Author: Formal Linguistics Society of Midamerica. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
FLSM VI: Phonology & syntax I
Author: Formal Linguistics Society of Midamerica. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
FLSM VI: Syntax II & semantics
Author: Formal Linguistics Society of Midamerica. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
On Relativization and Clefting
Author: Chiara BranchiniPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 150150004X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This work is a contribution to our understanding of relativization strategies and clefting in Italian Sign Language, and more broadly, to our understanding of these constructions in world languages by setting the discussion on the theories that have been proposed in the literature of spoken languages to derive the syntactic phenomena object of investigation.
Brazilian Sign Language Studies
Author: Ronice Müller de QuadrosPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501507877
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This book brings together a collection of studies on Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). Research on Libras began in earnest 20 years ago, around the time that Libras was recognised as a national language of Brazil in 2002. Over the years, more and more deaf researchers have become sign language linguists, and the community of Libras scholars have documented this language and built robust resources for linguistic research. This book provides a selection of studies by these scholars, representing work in a variety of areas from phonology to creative literature.
Studies in Greek Syntax
Author: A. AlexiadouPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401591776
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This volume contains thirteen studies on various aspects of Greek syntax, as well as a general introduction by the editors. In recent years, the study of Greek has become important for the development of generative theory. The various contributions to this volume demonstrate clearly how much the field of Greek syntax has grown both in range and depth. The topics investigated include the phrase structure of clauses and nominal phrases, clitics in standard Greek and in dialects, the licensing of negative polarity items, the nature of sentential operators, control, argument structure and compounds. The studies highlight the importance of Greek for the development of a satisfactory theory of comparative syntax.
Studies on Agreement
Author: João CostaPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027293732
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The status of agreement is a core issue in current morphological and syntactic theory. The collection of papers in this volume focuses on important issues, such as the nature of the relation between syntax and morphology in determining agreement relations; whether and which syntactic configurations are relevant for determining agreement; the relevance of verbal agreement for the purposes of EPP; the inquiry into the existence of connections between verbal and DP-internal agreement; on the morphological and syntactic distinction of person, number and gender agreement; how and why AGREE and Spec,head relations trigger different agreement effects; and the type of relation that exists between head-movement and morphological agreement. The data collected come from a wide variety of languages and the studies presented discuss innovative and thought-provoking ideas for dealing with agreement phenomena.
Negation and Polarity
Author: Danielle ForgetPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027236607
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In the last decade, there has been a revival of interest regarding negation and polarity, with much cross-fertilization between semantic and syntactic approaches. The papers in the present volume address key issues regarding the syntax and semantics of negation and polarity, including both synchronic and diachronic perpectives. Central to the discussions are the distribution of negative markers and the structure of the clause, negative concord phenomena, licensing of polarity items, similarities between Neg-movement and wh-movement. The papers, by main contributors to the field, reflect different theoretical frameworks, including Principles and Parameters and Minimalist approaches, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Formal Semantics, or approaches interested in pragmatics. The volume is of interest to syntacticians, semanticians, historical linguists, typologists, and philosophers.
From Syntax to Discourse
Author: C. HamannPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401004323
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
claim is that such morphological processes can be learnt without symbolization and innate knowledge. See Rumelhart and McClelland (1986) for the original model of past tense acquisition, Plunkett and Marchman (1993), Nakisa, Plunkett and Hahn (1996) and Elman et al. (1996) for developments and extensions to other morphological processes, and Marcus et al. (1992) and Pinker and Prince (1988) for criticism. One line of investigation supporting the view of language as a genetic endowment is closely linked to traditional research on language acquisition and argues as follows: If language is innate there must be phenomena that should be accessible from birth in one form or the other. Thus it is clear that the language of children, especially young children and preferably babies should be investigated. As babies unfortunately don't talk, the abilities that are available from birth must be established in ways different from the usual linguistic analysis. Psycholinguistic research of the last few years has shown that at the age of 4 and 8 months and even during their first week of life children already have important language skills. From the fourth day, infants distinguish their mother tongue from other languages. From the first months children prefer the sound of speech to 'other noise'. At the age of 4 months, infants prefer pauses at syntactic boundaries to random pauses.
Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics
Author: Wayles BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Haitian Creole Language
Author: Arthur K. SpearsPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739172212
Category : Creole dialects, French
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature, and social interaction. Although spoken by virtually all Haitians, Creole was recognized as the co-official language of Haiti only a little over twenty years ago. The Haitian Creole Language provides essential information for professionals, other service providers, and Creole speakers who are interested in furthering the use of Creole in Haiti and the Haitian diaspora. Increased language competencies would greatly promote the education of Creole speakers and their participation in the social and political life of their countries of residence. This book is an indispensable tool for those seeking knowledge about the centrality of language in the affairs of Haiti, its people, and its diaspora.