Author: Émile Benveniste
Publisher: Hau
ISBN: 9780986132599
Category : Indo-European languages
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since its publication in 1969, Émile Benveniste's Vocabulaire--here in a new translation as the Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society--has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification--and this via a masterful journey through Germanic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, Latin, and Greek languages--Benveniste's dictionary is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, literary theorists, classicists, and philosophers alike. This book has famously inspired a wealth of thinkers, including Roland Barthes, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Giorgio Agamben, François Jullien, and many others. In this new volume, Benveniste's masterpiece on the study of language and society finds new life for a new generation of scholars. As political fictions continue to separate and reify differences between European, Middle Eastern, and South Asian societies, Benveniste reminds us just how historically deep their interconnections are and that understanding the way our institutions are evoked through the words that describe them is more necessary than ever.
Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society
Author: Émile Benveniste
Publisher: Hau
ISBN: 9780986132599
Category : Indo-European languages
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since its publication in 1969, Émile Benveniste's Vocabulaire--here in a new translation as the Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society--has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification--and this via a masterful journey through Germanic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, Latin, and Greek languages--Benveniste's dictionary is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, literary theorists, classicists, and philosophers alike. This book has famously inspired a wealth of thinkers, including Roland Barthes, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Giorgio Agamben, François Jullien, and many others. In this new volume, Benveniste's masterpiece on the study of language and society finds new life for a new generation of scholars. As political fictions continue to separate and reify differences between European, Middle Eastern, and South Asian societies, Benveniste reminds us just how historically deep their interconnections are and that understanding the way our institutions are evoked through the words that describe them is more necessary than ever.
Publisher: Hau
ISBN: 9780986132599
Category : Indo-European languages
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since its publication in 1969, Émile Benveniste's Vocabulaire--here in a new translation as the Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society--has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification--and this via a masterful journey through Germanic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, Latin, and Greek languages--Benveniste's dictionary is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, literary theorists, classicists, and philosophers alike. This book has famously inspired a wealth of thinkers, including Roland Barthes, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Giorgio Agamben, François Jullien, and many others. In this new volume, Benveniste's masterpiece on the study of language and society finds new life for a new generation of scholars. As political fictions continue to separate and reify differences between European, Middle Eastern, and South Asian societies, Benveniste reminds us just how historically deep their interconnections are and that understanding the way our institutions are evoked through the words that describe them is more necessary than ever.
Spatial Prepositions
Author: Claude Vandeloise
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226847283
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This striking study of the meaning and use of the major spatial prepositions in French provides valuable insight into how the human mind organizes spatial relationships. Most previous analyses of spatial prepositions have assumed that their semantic properties can be adequately explained by familiar logical and geometrical concepts. Thus, the standard view of the preposition "in" as it appears in the sentence "the ball is in the bag" postulates that it refers to the geometrical relation of inclusion. This paradigm, however, falters when faced with the contrast in acceptability between sentences such as "the bulb is in the socket" and "the bottle is in the cap." The force exerted by the "landmark" (a conceptually fixed object) on the "target" (a moveable object) is crucial in this difference: the functional notion of containment seems more operational in the use of the preposition "in" than inclusion. That is, what are taken to be the landmark and the target depend greatly on the functions these objects serve in the human scheme. This offers important clues to otherwise problematic linguistic quirks, such as why one sleeps in one's bed, while one is said to lie on one's deathbed. While many of the examples apply in English as well as French, there are some noteworthy differences—in French one sits on a chair, but in a couch. Vandeloise convincingly argues that it is precisely this subjective element which makes a standard geometrical account unfeasible.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226847283
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This striking study of the meaning and use of the major spatial prepositions in French provides valuable insight into how the human mind organizes spatial relationships. Most previous analyses of spatial prepositions have assumed that their semantic properties can be adequately explained by familiar logical and geometrical concepts. Thus, the standard view of the preposition "in" as it appears in the sentence "the ball is in the bag" postulates that it refers to the geometrical relation of inclusion. This paradigm, however, falters when faced with the contrast in acceptability between sentences such as "the bulb is in the socket" and "the bottle is in the cap." The force exerted by the "landmark" (a conceptually fixed object) on the "target" (a moveable object) is crucial in this difference: the functional notion of containment seems more operational in the use of the preposition "in" than inclusion. That is, what are taken to be the landmark and the target depend greatly on the functions these objects serve in the human scheme. This offers important clues to otherwise problematic linguistic quirks, such as why one sleeps in one's bed, while one is said to lie on one's deathbed. While many of the examples apply in English as well as French, there are some noteworthy differences—in French one sits on a chair, but in a couch. Vandeloise convincingly argues that it is precisely this subjective element which makes a standard geometrical account unfeasible.
