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A William Cameron Townsend en el vigésimo aniversario del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano
A William Cameron Townsend en El Vigésimoquinto Aniversario Del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano
A William Cameron Townsend en el vigesimoquinto aniversario del instituto liguistico de verano
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
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A William Cameron Townsend en el vigesimoquinto aniversario del Instituto Lingueistico de Verano
A William Cameron Townsend en el vigesimoquinto anniversario del Instituto Linguistico de Verano
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
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Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Pages : 694
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The Origin and Diversification of Language
Author: Morris Swadesh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351478028
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Morris Swadesh, one of this century's foremost scientific investigators of language, dedicated much of his life to the study of the origin and evolution of language. This volume, left nearly completed at his death and edited posthumously by Joel F. Sherzer, is his last major study of this difficult subject.Swadesh discusses the simple qualities of human speech also present in animal language, and establishes distinctively human techniques of expression by comparing the common features that are found in modern and ancient languages. He treats the diversification of language not only by isolating root words in different languages, but also by dealing with sound systems, with forms of composition, and with sentence structure. In so doing, he demonstrates the evidence for the expansion of all language from a single central area. Swadesh supports his hypothesis by ""exhibits"" that conveniently present the evidence in tabular form. Further clarity is provided by the use of a suggestive practical phonetic system, intelligible to the student as well as to the professional.The book also contains an Appendix, in which the distinguished ethnographer of language, Dell Hymes, gives a valuable account of the prewar linguistic tradition within which Swadesh did some of his most important work.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351478028
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Morris Swadesh, one of this century's foremost scientific investigators of language, dedicated much of his life to the study of the origin and evolution of language. This volume, left nearly completed at his death and edited posthumously by Joel F. Sherzer, is his last major study of this difficult subject.Swadesh discusses the simple qualities of human speech also present in animal language, and establishes distinctively human techniques of expression by comparing the common features that are found in modern and ancient languages. He treats the diversification of language not only by isolating root words in different languages, but also by dealing with sound systems, with forms of composition, and with sentence structure. In so doing, he demonstrates the evidence for the expansion of all language from a single central area. Swadesh supports his hypothesis by ""exhibits"" that conveniently present the evidence in tabular form. Further clarity is provided by the use of a suggestive practical phonetic system, intelligible to the student as well as to the professional.The book also contains an Appendix, in which the distinguished ethnographer of language, Dell Hymes, gives a valuable account of the prewar linguistic tradition within which Swadesh did some of his most important work.
HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES
Author: Desmond C. Derbyshire
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110850818
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Handbook of Amazonian languages. 1.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110850818
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Handbook of Amazonian languages. 1.
A Grammar of Sierra Popoluca
Author: Lynda Boudreault
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110766272
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
This work is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Sierra Popoluca, a Mixe-Zoquean language spoken by approximately 28,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico. This detailed description and analysis includes an overview of the language and its family, its typological features and its phonology. The grammar also provides an overview of the word classes, including verbs, nouns, relational nouns/postpositions, adjectives, adverbs, numbers, and formative types. The bulk of this grammar is devoted to the morphosyntax of Sierra Popoluca, including nouns and nominal morphology, verbs and verbal morphology, and the mechanisms for expressing tense, aspect, mood, and modality. An agglutinating, polysynthetic, head-marking language with ergative-absolutive alignment and sensitivity to animacy and saliency hierarchies, Sierra Popoluca has a number of strategies to form complex predicates, which include verb serialization, noun incorporation, and dependent verb constructions. These complex predicate formation strategies and sentence-level syntax are also described here. A compilation of interlinearized texts appears in the appendix. There is no competing work that provides the breadth and depth of coverage of the Sierra Popoluca grammar.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110766272
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
This work is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Sierra Popoluca, a Mixe-Zoquean language spoken by approximately 28,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico. This detailed description and analysis includes an overview of the language and its family, its typological features and its phonology. The grammar also provides an overview of the word classes, including verbs, nouns, relational nouns/postpositions, adjectives, adverbs, numbers, and formative types. The bulk of this grammar is devoted to the morphosyntax of Sierra Popoluca, including nouns and nominal morphology, verbs and verbal morphology, and the mechanisms for expressing tense, aspect, mood, and modality. An agglutinating, polysynthetic, head-marking language with ergative-absolutive alignment and sensitivity to animacy and saliency hierarchies, Sierra Popoluca has a number of strategies to form complex predicates, which include verb serialization, noun incorporation, and dependent verb constructions. These complex predicate formation strategies and sentence-level syntax are also described here. A compilation of interlinearized texts appears in the appendix. There is no competing work that provides the breadth and depth of coverage of the Sierra Popoluca grammar.
Language Isolates
Author: Lyle Campbell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317610911
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Language Isolates explores this fascinating group of languages that surprisingly comprise a third of the world’s languages. Individual chapters written by experts on these languages examine the world's major language isolates and language isolates by geographic regions, with up-to-date descriptions of many, including previously unrecorded language isolates. Each language isolate represents a unique lineage and a unique window on what is possible in human language, making this an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding the diversity of languages and the very nature of human language. Language Isolates is key reading for professionals and students in linguistics and anthropology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317610911
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Language Isolates explores this fascinating group of languages that surprisingly comprise a third of the world’s languages. Individual chapters written by experts on these languages examine the world's major language isolates and language isolates by geographic regions, with up-to-date descriptions of many, including previously unrecorded language isolates. Each language isolate represents a unique lineage and a unique window on what is possible in human language, making this an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding the diversity of languages and the very nature of human language. Language Isolates is key reading for professionals and students in linguistics and anthropology.
Literacy
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Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110803496
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Literacy".
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110803496
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Literacy".