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| Linguistics 0198299818 
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 Areal
Diffusion and Genetic InheritanceProblems in Comparative Linguistics Edited by ALEXANDRA Y. AIKHENVALD and R. M. W. DIXON This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. Its editors and authors aim to explain and identify the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and to discover the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. The introduction outlines the issues that underlie these aims, introduces the chapters which follow, and comments on recurrent conclusions by the contributors. The book includes an archaeologist's view on what material evidence offers to explain cultural and linguistic change, and a general discussion of which kinds of linguistic feature can and cannot be borrowed. The chapters are accessibly-written and illustrated by twenty maps. The book will interest all students of the causes and consequences of language change and evolution.
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald is Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University. She worked in the North Africa and Middle East section of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, and was then Professor of Linguistics at the Universidade Federal de Santa Caterina in Brazil before coming to Australia in 1994. She has worked on descriptive and historical aspects of Berber languages and has published, in Russian, grammars of Modern and Biblical Hebrew. She is a major authority on languages of the Arawak family from northern Amazonia, and has written grammars of Bare, Warekena, and Tariana, in addition to essays on various typological and areal features of South American languages. Professor R. M. W. Dixon is Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University. He has written grammars of a number of Australian languages (including Dyirbal and Yidiny), published one survey volume ('The Languages of Australia', 1980), and is currently working on a comprehensive areal study of all 247 languages of the continent. For the past nine years he has been working in the southern Amazonian jungle of Brazil, writing a grammar of Jarawara, and pursuing a comparative study of the Arawa language family. 416 pp.; b/w figs., 20 maps; 0-19-829981-8 |
| Linguistics 0198236719
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Language
and Nationalism in Europe Edited by STEPHEN BARBOUR, Oxford University, and CATHIE CARMICHAEL, Middlesex University This volume examines the role of language in the present and past creation of social, cultural, and national identities in Europe, considering the way in which language may sometimes reinforce national identity (as in England) while tending to subvert the nation-state (as in the United Kingdom).
The book describes the interactive roles of language, ethnicity, culture, and institutions in the character and formation of nationalism and identity throughout Europe. A select team of international contributors consider various questions drawing on evidence from the majority of European countries.
The book concludes with a consideration of the current relative
status of the languages of Europe and how these and the identities
they reflect are changing and evolving. |
| Linguistics paper 0198299850
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Linguistic
Structure and Change An Explanation from Language Processing THOMAS BERG, University of Hamburg In linguistic studies, the term "explanation" does not live up to what the philosophers of science intend it to mean. In these pages, "explanation" is put on firmer theoretical footing via a relation of language to the various contexts in which it is embedded. A detailed analysis of the psychological context in particular shows that language processing provides a fruitful approach to explaining linguistic structure and change. 352 pp.; 4 linecuts; 0-19-829985-0 |
| Linguistics cloth 0340691727
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Introducing
English Grammar KERSTI BÖRJARS, University of Manchester, and KATE BURRIDGE, La Trobe University, Australia Introducing English Grammar guides readers through the practical analysis of the syntax of English sentences. With all special terms carefully explained as they are introduced, the book is written for readers with no previous experience of grammatical analysis. It is ideal for all beginning students of linguistics, English language, speech pathology, as well as students with primarily literary interests who need to cover the basics of linguistic analysis. 328 pp.; 0-340-69172-7 |
| Linguistics paper 0340691735
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Introducing
English Grammar KERSTI BÖRJARS, University of Manchester, and KATE BURRIDGE, La Trobe University, Australia Introducing English Grammar guides readers through the practical analysis of the syntax of English sentences. With all special terms carefully explained as they are introduced, the book is written for readers with no previous experience of grammatical analysis. It is ideal for all beginning students of linguistics, English language, speech pathology, as well as students with primarily literary interests who need to cover the basics of linguistic analysis. 328 pp.; 0-340-69173-5 |
| Linguistics 0198299893
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Models
of Language Acquisition Inductive and Deductive Approaches Edited by PETER BROEDER and JAAP MURRE This book presents recent advances by leading researchers in computational modelling of language acquisition. The contributors have been drawn from departments of linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and computer science. They show what light can be thrown on fundamental problems when powerful computational techniques are combined with real data. The book considers the extent to which linguistic structure is readily available in the environment, the degree to which language learning is inductive or deductive, and the power of different modelling formalisms for different problems and approaches. It will appeal to linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists working in language acquisition,and to those involved in computational modelling in linguistic and behavioural science. New and recent titles of related interest: Linguistics Peter Broeder is Assistant Professor at Tilburg University where his research involves unravelling processes of language change among ethnic minority groups.
