Author: Bernd HeinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Rapport Sur la Recherche Africanistique Allemande : Langue Et Culture : Projets Réalisés Par la Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Author: Bernd HeineCatalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art BranchPublisher: G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies
Author: Schomburg Center for Research in Black CulturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Africana-Sammlung und Africana-Katalog in der Stadtbibliothek Winterthur : Band 3: 1982-1990
Author: Stadtbibliothek WinterthurPublisher: BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
ISBN: 9783905141535
Category : Africa
Languages : un
Pages : 322
Book Description
Band 3.
Africana Collection of the Municipal Library of Winterthur : African literatures and languages
Author: Stadtbibliothek WinterthurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African philology
Languages : un
Pages : 324
Book Description
Africana-Sammlung und Africana-Katalog in Der Stadtbibliothek Winterthur
Author: Stadtbibliothek WinterthurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : un
Pages : 328
Book Description
Cognitive Foundations of Grammar
Author: Bernd HeinePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195102517
Category : Cognitive grammar
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The author argues that, as the main function of language is to convey meaning, language structure must be considered with reference to this function. A treatment is provided of the ways in which structure and usage can be explained with reference to the processes underlying human conceptualization.
The Rise of Discourse Markers
Author: Bernd HeinePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108995888
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Discourse markers constitute an important part of linguistic communication, and research on this phenomenon has been a thriving field of study over the past three decades. However, a problem that has plagued this research is that these markers exhibit a number of structural characteristics that are hard to interpret based on existing methodologies, such as grammaticalization. This study argues that it is possible to explain such characteristics in a meaningful way. It presents a cross-linguistic survey of the development of discourse markers, their important role in communication, and their relation to the wider context of sociocultural behaviour, with the goal of explaining their similarities and differences across a typologically wide range of languages. By giving a clear definition of discourse markers, it aims to provide a guide for future research, making it essential reading for students and researchers in linguistics, and anyone interested in exploring this fascinating linguistic phenomenon.
The Changing Languages of Europe
Author: Bernd HeinePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199297339
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
"Professor Heine and Professor Kuteva look for the causes of linguistic change in cultural and economic exchanges across national and regional boundaries and in the processes that occur when speakers learn or are in close contact with another language. Testing their data and conclusions against findings from elsewhere in the world, the authors reconstruct and reveal when, how, and why common grammatical structures have evolved and continue to evolve in processes of change that will, they argue, transform the linguistic landscape of Europe." "The book is written in clear, non-technical language. It will appeal to scholars and students of language change and variation in Europe and elsewhere. It will also interest everyone concerned to understand the nature of language and language change."--BOOK JACKET.
Grammaticalization
Author: Heiko NarrogPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191065080
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This textbook introduces and explains the fundamental issues, major research questions, and current approaches in the study of grammaticalization - the development of new grammatical forms from lexical items, and of further grammatical functions from existing grammatical forms. Grammaticalization has been a vibrant research field in recent years, and has proven effective in explaining a wide range of phenomena; it has even been claimed that the only true language universals are diachronic, and are related to cross-linguistic processes of grammaticalization. The chapters provide a detailed account of the major issues in the field: foundational questions such as directionality, criteria and parameters of grammaticalization, and phases and cycles; the much-debated issue of the motivations behind grammaticalization, including the role of language contact and typological influences; the advantages and disadvantages of different theoretical approaches; and the relationship between grammaticalization and process such as lexicalization, exaptation, and the development of discourse markers. Each chapter offers guidance on further reading, and concludes with study questions to encourage further discussion; there is also a glossary of key terminology in the field. Thanks to its comprehensive approach, the volume will serve as both a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students and a valuable reference work for researchers in the field.