Thomas C Spalla's Books

Second of six volume series Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. This volume covers facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Series edited by internationally recognised Robert T Sataloff from Philadelphia.

This brief monograph explores the historical motivations for two sets of phonological changes in some varieties of Romance: restructured voicing of intervocalic /p t k/, and palatalization of initial /l/ and /n/. These developments have been treated repeatedly over the decades, yet neither has enjoyed a satisfactory solution. This book attempts to demonstrate that both outcomes are ultimately attributable to the loss of early pan-Romance consonant gemination. This study is of interest not only to the language-specific field of historical Romance linguistics, but also to general historical linguistics. The central problems examined here constitute classic cases of questions that cannot be answered by confining analysis solely to the individual languages under investigation. The passage of time, the indirect nature of fragmentary and accidental documentation, and the nature of the changes themselves conspire to deny access to the most essential facts. However, comparison of closely cognate languages now undergoing change supplies a perspective for discerning conditions that may ultimately lead to states achieved in the distant past by the languages under investigation.

In this book Thomas Henderson provides a new history of the Athenian ephebeia, a system of military, athletic, and moral instruction for new Athenian citizens.

A catalogue, published in 1814-15, of the oldest and rarest printed books in the greatest private library in Europe.

This book is a functional-typological study of possession splits in European languages. It shows that genetically and structurally diverse languages such as Icelandic, Welsh, and Maltese display possessive systems which are sensitive to semantically based distinctions reminiscent of the alienability correlation. These distinctions are grammatically relevant in many European languages because they require dedicated constructions. What makes these split possessive systems interesting for the linguist is the interaction of semantic criteria with pragmatics and syntax. Neutralisation of distinctions occurs under focus. The same happens if one of the constituents of a possessive construction is syntactically heavy. These effects can be observed in the majority of the 50 sample languages. Possessive splits are strong in those languages which are outside the Standard Average European group. The bulk of the European languages do not behave much differently from those non-European languages for which possession splits are reported. The book reveals interesting new facts about European languages and possession to typologists, universals researchers, and areal linguists.

Comprehensive world directory of establishments conducting research in the medical and biochemical fields." Includes approximately 100 countries. Entries are arranged under countries in alphabetical order. Contains a chapter on international organizations. Each entry gives such information as address, products, affiliation, and number of graduate research staff. Titles of establishments and subject indexes.

Book's by Thomas C Spalla

Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery: Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery: Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Comparative Historical Dialectology

Comparative Historical Dialectology

The Springtime of the People: The Athenian Ephebeia and Citizen Training from Lykourgos to Augustus

The Springtime of the People: The Athenian Ephebeia and Citizen Training from Lykourgos to Augustus

Bibliotheca Spenceriana

Bibliotheca Spenceriana

Split Possession

Split Possession

Medical Research Centres

Medical Research Centres

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