possessive constructions from a synchronic, diachronic, and typological perspective. The languages surveyed include Austronesian languages, Basque, English, German, Hebrew, and Romance languages. The volume contributes to a better understanding not only of the contrasts between proper names and common nouns, but also of formal contrasts between different proper name classes such as personal names, place names, and others.