A Lithuanian Bibliography
Author: Adam Kantautas
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888640109
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
An all-inclusive list of books pertaining to Lithuania held by libraries of the United States and Canada. Subjects covered in the two-volume set include geography, geology, legislation, censuses, diplomacy and foreign relations, social structure, culture, the economy, religion and many others.
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888640109
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
An all-inclusive list of books pertaining to Lithuania held by libraries of the United States and Canada. Subjects covered in the two-volume set include geography, geology, legislation, censuses, diplomacy and foreign relations, social structure, culture, the economy, religion and many others.
English-Lithuanian Tools Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary
Author: Richard Carlson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985892521
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
About the Book: Learn different types of tools with this children's bilingual picture dictionary. English-Lithuanian Tools Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary www.rich.center
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985892521
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
About the Book: Learn different types of tools with this children's bilingual picture dictionary. English-Lithuanian Tools Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary www.rich.center
English-Lithuanian Vehicles Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary
Author: Richard Carlson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781987718003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Learn different types of vehicles with this children's bilingual picture dictionary. English-Lithuanian Vehicles Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary www.rich.center
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781987718003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Learn different types of vehicles with this children's bilingual picture dictionary. English-Lithuanian Vehicles Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary www.rich.center
English-Lithuanian Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary of Animals
Author: Richard Carlson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547237326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
About the Book: Learn over fifty different animals with this bilingual children's picture dictionary. English-Lithuanian Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary of Animals www.rich.center
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547237326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
About the Book: Learn over fifty different animals with this bilingual children's picture dictionary. English-Lithuanian Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary of Animals www.rich.center
Encyclopedia of Career Development
Author: Jeffrey H. Greenhaus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Career development
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Career development
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
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English-Lithuanian Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary Book of Colors
Author: Richard Carlson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542699242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
About the Book: Learn colors with this bilingual children's picture book dictionary. English-Lithuanian Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary Book of Colors www.rich.center
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542699242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
About the Book: Learn colors with this bilingual children's picture book dictionary. English-Lithuanian Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary Book of Colors www.rich.center
Last Lectures
Author: Émile Benveniste
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474439909
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Benveniste's lectures had a shaping influence on a generation of scholars that includes Barthes, Deleuze, Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva and Todorov and here, for the first time, these are made available in English for a new generation of linguists and philosophers of language. This book includes the full course of fifteen lectures which Benveniste gave in the Collège de France on the rue des Écoles in Paris between December 1968 and December 1969. Benveniste's work as offered here presents the first serious attempt at reconciling the sign theories of Saussure and Peirce and draws together, language, writing and society into a comprehensive theory of signifying. Benveniste's philosophy of language considers key concepts such as utterance, enunciation, speaker, discourse, subjectivity and as such is central to the areas of discourse analysis, text linguistics, pragmatics, semantics, conversational analysis, stylistics and semiotics.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474439909
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Benveniste's lectures had a shaping influence on a generation of scholars that includes Barthes, Deleuze, Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva and Todorov and here, for the first time, these are made available in English for a new generation of linguists and philosophers of language. This book includes the full course of fifteen lectures which Benveniste gave in the Collège de France on the rue des Écoles in Paris between December 1968 and December 1969. Benveniste's work as offered here presents the first serious attempt at reconciling the sign theories of Saussure and Peirce and draws together, language, writing and society into a comprehensive theory of signifying. Benveniste's philosophy of language considers key concepts such as utterance, enunciation, speaker, discourse, subjectivity and as such is central to the areas of discourse analysis, text linguistics, pragmatics, semantics, conversational analysis, stylistics and semiotics.
Small Business Management
Author: Nicholas C. Siropolis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School
ISBN: 9780395433669
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School
ISBN: 9780395433669
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description