Author: Susana Rodríguez Rosique Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company ISBN: 9027254990 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 418
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This volume approaches the interaction of evidentiality with some other related categories, such as modality and mirativity, from an innovative angle: its connection to informational configuration. The aim of this book is to analyze the impact of shared knowledge on TAME categories as well as to explore its reflection on different verb choices. It provides an innovative theoretical view as well as a robust typological, crosslinguistic perspective.
Author: Constance Weaver Publisher: Boynton/Cook ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 310
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Weaver extends her philosophy by offering teachers a rationale and practical ideas for teaching grammar not in isolation but in the context of writing.
Author: Margaret A. Jubb Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0340968745 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : fr Pages : 272
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`A judicious mix of the functional/communicative and "traditional" ... it deserves to become an appreciated resource for hard-pressed teachers and for learners.' French Studies --
Author: Ann Hewings Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780415310802 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 370
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Grammar and Context: considers how grammatical choices influence and are influenced by the context in which communication takes place examines the interaction of a wide variety of contexts - including socio-cultural, situational and global influences includes a range of different types of grammar - functional, pedagogic, descriptive and prescriptive explores grammatical features in a lively variety of communicative contexts, such as advertising, dinner-table talk, email and political speeches gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: David Crystal, M.A.K. Halliday, Joanna Thornborrow, Ken Hyland and Stephen Levey. The accompanying website to this book can be found at http: //www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415310814/
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9781518668173 Category : Languages : en Pages : 548
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You're about to discover over one thousand French verbs exemplified in French & English sentences. Learning a new language is never an easy task but it doesn't have to be hard. By learning the one thousand most used verbs in a language you give yourself a fantastic foundation to start building upon to your road to fluency. In my book, one thousand French Verbs in context, I give you over one thousand of the most common French verbs used today. You are given the verb in French and English with examples of the verb in a sentence, also in French and English. No more confusion about how to use the verb. One thousand words are a perfect number to aim for. It is important to give yourself goals to stay motivated and to keep yourself learning. Imagine if you learnt ten words a day. Five in the morning and five at night. After only a hundred days ( that's just over three months) you would have access to one thousand verbs in your vocabulary. That really is quite a lot and would give you an excellent grasp of the language. Far too many people expect to be speaking a new language far too quickly without putting in the time or effort. As a language teacher I can testify to seeing this too many times. I can also say that by exposing yourself to a new language daily you will surely learn it. It does take time and effort but ten words a day will give you a massive boost. If you prefer a slower pace then you could set yourself different goals. The key to learning new vocabulary is to see it in context, that means in use. Seeing how it's used will help you remember the word a lot better. It is also important to understand how that word should be used in a sentence. As a FREE bonus I have included the top one hundred most used words in French. Yes, I really want you to learn this beautiful language.
Author: D. Gary Miller Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing ISBN: 9027276994 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 403
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This investigation of complex verb formation seeks to identify and clarify the way(s) in which a base verb becomes 'complex'. The author carefully considers both the syntactic and the morphological side of this question, and in doing so brings a wealth of data from very diverse languages to bear on claims made about the relationship between syntactic and morphological structure. The work takes the radical position that most data admit of either a syntactic (Phrase Structure) or lexical analysis because both are likely to be valid — under different circumstances. Both approaches are consistently defended in an attempt to illustrate the complementarity of the two and ascertain which is the better formulation for a given set of data. Placing his analysis firmly in the context of historical linguistics, the author shows that it is necessary to admit the possibility of lexicalization. The book pays attention to many alternative viewpoints, and its value is further enhanced by a 40-page bibliography. Miller's insightful treatment of questions of lexical decomposition, the relationship of morphology to syntax, and the encoding of argument structure on verbs make this a work of the utmost importance for syntacticians as well as morphologists.
Author: Carol Lord Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing ISBN: 9027276854 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 283
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This work examines both historical and comparative evidence in documenting the sweep of diachronic change in the context of serial verb constructions. Using a wide range of data from languages of West Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, it demonstrates how shifts in meaning and usage result in syntactic, morphological and lexical change. The process by which verbs lose lexical semantic content and develop case-marking functions is described; it is argued that the change is directional, from verb to preposition (or postposition) to affix, along a grammaticalization continuum. This same grammaticalization process is shown to result in the development of complementizers, adverbial subordinators, conjunctions, adverbs and auxiliaries from verbs. Strong parallels across languages are found in the meanings of the verbs that become “defective” and in the functions they come to mark. The changes are documented in detail, with examples from a number of languages illustrating the effect of the changes on typology and word order, implications for the encoding of definiteness and aspect, and the relevance of notions such as discourse topic, foreground and transitivity. With respect to theoretical assumptions and terminology, the author has taken a relatively nonpartisan approach, and the discussion is accessible to students of language as well as of interest to theoreticians.
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