Brill Research Perspectives in Linguistics – serie
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Essence of Linguistic Analysis
An Integrated Approach
Av R.M.W. Dixon
Häftad, 2021
713 kr
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Many works on linguistic typology deal in some detail with one or more particular grammatical topics without clearly demonstrating how these relate to other categories or construction types. The Essence of Linguistic Analysis by R. M. W. Dixon presents a framework which connects individual topics …
Web of Knowledge
Evidentiality at the Cross-Roads
Häftad, 2021
698 kr
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Knowledge can be expressed in language using a plethora of grammatical means. Four major groups of meanings related to knowledge are Evidentiality: grammatical expression of information source; Egophoricity: grammatical expression of access to knowledge; Mirativity: grammatical expression of …
Types of Kinship Terminological Systems and How to Analyze Them
New Insights from the Application of Sidney H. Gould’s Analytic System
Häftad, 2022
784 kr
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This essay presents Gould’s distinctive system for analyzing kin terminologies showing the system’s power, importance, and usefulness—and showing its relationship to other approaches and the payoffs each aims at. In revealing significant new empirical regularities and simplifications, Gould’s …
Linguistic Overview of WhatsApp Communication
Häftad, 2022
654 kr
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Digital discourse has become a widespread way of communicating worldwide, WhatsApp being one of the most popular Instant Messaging tools. This book offers a critical state-of-the-art review of WhatsApp linguistic studies. After evaluating a wide range of sources, seeking to identify relevant works, …
Typological Study of Evidentiality in Qiangic Languages
Av Junwei Bai
Häftad, 2022
673 kr
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As an intriguing but little understood language group within the Tibeto-Burman family, Qiangic languages are widely reported to have evidentiality, the grammatical means of expressing information source. How does this category function in this language group? Does it show any common features across …
Agency and Intentions in Language
Häftad, 2023
587 kr
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Our sense of agency and ability to distinguish between intentional and accidental actions are fundamental for social interaction. They allow us to plan and perform joint actions and assign responsibility for our own actions and those of others. Research on the nature of agency and intentions has …
Korean Dialectology
A Review and Prospectus
Häftad, 2024
874 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive, informative overview of the history, contemporary state, and future direction of Korean dialectological research. It covers the pre-modern attestation of awareness about linguistic variation on the Korean Peninsula, traditional dialectology in 20th century Korea, …
Taxonomy of Cognitive Semantics
Häftad, 2025
794 kr
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Cognitive semantics is a relatively new field whose central concern is how language structures conceptual content. This book aims to approach the field comprehensively and outline its main contours. It both summarizes previous research and presents novel analyses. The main issues it covers range …
History of the Romanisation Interdialectique Transcription System for Chinese, 1931–1952
Inbunden, 2026
772 kr
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A study of how the science of diachronic linguistics merged with the will to reform language in the Catholic missionary milieu of Republican China. In focus is a romanization of the Chinese language that was proposed in 1931 by two missionaries in Manchuria. The inventors of the new system claimed …
