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13 produkter
Theories of Lexical Semantics
Inbunden, 2009
3083 kr
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Theories of Lexical Semantics offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. In spite of the growing importance of the lexicon in linguistic theory, no overview of the main theoretical trends in lexical semantics is currently available. This book …
An Essay on Names and Truth
Häftad, 2007
742 kr
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This pioneering book lays new foundations for the study of reference and truth. It seeks to explain the origins and characteristics of human ways of relating to the world by means of an understanding of the inherent structures of the mind. Wolfram Hinzen explores truth in the light of Noam …
The Representation and Processing of Compound Words
Häftad, 2007
729 kr
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This book presents new work on the psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics of compound words. It shows the insights this work offers on natural language processing and the relation between language, mind, and memory. Compounding is an easy and effective way to create and transfer meanings. By …
Case in Africa
Inbunden, 2008
3406 kr
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This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa König begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 African languages and reveals several features, such as …
Default Semantics
Foundations of a Compositional Theory of Acts of Communication
Inbunden, 2005
1046 kr
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In this pioneering book Kasia Jaszczolt lays down the foundations of an original theory of meaning in discourse, reveals the cognitive foundations of discourse interpretation, and puts forward a new basis for the analysis of discourse processing. She provides a step-by-step introduction to the …
Syllable Structure
The Limits of Variation
Av San Duanmu
Inbunden, 2008
2173 kr
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This book looks at the range of possible syllables in human languages. The syllable is a central notion in phonology but basic questions about it remain poorly understood and phonologists are divided on even the most elementary issues. For example, the word city has been syllabified as ci-ty (the …
Studying Bilinguals
Inbunden, 2008
2482 kr
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Even though more than half the world's population is bilingual, the study of bilinguals has lagged behind that of monolinguals. With this book, which draws on twenty-five years of the author's research, François Grosjean contributes significantly to redressing the balance. The volume covers four …
The Phonological Enterprise
Inbunden, 2008
409 kr
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This book scrutinizes recent work in phonological theory from the perspective of Chomskyan generative linguistics and argues that progress in the field depends on taking seriously the idea that phonology is best studied as a mental computational system derived from an innate base, phonological …
Bare Syntax
Inbunden, 2008
1510 kr
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This important contribution to the Minimalist Program offers a comprehensive theory of locality and new insights into phrase structure and syntactic cartography. It unifies central components of the grammar and increases the symmetry in syntax. Its central hypothesis has broad empirical application …
Merging Features
Computation, Interpretation, and Acquisition
Av José M. Brucart, Anna Gavarró m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1270 kr
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This book presents new work on how Merge and formal features, two basic factors in the Minimalist Program, should determine the syntactic computation of natural language. Merge combines simpler objects into more complex ones. Formal features establish dependencies within objects. In this book …
Categorial Grammar
Logical Syntax, Semantics, and Processing
Av Glyn Morrill
Inbunden, 2010
2450 kr
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This book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to categorial grammar, a type of formal grammar which analyses expressions as functions or according to a function-argument relationship. The book's focus is on linguistic, computational, and psycholinguistic aspects of logical categorial grammar, …
Categorial Grammar
Logical Syntax, Semantics, and Processing
Av Glyn Morrill
Häftad, 2010
956 kr
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This book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to categorial grammar, a type of formal grammar which analyses expressions as functions or according to a function-argument relationship. The book's focus is on linguistic, computational, and psycholinguistic aspects of logical categorial grammar, …
The Languages of the Amazon
Inbunden, 2012
2902 kr
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This is the first guide and introduction to the extraordinary range of languages in Amazonia, which include some of the most the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction. Alexandra Aikhenvald, one of the world's leading experts on the region, …