Jaap Murre is a Research Fellow in the Department of
Psychology, University of Amsterdam. Previously he worked as a
scientist at the Applied Psychology Unit of the Medical Research
Council in Cambridge. Dr. Murre also heads a research group sponsored
by a PIONIER grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research (NWO). |
| Linguistics cloth 0198241275
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Phonological
Knowledge Conceptual and Empirical Issues Edited by NOEL BURTON-ROBERTS, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, PHILIP CARR, University Paul Valery (Montpellier III), France, and GERARD DOCHERTY, University of Newcastle upon Tyne This volume concerns the nature, status, and acquisition of phonological knowledge, and its place in, or relation to, the theory of language and other capacities of mind. The contributions are written by well-known linguists and phonologists and address a wide range of interrelated issues: for example, whether phonology is 'different' from the rest of language; the implications of sign language; the nature-convention debate; and the data and methods of phonology. Of interest to researchers in phonology, linguistics, and psychology, the volume will also appeal to postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in linguistics. 368 pp.; 20 line illus; 0-19-824127-5 |
| Linguistics 019829977X
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Sinitic
Grammar Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives Edited by HILARY CHAPPELL This is an anthology on topics in the grammar of Chinese (Sinitic) languages. Its aim is to meld historical and typological approaches in the examination of grammatical phenomena in order to show the extent to which both earlier stages of Chinese, as well as the modern dialects, differ from standard Mandarin. With this purpose in mind, each author has provided important background information on the Chinese language, dialect, or historical period under investigation. The introduction provides an up-to-date description of Sinitic languages in terms of history and geography, placing the goals of the volume into perspective. A dialect map of China and a summary of each chapter is also provided. Hilary Chappell is a senior lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. During the last six years, she has embarked upon the first large scale typological study of grammatical diversity in Sinitic (Chinese) languages. She has carried out field work and research in China (2 years) and Taiwan (1 year), initially studying at Beijing University. Her publications include a jointly edited volume with William
McGregor entitled 'The Grammar of Inalienability' (Mouton de Gruyter,
1995) which has become a standard reference in typology on the topic
of grammatical possession. She has also published over 30 book
chapters and articles on topics in the grammar of Chinese languages. |
| Linguistics 019564834X
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The
Architecture of Language NOAM CHOMSKY, MIT Edited by NIRMALANGSHU MUKHERJI, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India, BIBUDHENDRA NARAYAN PATNAIK, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and RAMA KANT AGNIHOTRI, Delhi University, Delhi Noam Chomsky is one of the most widely published and influential thinkers on language and mind. This book consists of an edited transcript of a lecture, delivered at the University of Delhi in January 1996, where Chomsky reflects on the history of the 'generative enterprise' to relate it to some strikingly novel advances in recent grammatical theory. 108 pp.; 0-19-564834-X |
| Linguistics paper 034076192X
May 2001 Not Yet Published Due: 04/27/01 Tentative S&H: Standard An Arnold Publication |
Second
Language Learning and Language Teaching VIVIAN COOK, University of Essex The first two editions of Second Language Learning Theories were world wide best sellers, admired for their ability to show students interested in becoming language teachers the relevance of second language learning research and theory. This third edition offers a fuller discussion of language teaching and, in particular, highlights some of the places where research contradicts standard language teaching beliefs by analyzing some standard TEFL handbooks and coursebooks from different countries. The broad framework and approach of the successful second edition have been maintained in addition to extensive updating and revision. 240 pp.; 0-340-76192-X |
| Linguistics paper 0198299648
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Phraseology Theory, Analysis, and Applications Edited by A. P. COWIE Over the last twenty years, phraseology has become a major field of pure and applied research in Western European and North American linguistics. This book is made up of authoritative contributions from leading specialists who examine the increasingly crucial role played by ready-made word-combinations in language acquisition and adult language use. This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the subject to be published in English.
