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Morphology Now
Av Mark Aronoff
Inbunden, 1992
1561 kr
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Several distinct general linguistic theories are represented here: autolexical theory, categorial grammar, functional grammar, and government and binding syntax. Each essay in this book is centered around a point of morphological theory and each one is designed to further the development of that …
Informal Lectures on Formal Semantics
Av Emmon Bach
Häftad, 1989
468 kr
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This book is an introduction to the current developments in model-theoretic semantics, which has become an essential part of the work in theoretical linguistics over the last decade. The author examines the model structure of Montague's theory and then presents elaborations on this basic model that …
Markedness
The Evaluative Superstructure of Language
Häftad, 1990
413 kr
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Battistella traces the development of markedness theory as a central part of structuralist theories of language. He outlines the concepts of marked and unmarked from Prague School structuralism to present day applications in linguistic theory and cultural analysis, using the reference point of …
Lexeme-Morpheme Base Morphology
A General Theory of Inflection and Word Formation
Av Robert Beard
Inbunden, 1995
1144 kr
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The first complete theory of the morphology of language, a compendium of information on morphological categories and operationsThis book is the first complete theory of the morphology of language. It describes both inflection and lexical word formation, their relation to syntax, phonology, and …
Lexeme-Morpheme Base Morphology
A General Theory of Inflection and Word Formation
Av Robert Beard
Häftad, 1995
450 kr
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The first complete theory of the morphology of language, a compendium of information on morphological categories and operationsThis book is the first complete theory of the morphology of language. It describes both inflection and lexical word formation, their relation to syntax, phonology, and …
Prepositions and Complement Clauses
A Syntactic and Semantic Study of Verbs Governing Prepositions and Complement Clauses in Present-Day English
Häftad, 1996
413 kr
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Provides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and semantics of important prepositional complementation patterns dependent on the prepositions in, to, at, on, with, and of in present-day English.This book provides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and …
Translating by Factors
Av Christoph Gutknecht, Lutz J. Rolle
Häftad, 1996
435 kr
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By emphasizing, using English-German examples, the notion of factor set, this book fosters the awareness that successful and adequate translation requires properly accounting for the pertinent translation factors in each individual case. The factor approach gives translation criticism an objective …
Theory of Phrase Markers and the Extended Base
Häftad, 1996
413 kr
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Addresses questions of phrase structure and theoretical architecture within a principles and parameters framework.This piece of theory construction within the Government & Binding (GB) approach to syntax focuses on the base component and on the nature of phrase markers. Well-known structural facts …
Studies of Passive Clauses
Inbunden, 1985
1144 kr
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In this work, Paul M. Postal supports the universalist theory of language by examining passive clauses. Contrary to a skeptical tradition, Postal argues that passive clauses are cross-linguistically identifiable and characterizable. This study proposes refinements of the analysis of the natural …
Studies of Passive Clauses
Häftad, 1985
405 kr
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In this work, Paul M. Postal supports the universalist theory of language by examining passive clauses. Contrary to a skeptical tradition, Postal argues that passive clauses are cross-linguistically identifiable and characterizable. This study proposes refinements of the analysis of the natural …
Dependency Syntax
Theory and Practice
Av Igor Mel'cuk
Häftad, 1987
440 kr
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This work presents the first sustained examination of Dependency Syntax. In clear and stimulating analyses Mel'cuk promotes syntactic description in terms of dependency rather than in terms of more familiar phrase-structure. The notions of dependency relations and dependency structure are …
Integrated Theory of Autosegmental Processes
Häftad, 1987
413 kr
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This volume resolves an inconsistency that has arisen in the autosegmental theory of phonology and morphology - some versions of this theory allow a single distinctive feature to be duplicated on more than one tier, and others do not. In this book the author affirms that duplication of features …
Theoretical Perspectives on Native American Languages
Av Donna B. Gerdts, Karin Michelson
Häftad, 1989
405 kr
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American linguistics has a tradition of finding unique and important insights from studies of Native American languages, often leading to innovations in current theories. At the same time, research on Native languages has been enhanced by the perspectives of modern theory. This book extends this …
Science of Linguistics in the Art of Translation
Some Tools from Linguistics for the Analysis and Practice of Translation
Inbunden, 1988
1120 kr
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Drawing from more than two hundred examples representing twenty-two languages of wide genetic and typological variety, the author guides the reader through a broad collection of situations encountered in the analysis and practice of translation. This enterprise gains structure and rigor from the …
Science of Linguistics in the Art of Translation
Some Tools from Linguistics for the Analysis and Practice of Translation
Häftad, 1988
413 kr
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Drawing from more than two hundred examples representing twenty-two languages of wide genetic and typological variety, the author guides the reader through a broad collection of situations encountered in the analysis and practice of translation. This enterprise gains structure and rigor from the …
Informal Lectures on Formal Semantics
Av Emmon Bach
Inbunden, 1989
1144 kr
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This book is an introduction to the current developments in model-theoretic semantics, which has become an essential part of the work in theoretical linguistics over the last decade. The author examines the model structure of Montague's theory and then presents elaborations on this basic model that …
Complementation and Case Grammar
A Syntactic and Semantic Study of Selected Patterns of Complementation in Present-Day English
Häftad, 1989
406 kr
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This book offers a new and compendious account of important verbal patterns in present-day English. Serving as a central source of data, it updates and refines earlier research contributing to the syntactic and semantic description of English. Rudanko establishes an original framework, and …
On Monosemy
A Study in Linguistic Semantics
Av Charles Ruhl
Häftad, 1989
450 kr
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In this book, the author argues that words should be presumed initially to be monosemic: having a single, highly abstract meaning. Semantic research should first seek a unitary meaning, resorting to polysemy, homonymy or idiomaticity only when an extended attempt fails. Utilizing a large data base, …
