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Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 294

Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages

A collection of papers on word order variation in the languages of South Asia.

The Sentence in Language and Cognition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 204

The Sentence in Language and Cognition

The Sentence in Language and Cognition is about the significant role of the sentence in linguistic cognition and in the practical domains of human existence. Dr. Tista Bagchi has written a comprehensive assessment of the structure and cognitive function of the sentence and the clause in the context of real-world discourse and activities. The notions of sentencehood and clausehood with special reference to the semantic histories of the terms sentence and clause, including their ethical, legal, and administrative uses, are assessed. This is followed by a concise historical survey of the treatment of the sentence in a few of the ancient linguistic traditions, notably the Greek, Roman(-Alexandri...

The Modular Architecture of Grammar
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 283

The Modular Architecture of Grammar

A model of grammar using several independent, simultaneous modules, which allows each module to be simpler than the current theory.

GATE Linguistics [XH-C3] Practice Question Answer 3000 + MCQ As Per Updated Syllabus
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

GATE Linguistics [XH-C3] Practice Question Answer 3000 + MCQ As Per Updated Syllabus

Highlight of Question Bank In Each Unit You Will Get 300 + Question Answer Based on [Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)Multiple Select Questions (MSQs)] Total 3000 + Questions Answer [Explanations of Hard Questions] Design by Linguistics Professor's & JRF Qualified Faculties For More Details Call/Whats App -7310762592,7078549303

The World's Writing Systems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 970

The World's Writing Systems

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Ranging from cuneiform to shorthand, from archaic Greek to modern Chinese, from Old Persian to modern Cherokee, this is the only available work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from ancient times to the present. Describing scores of scripts in use now or in the past around the world, this unusually comprehensive reference offers a detailed exploration of the history and typology of writing systems. More than eighty articles by scholars from over a dozen countries explain and document how a vast array of writing systems work--how alphabets, ideograms, pictographs, and hieroglyphics convey meaning in graphic form. The work is organized in thirteen parts, each dealing with...

Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 300

Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages

The South Asian languages, mainly Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, have become a focus of interest in the formal study of language as a natural consequence of the research program of the Principle and Parameters approach and an enforced interest in exploring the parametrical space of human language. The contributions to the present volume combine theoretical reasoning in syntax and phonology with a comparative research agenda in which South Asian languages figure prominently. The topics range from issues of clause structure, serial verb constructions, cleft- and question formation, to the question of what the proper syntactic format of modification should be, issues of binding theory and raising, and issues of complementation, the clausal periphery and clausal typing. The collection of articles concludes with two chapters on Dravidian and comparative phonology and a chapter on the shaping of phonological awareness by different writing systems. The authors and the editors devote this piece of work to Professor K.A. Jayaseelan, one of present-day India s most influential linguists.

Polymorphous Linguistics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 590

Polymorphous Linguistics

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005-05-13
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

James McCawley (1938-1999) was one of the most significant linguists of the latter half of the twentieth century. His legacy to a generation of linguists encompasses not only his work in phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language but also his emphasis on bridging research in linguistics with that in other disciplines, from anthropology and psychology to physics and biology. This book, written by his former students—all now scholars in their own right—pays tribute to McCawley by pursuing questions about language that engaged him during his career. The variety of perspectives in these essays reflects McCawley's eclecticism as well his belief that what is impor...

A Bibliography of Sign Languages, 2008-2017
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 186

A Bibliography of Sign Languages, 2008-2017

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-07-17
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This concise bibliography on Sign Languages was compiled on the occasion of the 20th International Congress of Linguists in Cape Town, South Africa, July 2018. The selection of titles is drawn from the Linguistic Bibliography and gives an overview of scholarship on Sign language over the past 10 years. The introduction is by Myriam Vermeerbergen (KU Leuven & Stellenbosch University) and Anna-Lena Nilsson (NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology) discusses the most recent developments in the field. The Linguistic Bibliography is compiled under the editorial management of Eline van der Veken, René Genis and Anne Aarssen in Leiden, The Netherlands. Linguistic Bibliography Online is the most comprehensive bibliography for scholarship on languages and theoretical linguistics available. Updated monthly with a total of more than 20,000 records annually, it enables users to trace recent publications and provides overviews of older material. For more information on Linguistic Bibliography and Linguistic Bibliography Online, please visit brill.com/lbo and linguisticbibliography.com. The e-book version of this bibliography is available in Open Access on brill.com.

  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

"I'm Sorry for what I've Done"

Examines the courtroom apologies of 52 defendants, and how their language is limited by the restraints imposed by sentencing

Rethinking Lyric Communities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 318

Rethinking Lyric Communities

In contemporary Western societies, lyric poetry is often considered an elitist or solipsistic literary genre. Yet a closer look at its history reveals that lyric has always been intertwined with the politics of community formation, from the imagining of national and transnational discursive communities, to the use of poetry in episodes of collective action, protest, and social resistance. Poetic forms have circulated between languages and traditions from around the world and across time. But how does lyric poetry address or even create communities — and of what kinds? This volume takes a global perspective to investigate poetic communities in dialogue with recent developments in lyric theory and concepts of community. In doing so, it explores both the political potentialities and the perils of lyric poetry.