A. P. Cowie is Editor of the International Journal of Lexicography 272 pp.; 8 line illus; 0-19-829964-8 |
| Linguistics paper 0340759720
March 2001 In Stock S&H: Standard An Arnold Publication |
Gimson's
Pronunciation of English Sixth Edition Edited by ALAN CRUTTENDEN, University of Manchester Since its first publication in 1962, Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been widely acknowledged as the standard book of reference on all aspects of English pronunciation. This sixth edition comprises substantial revisions, with particular emphasis on those areas that have seen rapid expansion or progression over the last five years. The new edition gives additional guidance on how to teach the sounds of English and offers specific advice to foreign learners, for whom a new sub-section on pronouncing dictionaries has been added. As with all previous revisions, great care has been given to preserving the spirit of the original edition, so that it will maintain its position as the preeminent reference in the field. 352 pp.; 0-340-75972-0 |
| Linguistics 0198237324
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George
Dalgarno on Universal Language "The Art of Signs" (1661), "The Deaf and Dumb Man's Tutor" (1680), and the Unpublished Papers Edited by DAVID CRAM and JAAP MAAT George Dalgarno's Art of Signs (Ars Signorum, 1661) was the first work in the seventeenth century to present a fully elaborated universal language constructed on philosophical principles. It contains a wealth of observations on human language and the nature of representation in general, and the author takes issue with leading philosophers of his day, notably Hobbes and Descartes, on epistemological and logical questions. By including the first complete English translation alongside the Latin, the present edition makes this seminal text accessible to a wider audience. In bringing together for the first time the full range of Dalgarno's linguistic work - which has striking resonance with modern work in universal grammar and cognitive science - this volume gives ready access to the ideas of this original and stimulating thinker. New and recent titles of related interest: Linguistics David Cram is a Fellow of Jesus College and Lecturer in General Linguistics at the University of Oxford. His research interests are in lexical semantics and pragmatics, translation theory, and the history of linguistics. He was a founder member of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistics. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles within the areas of general linguistics, Scottish Gaelic, and the history of linguistics. Jaap Maat works in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. His concern with seventeenth-century universal language schemes arose from his interests in the philosophy of language of the period. He is also interested in the broader history of semantics, logic, and epistemology, as well as in current semantic theory. He has published various articles on seventeenth-century philosophical languages, in particular on Leibniz's concerns with the subject. 352 pp.; 4 figs , 3 facsimiles, 1 fold-out table; 0-19-823732-4 |
| Linguistics 0195099109
2001 In Stock S&H: Standard Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics |
Relatively
Speaking Language, Thought, and Kinship Among the Mopan Maya EVE DANZIGER, University of Virginia Using fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork among the Mopan Maya in Belize, Eve Danziger examines the semantic complexity of particular kinship terms used among Mopan women and children and shows that a culture-specific analysis of their terms is superior to other non-ethnographically-based methods. In doing so she contributes not only to theoretical semantics and the ethnography of that area, but to the cross-cultural study of child development and language acquisition. 144 pp.; 4 line illus; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; 0-19-509910-9 |
| Linguistics 0198299885
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Syntactic
Change in Akkadian The Evolution of Sentential Complementation GUY DEUTSCHER, St. John's College, University of Cambridge Akkadian, an ancient Semitic language spoken in Assyria and Babylonia, is one of the earliest known languages, with a surviving written history from 2500BC to 500BC. Guy Deutscher investigates its development over these two millennia. He shows that changes in the language can be linked to the emergence of complex patterns of communication required by an increasingly sophisticated civilization. 224 pp.; 0-19-829988-5 |
| Foreign
Languages & Literature paper 0340763086
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Study
Skills for Language Students A Practical Guide SYD DONALD and PAULINE KNEALE, both at University of Leeds Designed for all language students, this practical guide starts with the four skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing--and shows how to get the most out of language classes, as well as preparing for the year abroad. It also includes ideas on using the Internet for language study, and a section on career options for language graduates. 288 pp.; 0-340-76308-6 |
