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The Slavonic Languages

By: Professor Greville Corbett,Professor Bernard Comrie

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The Slavonic Languages

By: Professor Greville Corbett,Professor Bernard Comrie

This book provides a chapter-length description of each of the modern Slavonic languages and the attested extinct Slavonic languages. Individual chapters discuss the various alphabets that have been used to write Slavonic languages, in particular the Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets; the relationship of the Slavonic languages to other Indo-European languages; their relationship to one another through their common ancestor, Proto-Slavonic; and the extent to what various Slavonic languages have survived in emigration. Each chapter on an individual language is written according to the same general scheme and incorporates the following elements: an introductory section describing the language's social context and, appropriate, the development of the standard language; a discussion of the phonology of the language, including a phonemic inventory and morphophonemic alterations from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives; a detailed presentation of the synchronic morphology of the language, with notes on the major historical developments; an extensive discussion of the syntactic properties of the language; a discussion of vocabulary, including the relation between inherited Slavonic and borrowed vocabulary, with lists of basic lexical items in selected semantic fields colour terms, names of parts of the body and kinship terms; an outline of the main dialects, with an accompanying map; and a bibliography with sources in English and other languages. The book is made particularly accessible by the inclusion of (1) a parallel transliteration of all examples cited from Slavonic languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet and (2) English translations of all Slavonic language examples.

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1136861378

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Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

By: Berkeley Anna Livia Visiting Assistant Professor of French University of California

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Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

By: Berkeley Anna Livia Visiting Assistant Professor of French University of California

Controversy over gendered pronouns, for example using the generic "he," has been a staple of feminist arguments about patriarchal language over the last 30 years, and is certainly the most contested political issue in Western feminist linguistics. Most accounts do not extend beyond policy issues like the official institution of non-sexist language. In this volume, Anna Livia reveals continuities both before and after the sexist language refore movement and shows how the creative practices of pronoun use on the part of feminist writers had both aesthetic and political ends. Livia uses the term "pronoun envy" ironically to show that rather being a case of misguided envy, battles over gendered language are central to feminist concerns. Livia examines a broad corpus of written texts in English and French, concentrating on those texts which problematize the traditional functioning of the linguistic gender system. They range from novels and prose poems to film scripts and personal testimonies, and in time from the 19th century to the present. Some withhold any indication of gender; others have non-gendered characters. Livia's goal is two-fold; to help bridge the divide between linguistic and literary analysis, and to show how careful study of the manipulation of linguistic gender in these texts informs larger concerns. This fresh and highly interdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of several vital areas, including language and gender, sociolinguistics, and feminist literary analysis.

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250

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195343921

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9780195343922

Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

By: Institute of African Studies University of Cologne Bernd Heine Professor of Linguistics

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Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

By: Institute of African Studies University of Cologne Bernd Heine Professor of Linguistics

The main function of language is to convey meaning. The question of why language is structured the way it is, Heine here argues, has therefore to be answered first of all with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations in terms of other exponents of language structure, e.g. of syntax, are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal rather than central characteristics of language structure. This book uses basic findings on grammaticalization processes to describe the role of cognitive forces in shaping grammar. It provides students with an introductory treatment of a field of linguistics that has developed recently and is rapidly expanding.

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198

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198026285

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Linguistics Student's Handbook

By: Professor Laurie Bauer

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Linguistics Student's Handbook

By: Professor Laurie Bauer

The book that tells you all the things you felt you were expected to know about linguistics, but were afraid to ask about.*What do you know about Burushaski and Miwok?*What's the difference between paradigmatic and syntagmatic?*What is E-language?*What is a language?*Do parenthetical and non-restrictive mean the same thing?*How do you write a bibiliographic entry for a work you have not seen?Every student who has asked these questions needs this book. A compendium of useful things for linguistics students to know, from the IPA chart to the Saussurean dichotomies, this book will be the constant companion of anyone undertaking studies of linguistics. Part reference work, part revision guide, and with tables providing summary information on some 280 languages, the book provides a new learning tool as a supplement to the usual textbooks and glossaries.

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401

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748631607

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9780748631605

The Linguistic Cycle : Language Change and the Language Faculty

Language Change and the Language Faculty

By: Department of English Arizona State University Elly van Gelderen Regents' Professor

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The Linguistic Cycle : Language Change and the Language Faculty

Language Change and the Language Faculty

By: Department of English Arizona State University Elly van Gelderen Regents' Professor

Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles. A cycle involves grammaticalization from lexical to functional category followed by renewal. Some well-known cycles involve negatives, where full negative phrases are reanalyzed as words and affixes and are then renewed by full phrases again. Verbal agreement is another example: full pronouns are reanalyzed as agreement markers and are renewed again. Each chapter provides data on a separate cycle from a myriad of languages. Van Gelderen argues that the cross-linguistic similarities can be seen as Economy Principles present in the initial cognitive system or Universal Grammar. She further claims that some of the cycles can be used to classify a language as analytic or synthetic, and she provides insight into the shape of the earliest human language and how it evolved.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199857636

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When Languages Die : The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

By: K. David Harrison Assistant Professor of Linguistics Swarthmore College

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When Languages Die : The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

By: K. David Harrison Assistant Professor of Linguistics Swarthmore College

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the essential question, what is lost when a language dies? What forms of knowledge are embedded in a language's structure and vocabulary? And how harmful is it to humanity that such knowledge is lost forever? Harrison spans the globe from Siberia, to North America, to the Himalayas and elsewhere, to look at the human knowledge that is slowly being lost as the languages that express it fade from sight. He uses fascinating anecdotes and portraits of some of these languages' last remaining speakers, in order to demonstrate that this knowledge about ourselves and the world is inherently precious and once gone, will be lost forever. This knowledge is not only our cultural heritage (oral histories, poetry, stories, etc.) but very useful knowledge about plants, animals, the seasons, and other aspects of the natural world--not to mention our understanding of the capacities of the human mind. Harrison's book is a testament not only to the pressing issue of language death, but to the remarkable span of human knowledge and ingenuity. It will fascinate linguists, anthropologists, and general readers.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198040172

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Markedness

The Evaluative Superstructure of Language

By: Edwin L. Battistella,Dean School of Arts and Letters and Professor of English Edwin L Battistella

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Markedness

The Evaluative Superstructure of Language

By: Edwin L. Battistella,Dean School of Arts and Letters and Professor of English Edwin L Battistella

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 English grammar and sound structure. The author focuses on the fundamental asymmetry between terms of linguistic relationships, in which one term is more broadly defined and hence dominant (the unmarked term) while the other is more narrowly defined (the marked term). In addition to examining language-particular markedness relations evident in the structure and history of English, Battistella raises questions concerning universal asymmetries as well. He discusses the status of markedness as a unifying concept of linguistic structure and as a principle of language change.

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290

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SUNY Press

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0791403696

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9780791403693

Tense

By: Bernard Comrie

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Tense

By: Bernard Comrie

Bernard Comrie introduces readers to the range of variation found in tense systems across the languages of the world.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521281385

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The Slavonic Languages

By: Professor Greville Corbett,Professor Bernard Comrie

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By: Professor Greville Corbett,Professor Bernard Comrie

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The Slavonic Languages

The Slavonic Languages

Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

Linguistics Student's Handbook

Linguistics Student's Handbook

The Linguistic Cycle : Language Change and the Language Faculty

The Linguistic Cycle : Language Change and the Language Faculty

When Languages Die : The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

When Languages Die : The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

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