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Category : Discourse analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The Summer Institute of Linguistics
Author: Ruth M. BrendPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110806177
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
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Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields
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Category : Discourse analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Research in Education
Author: Standard Negation
Author: Matti MiestamoPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110185792
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Offers a cross-linguistic study of clausal negation based on a systematic language sample. This book discusses methodological issues, especially sampling, and typologizes standard negation by paying attention to structural differences between affirmatives and negatives.
Perspectives on Language and Text
Author: Francis I. AndersenPublisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9780931464263
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Essays on Semitics, Statistics and Linguistics, the Hebrew Bible, the Greek Bible, and Religion by an international group of scholars reflect the wide-ranging interests of Professor Andersen's research and writing. In addition, a number of poems by friends of Professor Andersen are included, in appreciation of his long-standing interest and involvement in poetics. The contributions reflect the deep impact of his leadership in linguistics and study of the Hebrew Bible.
Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas
Author: Stephen A. WurmPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110819724
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1903
Book Description
“An absolutely unique work in linguistics publishing – full of beautiful maps and authoritative accounts of well-known and little-known language encounters. Essential reading (and map-viewing) for students of language contact with a global perspective.” Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie The two text volumes cover a large geographical area, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, South -East Asia (Insular and Continental), Oceania, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus Area, Siberia, Arctic Areas, Canada, Northwest Coast and Alaska, United States Area, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The Atlas is a detailed, far-reaching handbook of fundamental importance, dealing with a large number of diverse fields of knowledge, with the reported facts based on sound scholarly research and scientific findings, but presented in a form intelligible to non-specialists and educated lay persons in general.
Meaning-Based Translation
Author: Mildred L. LarsonPublisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 1461684595
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Meaning-Based Translation is designed for training beginning translators and organized chapter by chapter as drill material for the textbook Meaning-Based Translation. The textbook emphasizes the importance of a translation being accurate, clear and natural and the exercises give the student practice in achieving this goal. The exercises follow closely the content of the textbook since this is a drill manual for added practice. The textbook has some exercises as well, but the workbook provides additional practice from one basic source, thus giving students a wider variety of problems to solve during practice time. It also provides material that can be used as homework or as testing material.
Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages
Author: Ozo-mekuri NdimelePublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9785416496
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
The present volume, which is the 5th in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series, is devoted to Professor Munzali A. Jibril, a celebrated icon in university administration, and an erudite Professor of English Linguistics. The title of this special edition was specifically chosen to crown Professor Jibril s academic prowess in both English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and to mark and laud his official departure from active university lectureship. 72 assessed papers are included from the many submitted. Papers cover the main theme of the volume, i.e. the interaction between English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and there are a number of papers on other secular areas of linguistics such as: language and history, language planning and policy, language documentation, language engineering, lexicography, translation, gender studies, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, pragmatics, discourse and conversational analysis, and literature in English and African languages. There is also a rich section devoted to the majwor traditional fields of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Selected Writings
Author: Kenneth L. PikePublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110812215
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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