| Linguistics 0198299877
2001 In Stock S&H: Standard The Phonology of the World's Languages Table of Contents |
The
Phonology of Standard Chinese SAN DUANMU, University of Michigan This is the first comprehensive study of Chinese phonology. It covers several areas that were previously thought to be either absent in Chinese, or not phonological issues, e. g. stress, the definition of the word, the word length problem, and the word order problem. It also offers new analyses of several traditional topics, such as the phonemic inventory, allophonic variation, syllable structure, the [r] suffix, tone, and Tone 3 Sandhi. Unnecessary jargon is avoided and relevant theories are introduced in a non-technical way, so that the contents are accessible to a broader audience. 320 pp.; 0-19-829987-7 |
| Linguistics paper 0195124294
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Handbook
of Language & Ethnic Identity Edited by JOSHUA A. FISHMAN, Yeshiva University (Emeritus) This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the connection between language and ethnicity. Since the "ethnic revival" of the last twenty years, there has been a substantial and interdisciplinary change in our understanding of the connection between these fundamental aspects of our identity. Joshua Fishman has commissioned over 25 previously unpublished papers on every facet of the subject. This volume is interdisciplinary and the contributors are all distinguished figures in their fields. After each chapter Fishman pulls together the various views that have been expressed and shows how they differ and how they are alike. The volume is useful as a scholarly reference, a resource for the lay reader, and can also be used as a text in ethnicity courses. 480 pp.; 8 maps; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; 0-19-512429-4 |
| Linguistics 0195124898
July 2001 Not Yet Published Due: 07/29/01 Tentative S&H: Standard Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics |
The
Language of Turn and Sequence Edited by CECILIA E. FORD, University of Wisconsin, BARBARA A. FOX, University of Colorado, and SANDRA A. THOMPSON, University of California, Santa Barbara This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach to understanding language use. CA is the dominant theory for analyzing the social use of language and is concerned with the description of how speakers engage in conversation and other forms of social interaction involving language. Its proponents are not only linguists but sociologists and anthropologists as well. The unifying theme of these chapters is the intersection of practice and form through the construction of turns and sequences. 304 pp.; 18 halftones & 10 line illus; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; 0-19-512489-8 |
| Linguistics 0198235194
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A
Dictionary of European Anglicisms A Usage Dictionary of Anglicisms in Selected European Languages Edited by MANFRED GORLACH The first dictionary of its kind to provide an exhaustive comparative treatment of the influence of English on other European languages. Covering sixteen selected languages from different language families, entries consist of words which are recognizably English in form and which appear in at least one of the languages tested. Entries are comprised of a brief definition, followed by a summary paragraph containing a wealth of historical and linguistic information. Many entries are also accompanied by a grid summarizing the distribution of the word across Europe. 376 pp.; 1 map, numerous summary grids; 0-19-823519-4 |
| Linguistics paper 019829963X
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Indefinite
Pronouns MARTIN HASPELMATH, Max Planc Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany This book is the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns (expressions like someone, anything, nowhere) in the languages of the world. It shows that the range of variation in the functional and formal properties of indefinite pronouns is subject to a set of universal implicational constraints, and proposes explanations for these universals. [series copy] Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory offers a forum for promoting research and analysis that is both typologically and theoretically informed. Each book in the series will focus on a particular topic, providing an overview of the available cross-linguistic data and, at the same time, engaging such key theoretical issues as the boundaries or limitations of different approaches in dealing with typological data. "...the book is clearly written and well edited, and the facts provided offer a great deal of food for thought to anyone with an interest in cross-linguistic work, whether such interest is confined within the Germanic family alone or is taken with a broader view."