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Plains Cree Morphosyntax RLE Linguistics F World Linguistics
Author | : Amy Dahlstrom |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781317918059 |
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This book explores several topics in Cree morphology, syntax and discourse structure. Cree, an Algonquian language, is non-configurational: the grammatical relations of subject and object are not expressed by word order or other constituent structure relations, as they are in a configurational language like English. Instead, subjects and objects are expressed by means of the inflection on the verb. Cree is typical of non-configurational languages in allowing a great deal of word order variation. This study examines in detail aspects of the Plains Cree dialect, giving a valuable insight into the structure of this endangered language.
Routledge Library Editions Linguistics Mini set F World Languages
Author | : Various Authors |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1704 |
Release | : 2021-05-13 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781317976257 |
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RLE: Linguistics Mini-set F gathers together a collection of out of print titles on World Languages. These essential works, all from key international linguists, include Australian Aborginal Grammar, The Northwest Caucasian Languages, Plains Cree Morphosyntax, Object and Absolutive in Halkoelem Salish and The Correct Language: Tojolabal.
The Northwest Caucasian Languages RLE Linguistics F World Linguistics
Author | : John Colarusso |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 521 |
Release | : 2014-01-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781317918172 |
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Perhaps more than any other group of languages those of the Caucasus are famous for their enormous and difficult consonantal systems. It is by no means exceptional for one of these languages to have as many as 50 consonants, and of these languages those from the Northwest Caucasus have the largest and most complex consonantal systems. The extensive use of the articulatory regions of the mouth together with the occurrence of secondary modifications at many of these points is unequalled by any other known group of languages. This detailed study examines the languages of the Northwest Caucasus and provides an essential guide to this most complicated group of languages.
Syntax
Author | : Talmy Givón |
Publsiher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027225801 |
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This new edition of "Syntax: A functional-typological introduction" is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic structure, in favor of a more comprehensive treatment of the semantic and pragmatic correlates of syntactic structure. With hindsight the author now finds the de-emphasis of the formal properties a somewhat regrettable choice, since it creates the false impression that one could somehow be a functionalist without being at the same time a structuralist. To redress the balance, explicit treatment is given to the core formal properties of syntactic constructions, such as constituency and hierarchy (phrase structure), grammatical relations and relational control, clause union, finiteness and governed constructions. At the same time, the cognitive and communicative underpinning of grammatical universals are further elucidated and underscored, and the interplay between grammar, cognition and neurology is outlined. Also the relevant typological database is expanded, now exploring in greater precision the bounds of syntactic diversity. Lastly, Syntax treats synchronic-typological diversity more explicitly as the dynamic by-product of diachronic development or grammaticalization. In so doing a parallel is drawn between linguistic diversity and diachrony on the one hand and biological diversity and evolution on the other. It is then suggested that as in biology synchronic universals of grammar are exercised and instantiated primarily as constraints on development, and are thus merely the apparent by-products of universal constraints on grammaticalization.
Language Acquisition and Change
Author | : Jurgen Meisel,Jürgen M. Meisel,Martin Elsig,Esther Rinke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0748642250 |
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This monograph addresses diachronic change of languages in terms of a restructuring of speakers' internal grammatical knowledge. The authors answer questions about the circumstances surrounding grammatical change and attempt to identify causes, constructing a general theory of diachronic change consistent with insights from language acquisition.
Linguistics For Dummies
Author | : Rose-Marie Dechaine,Strang Burton,Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2012-02-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781118101599 |
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The fascinating, fun, and friendly way to understand the science behind human language Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics students study how languages are constructed, how they function, how they affect society, and how humans learn language. From understanding other languages to teaching computers to communicate, linguistics plays a vital role in society. Linguistics For Dummies tracks to a typical college-level introductory linguistics course and arms you with the confidence, knowledge, and know-how to score your highest. Understand the science behind human language Grasp how language is constructed Score your highest in college-level linguistics If you're enrolled in an introductory linguistics course or simply have a love of human language, Linguistics For Dummies is your one-stop resource for unlocking the science of the spoken word.
Language Change Variation and Universals
Author | : Peter W. Culicover |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780198865391 |
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This volume explores how human languages become what they are, why they differ from one another in certain ways but not in others, and why they change in the ways that they do. Given that language is a universal creation of the human mind, the puzzle is why there are different languages at all: why do we not all speak the same language? Moreover, while there is considerable variation, in some ways grammars do show consistent patterns: why are languages similar in those respects, and why are those particular patterns preferred? Peter Culicover proposes that the solution to these puzzles is a constructional one. Grammars consist of constructions that carry out the function of expressing universal conceptual structure. While there are in principle many different ways of accomplishing this task, languages are under press to reduce constructional complexity. The result is that there is constructional change in the direction of less complexity, and grammatical patterns emerge that more efficiently reflect conceptual universals. The volume is divided into three parts: the first establishes the theoretical foundations; the second explores variation in argument structure, grammatical functions, and A-bar constructions, drawing on data from a variety of languages including English and Plains Cree; and the third examines constructional change, focusing primarily on Germanic. The study ends with observations and speculations on parameter theory, analogy, the origins of typological patterns, and Greenbergian 'universals'.
The Structure of Modern English
Author | : Laurel J. Brinton |
Publsiher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027225672 |
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This text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language. Focus is placed exclusively on English data, providing an empirical explication of the structure of the language.