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Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts: Redefining the Field of Clefts

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Date: 5 Aug 2023 16:46:35
Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts: Redefining the Field of Clefts

Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts: Redefining the Field of Clefts by Kristin Davidse , Ngum Meyuhnsi Njende , Gerard O'Grady
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 192 Pages | ISBN : 303132269X | 5.7 MB

This book proposes a radically new account of clefts in English. Since the 1960s, functional as well as formal linguists have generally restricted clefts to constructions with an identifying matrix (it-clefts) and have claimed that they only code information structure. Clefts are assumed to unpack a simple proposition into a focus – presupposition structure. In this book, the authors reject these theoretical-descriptive assumptions, arguing instead that clefts form a field comprising it-clefts, there-clefts and ‘have’-clefts.
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Formal Approaches to Languages of South America

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Date: 17 May 2023 15:28:24
Formal Approaches to Languages of South America

Formal Approaches to Languages of South America by Cilene Rodrigues, Andrés Saab
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 377 Pages | ISBN : 3031223438 | 16.4 MB

This book analyzes the linguistic diversity of South America based on approaches deeply rooted in the tradition of formal grammar. The chapters brought together in this contributed volume consider native languages all kinds of languages used in the region, including sign languages, indigenous languages and the romance languages (Portuguese and Spanish) originally introduced by European colonizers which underwent processes of transformation giving rise to new, local grammars.
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Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish

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Date: 25 Oct 2022 08:53:43
Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish

Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish by Yaron Matras, Geoffrey Haig, Ergin Öpengin
English | EPUB | 2022 | 474 Pages | ISBN : 3030788369 | 28.1 MB

This book offers the first comparative discussion of variation in selected areas of structure in the dialects of Kurdish. The contributions draw on data collected as part of the project on Structural and Typological Variation in Kurdish and stored in the Manchester Database of Kurdish Dialects online resource, as well as on additional data sources. The chapters address issues in lexicon, phonology, and morpho-syntax including nominal case, tense and aspect categories, pronominal clitics, adpositions, word order (with special reference to post-predicate constituents) and connectivity and complex clauses.
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Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish

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Date: 23 Oct 2022 00:47:54
Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish

Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish by Yaron Matras, Geoffrey Haig, Ergin Öpengin
English | PDF | 2022 | 474 Pages | ISBN : 3030788369 | 18 MB

This book offers the first comparative discussion of variation in selected areas of structure in the dialects of Kurdish. The contributions draw on data collected as part of the project on Structural and Typological Variation in Kurdish and stored in the Manchester Database of Kurdish Dialects online resource, as well as on additional data sources. The chapters address issues in lexicon, phonology, and morpho-syntax including nominal case, tense and aspect categories, pronominal clitics, adpositions, word order (with special reference to post-predicate constituents) and connectivity and complex clauses.
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Mind, Language, Machine: Artificial Intelligence in the Poststructuralist Age

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Date: 7 Oct 2022 02:51:50
Mind, Language, Machine: Artificial Intelligence in the Poststructuralist Age

Mind, Language, Machine: Artificial Intelligence in the Poststructuralist Age by Michael L. Johnson
English | PDF | 1988 | 351 Pages | ISBN : 1349194069 | 33.3 MB

A wide-ranging discussion of the interrelations of mental structures, natural language and formal systems. It explores how the mind builds language, how language in turn builds the mind, and how theorists and researcheres in artificial intelligence are attempting to simulate such processes. It also considers for the first time how the interests and theoretical strategies of poststructuralists such as Jacques Derrida are dovetailing in many ways with those of artificial intelligence workers.
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A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese Nominal Groups: A Text-Based Approach

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Date: 22 Sep 2022 15:06:09
A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese Nominal Groups: A Text-Based Approach

A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese Nominal Groups: A Text-Based Approach by Jing Fang
English | EPUB (True)| 2022 | 259 Pages | ISBN : 9811940088 | 8.8 MB

This book describes the grammar of Chinese nominal groups for the purpose of text analysis, drawing upon Halliday’s systemic functional linguistics (SFL) model. Exploring the metafunctional grammatical resources in nominal groups, the book provides a new perspective on conducting text analysis by focusing on the metafunctions performed by various elements in the nominal group.
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A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese Nominal Groups: A Text-Based Approach

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Date: 17 Sep 2022 15:47:40
A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese Nominal Groups: A Text-Based Approach

A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese Nominal Groups: A Text-Based Approach by Jing Fang
English | PDF | 2022 | 259 Pages | ISBN : 9811940088 | 9.7 MB

This book describes the grammar of Chinese nominal groups for the purpose of text analysis, drawing upon Halliday’s systemic functional linguistics (SFL) model. Exploring the metafunctional grammatical resources in nominal groups, the book provides a new perspective on conducting text analysis by focusing on the metafunctions performed by various elements in the nominal group.
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Grammar in Literature: A Text-based Guide for Students

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Date: 8 Sep 2022 09:04:00
Grammar in Literature: A Text-based Guide for Students

Grammar in Literature: A Text-based Guide for Students by Susan Lavender, Stavroula Varella
English | EPUB | 2022 | 210 Pages | ISBN : 3030988929 | 0.7 MB

This textbook familiarizes students with grammatical concepts of the English language and develops skills to apply grammar to creative writing and the study of literature. Students take an interactive 'learn-by-doing' approach to the mechanics of language and explore the creative uses of grammar. Experimenting with their own linguistic and creative skills, they come to appreciate the importance of language not only as a means of communication but also as an essential part of creative practice and literary composition. This applied approach to learning about grammar will be a valuable resource for students of English Literature and Creative Writing who may already be good users of grammar but not fully aware of its significance for communication and creativity.
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The Linearization of Affixes: Evidence from Nuu-chah-nulth

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Date: 13 Jun 2022 04:48:53
The Linearization of Affixes: Evidence from Nuu-chah-nulth

The Linearization of Affixes: Evidence from Nuu-chah-nulth by Rachel Wojdak
English | PDF | 2008 | 244 Pages | ISBN : 1402065493 | 3.7 MB

This book examines the problem of linearization from a new perspective: that of the linearization of affixes. The author’s driving proposition is that affixation provides a means of satisfying the universal requirement to linearize linguistic outputs. This proposition is tested using original data from Nuu-chah-nulth ("Nootka"; Wakashan family), an endangered Amerindian language that is remarkable for its complex morphology.
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Peripheries: Syntactic Edges and their Effects

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Date: 21 May 2022 17:18:37
Peripheries: Syntactic Edges and their Effects

Peripheries: Syntactic Edges and their Effects by David Adger
English | PDF | 2004 | 446 Pages | ISBN : 1402019084 | 2.7 MB

The syntactic periphery has become one of the most important areas of research in syntactic theory in recent years, due to the emergence of new research programmes initiated by Rizzi, Kayne and Chomsky. However research has concentrated on the empirical nature of clausal peripheries. The purpose of this volume is to explore the question of whether the notion of periphery has any real theoretical bite. An important consensus emerging from the volume is that the edges of certain syntactic expressions appear to be the locus of the connection between phrase structure, prosody, and information structure. This volume contains 16 papers by researchers in this area.
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