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The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

By: Peter John Glanville

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The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

By: Peter John Glanville

This book is an investigation of Arabic derivational morphology that focuses on the relationship between verb meaning and linguistic form. Beginning with the ground form, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of the most common verb patterns of Arabic from a lexical semantic perspective. Peter Glanville explains why verbs with seemingly unrelated meanings share the same phonological shape, and analyses sets of words that contain the same consonantal root to arrive at a common abstraction. He uses both contemporary and historical data to explore the semantics of reflexivity, symmetry, causation, and repetition, and argues that the verb patterns of Arabic that express these phenomena have come about as the result of grammaticalization and analogical processes that are common cross-linguistically. The book adopts an approach to morphology in which rule-based derivation has created word patterns and consonantal roots, with the result that in some derivations roots may be extracted from a source word and plugged in to a pattern. It illustrates the semantic relationship between a source word and its derivative, while also offering evidence to support the view of the consonantal root as a morphological object. The volume will be a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Arabic language and linguistics who are interested in understanding the verb patterns of Arabic, the derivational relationships between words, and the construction of meaning in the mind. It will also appeal to researchers and students in morphology, semantics, historical linguistics, and cognitive linguistics.

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Oxford University Press

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0192511300

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From the Stars Above: The Frontier Series 12

By: Peter Watt

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From the Stars Above: The Frontier Series 12

By: Peter Watt

A century-old curse comes full circle... For a hundred years they have never forgiven, never forgotten. Now, the war between the Duffy and Macintosh dynasties will be brought to its stunning conclusion. Private Patrick Duffy was forced to flee Malaya as a child, and left orphaned when his mother died in Changi prison. Now, returning to fight a fearless enemy, he must confront the ghosts of his past if he is to find any hope for the future. Michael Macintosh is forging his own path to escape his mother's obsessive control. Sailor, soldier and mercenary, he will soon face war again, in the brutal jungles of Vietnam. Sarah Macintosh ruthlessly crushes anyone who gets in her way, and has vowed to destroy her sister-in-law, Jessica Duffy-Macintosh. Fixated on her own legacy, she has ignored her family's inheritance - a century-old curse, to be paid in blood... "Watt once again blends his multi-character saga with key moments of history. Fast-paced and exciting, this is a fine piece of Australian fiction" Canberra Weekly on While the Moon Burns

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Macmillan Publishers Aus.

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1760557595

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9781760557591

A Study of Cyril Tourneur

By: Peter B. Murray

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A Study of Cyril Tourneur

By: Peter B. Murray

Cyril Tourneur was a significant Jacobean poet and dramatist, yet until now there has been now full scale interpretation of his works. Critics have perhaps hesitated to undertake such a study because much of Tourneur's writing has been regarded as neurotic self-expression rather than art, and almost nothing is known of his life. In this penetrating study, however, Peter B. Murray analyzes the art and relates them to the artistic conventions and the thought of their day. Murray finds that Tourneur was not a neurotic but an objective, artistic craftsman. In both techniques and themes, Tourneur emerges as a defender of Elizabethan ideals—a follower of Spenser and Shakespeare and a supporter of the Anglican center against the extremes of Puritanism and atheism. In his study of The Revenger's Tragedy, commonly attributed to Tourneur, Murray turns up new and possibly conclusive linguistic evidence that the play was written by Thomas Middleton and has therefore discussed it apart from Tourneur's work. Murray's examination of The Revenger's Tragedy shows that its author, like Middleton, is a detached ironist and not despairing and obsessed with vice as he has often been supposed to be.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512804843

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9781512804843

The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

By: Peter John Glanville

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The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

By: Peter John Glanville

This book explores Arabic derivational morphology, focusing on the relationship between verb meaning and linguistic forms from a lexical semantic perspective. It explains why verbs with seemingly unrelated meanings share the same phonological shape, and analyses sets of words containing the same consonantal root to arrive at a common abstraction.

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Oxford University Press

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0198792735

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9780198792734

The Cromwellian Gazetteer

An Illustrated Guide to Britain in the Civil War and Commonwealth

By: Peter Gaunt

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The Cromwellian Gazetteer

An Illustrated Guide to Britain in the Civil War and Commonwealth

By: Peter Gaunt

An exploration of the local crafts of the Cotswolds.

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264

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0905778480

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9780905778488

Civil War

The History of England Volume III

By: Peter Ackroyd

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Civil War

The History of England Volume III

By: Peter Ackroyd

Step into the tumultuous age of Stuart England with Peter Ackroyd's enlightening Civil War. Beginning with James I, the first Scottish king of England, it tracks an era of massive upheaval, ending with the dramatic flight of his grandson, James II, into exile. Civil War transports you to the heart of the 17th-century Britain, where you meet figures like James I with his shrewd perspectives on diverse matters, and Charles I, whose inept rule ignited the flames of the English Civil War. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles's nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as the king he executed. Beyond this political turmoil, Ackroyd also explores the rich cultural and literary contributions of the Jacobean era. This was a world where Shakespeare's masterpieces were penned, John Donne weaved his poetry and Thomas Hobbes crafted his philosophical marvel, Leviathan. Most importantly, get a glimpse of the extraordinary lives of common English men and women, their existence seeped in constant disruption and uncertainty. Civil War is a stirring account of a pivotal epoch, making it a must-read for history enthusiasts.

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Pan Macmillan

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144727170X

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9781447271703

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

By: Peter Ackroyd

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Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

By: Peter Ackroyd

Examines the Stuart dynasty during a turbulent seventeenth century marked by civil war, the execution of Charles I, the rule of Oliver Cromwell, and the deposition and exile of James II.

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1250003636

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9781250003638

Trist Families of Devon

Volume 9 Politics & Trade

By: Peter Trist

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Trist Families of Devon

Volume 9 Politics & Trade

By: Peter Trist

This series of e-Books will chiefly be of interest to family historians with Devon ancestry. This ninth volume contains information about how the politics and trade of Devon may have affected our ancestors. It also contains information on Dartmoor and the semi-moorland parish of South Brent and genealogical charts and notes regarding the Trist families at South Brent.

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Peter Trist

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0648499197

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9780648499190

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The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

From the Stars Above: The Frontier Series 12

From the Stars Above: The Frontier Series 12

A Study of Cyril Tourneur

A Study of Cyril Tourneur

The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

The Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb

The Cromwellian Gazetteer

The Cromwellian Gazetteer

Civil War

Civil War

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

Trist Families of Devon

Trist Families of Devon

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