--American Journal of Germanic Linguistics and Literatures "A welcome addition to the typological literature, this book is the most comprehensive work to date devoted exclusively to the description of indefinite pronouns in the world's languages....Haspelmath's presentation offers generally interesting reading, giving us many facts, testable universal claims, and tantalizing attempts at explanation....the book can serve...as a useful reference work."--Anthropological Linguistics "One couldn't wish for a better book to inaugurate the series....The book is highly recommended, not only to field workers who will find that this study contains enough theoretical predictions to test against the indefinite pronoun system in the language or languages they are working on, but also to any linguist who wants to see a text book example of a linguistic analysis....Anyone working on two or more closely related languages should be required to read this book."--Notes on Linguistics 384 pp.; 25 b/w figures, 1 map; 0-19-829963-X |
| Linguistics paper 0198299869
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Evaluation
in Text Authorial Stance and the Construction of Discourse Edited by SUSAN HUNSTON, University of Birmingham, and GEOFF THOMPSON, University of Liverpool Long neglected as a focus of linguistic research, evaluation in its various guises is now being recognized as a crucial aspect of any study of discourse. In this book, writers coming from different standpoints are brought together, providing a unique profile of the topic from several perspectives. These perspectives include: Systemic Linguistics, Narrative, Corpus Linguistics, and Discourse Analysis. 240 pp.; 7 line illus; 0-19-829986-9 |
| Linguistics 0198241224
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Comparative
Dravidian Linguistics Current Perspectives BHADRIRAJU KRISHNAMURTI This volume is a contribution both to comparative Dravidian studies and to the theory of language change and lingusitic reconstruction. It makes available the author's most important published articles on Dravidian over the last forty years and includes a new and substantial introduction to the field. The book concludes with a survey of Dravidian language studies over the last thousand years and a critical account of work since 1950. Those articles reprinted in the work appear substantially unchanged, with individual comments. "To have these papers in a single volume will be of the greatest value. The result will be virtually a compendium of comparative Dravidian linguistics such as is nowhere else available. It will instantly become a primary reference and tool for students of Dravidian linguistics everywhere."--Professor William Bright, University of Colorado "It is impossible to do serious work in Professor Krishnamurti's principal chosen field without consulting the books and articles he has written over a period of four decades. Almost everything he has published is original, insightful, and authoritative, and put together the collection would provide a sort of epitome of the history of the comparative study of Dravidian languages over the period in question."--Professor R. E. Asher, University of Edinburgh Bhadriraju Krishnamurti is Honorary Professor of Linguistics, University of Hyderabad. During his long academic career he has held many positions including most recently Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (1986-93) and Tagore Professor of Linguistics at Osmania University (1962-88). In 1970 he was elected President of the Linguistic Society of India; in 1980 he was President of the Dravidian Linguistic Association; and in 1985 he was elected Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America. He has held several prestigious fellowships including Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (1975-6); Tokyo University Centenary Fellow (1980); and Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1999-2000). He has served on the editorial advisory boards of several international journals and book series. His own publications cover a wide range of themes such as lexicography, dialectology, language planning, literacy, etc. 416 pp.; b/w line illus, 12 maps; 0-19-824122-4 |
| Linguistics cloth 019824133X
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May 2001 Not Yet Published Due: 05/15/01 Tentative S&H: Standard Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 1 |
Questions
and Answers in Embedded Contexts UTPAL LAHIRI Linguists have realized for some time that predicates of the 'know' and 'wonder' classes behave differently in semantic terms with respect to their interrogative complements, but have not so far fully understood how or why. This book seeks to explore and to provide solutions to this and to related problems in explaining the meaning and grammar of embedded interrogatives and the predicates that take interrogative complements (indirect questions and how they are answered). Utpal Lahiri is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Irvine. Having obtained his doctorate from MIT in 1991, he was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Connecticut (1992), and Lecturer at MIT (1991-2) before taking up his present position. 320 pp.; 0-19-824133-X |
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