Author: Rudolf Thomas SiegfriedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celtic languages
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Miscellanea Celtica
Author: Rudolf Thomas SiegfriedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celtic languages
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Miscellanea Celtica in Memoriam Heinrich Wagner
Author: Séamus Mac MathúnaPublisher: Almqvist & Wiksell International
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Celtica
Author: English Historical Linguistics 2006
Author: Marina DossenaPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027290970
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, lexis and semantics, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on geo-historical variation in English. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including two plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the increasing scholarly interest in varieties of English other than so-called ‘standard’ English. In all the contributions, well-established methods of historical dialectology combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. Perceptual dialectology is also taken into consideration, and state-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and atlases, are employed consistently, ensuring the methodological homogeneity of the contributions.
The Road to Judgment
Author: Robin Chapman StaceyPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512807575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Examines the institution of personal suretyship through the remarkable rich sources extant from medieval Ireland and Wales.
English Historical Linguistics 2006
Author: Maurizio GottiPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248125
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, lexis and semantics, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on geo-historical variation in English. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including two plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the increasing scholarly interest in varieties of English other than so-called 'standard' English. In all the contributions, well-established methods of historical dialectology combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. Perceptual dialectology is also taken into consideration, and state-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and atlases, are employed consistently, ensuring the methodological homogeneity of the contributions.
Syntactic architecture and its consequences I
Author: András BárányPublisher: Language Science Press
ISBN: 3961102759
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters address research questions on the relation of syntax to other aspects of grammar and linguistics more generally, including studies on language acquisition, variation and change, and syntactic interfaces. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in synchronic and diachronic comparative syntax ranging from the core verbal domain to higher, propositional domains.
Language Contact and Development around the North Sea
Author: Merja StenroosPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027274665
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This volume brings together eleven studies on the history of language and writing in the North Sea area, with focus on contacts and interchanges through time. Its range spans from the investigation of pre-Germanic place-names to present-day Shetland; the materials studied include glosses, legal and trade documents as well as place names and modern dialects. The volume is unique in its combination of linguistics and place-name studies with literacy studies, which allows for a very dynamic picture of the history of language contact and texts in the North Sea area. Different approaches come together to illuminate a major insight: the omnipresence of multilingualism as a context for language development and a formative characteristic of literacy. Among the contributors are experts on English, Nordic and German language history. The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students working on the history of Northern European languages, literacy studies and language contact
Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics
Author: Jared KleinPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110523876
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
This book presents the most comprehensive coverage of the field of Indo-European Linguistics in a century, focusing on the entire Indo-European family and treating each major branch and most minor languages. The collaborative work of 120 scholars from 22 countries, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics combines the exhaustive coverage of an encyclopedia with the in-depth treatment of individual monographic studies.
English as a Contact Language
Author: Daniel SchreierPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110700196X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics and language acquisition. With contributions from leading experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives as well as an up-to-date overview of the respective fields.