Synergy II: Linguistics

Synergy II: Linguistics
Author: Alper Kumcu
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2021-08-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9783631847275

Synergy II: Linguistics intends to present recent studies on Turkish linguistics. The aim is to introduce theoretical and applied linguistic approaches focusing on Turkish language. The structure of the book is thematically designed based on the micro and macro linguistics. The themes presented are phonology, morphology, morphosyntax, morphophonology, bilingualism, cognitive stylistics, register analysis of various Turkish text genres, identity, and language teaching. You will come across studies that catch your attention as you are leafing through the pages of the book.

Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics

Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics
Author: Ewa Dabrowska
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 724
Release: 2015-05-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110292025

Cognitive Linguistics is an approach to language study based on the assumptions that our linguistic abilities are firmly rooted in our cognitive abilities, that meaning is essentially conceptualization, and that grammar is shaped by usage. The Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics provides state-of-the-art overviews of the numerous subfields of cognitive linguistics written by leading international experts which will be useful for established researchers and novices alike. It is an interdisciplinary project with contributions from linguists, psycholinguists, psychologists, and computer scientists which will emphasise the most recent developments in the field, in particular, the shift towards more empirically-based research. In this way, it will, we hope, help to shape the field, encouraging methodologically more rigorous research which incorporates insights from all the cognitive sciences. Editor Ewa Dąbrowska was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2018.

Recent Contributions to Quantitative Linguistics

Recent Contributions to Quantitative Linguistics
Author: Arjuna Tuzzi
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2015-10-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 311042035X

Quantitative Linguistics is a rapidly developing discipline covering more and more areas of linguistic and textological research. The book represents an overview of the state of the art in Quantitative Linguistics, its scope and reach. Some of the topics: linguistic laws, frequency analyses, synergetic models of language, networks, part-of-speech systems, authorship attribution, polyfunctionality and polysemy, and opinion target identification.

Role Playing Game

Role Playing Game
Author: J. Michael Straczynski
Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2006-04
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1905471203

Featuring the space station that changed the destiny of an entire galaxy, the Babylon 5 RPG from Mongoose Publishing allows players to take on the role of characters from the award-winning TV series. This all new edition revisits one of the most successful sci-fi roleplaying games of recent years, bringing the game to an all new group of fans! Existing fans will not be disappointed, the rules have been tweaked so that the game is even better than before, and most importantly, is a stand-alone rulebook in its own right with no requirement for the use of another rulebook!

Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Volume 2

Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Volume 2
Author: Susan D. Fischer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1991-06-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780226251523

The recent recognition of sign languages as legitimate human languages has opened up new and unique ways for both theoretical and applied psycholinguistics and language acquisition have begun to demonstrate the universality of language acquisition, comprehension, and production processes across a wide variety of modes of communication. As a result, many language practitioners, teachers, and clinicians have begun to examine the role of sign language in the education of the deaf as well as in language intervention for atypical, language-delayed populations. This collection, edited by Patricia Siple and Susan D. Fischer, brings together theoretically important contributions from both basic research and applied settings. The studies include native sign language acquisition; acquisition and processing of sign language through a single mode under widely varying conditions; acquisition and processing of bimodal (speech and sign) input; and the use of sign language with atypical, autistic, and mentally retarded groups. All the chapters in this collection of state-of-the-art research address one or more issues related to universality of language processes, language plasticity, and the relative contributions of biology and input to language acquisition and use.

Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory

Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory
Author: Kyoko Masuda
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2015-10-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1501500899

By integrating cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories, this groundbreaking book presents empirical studies on selected grammatical and semantic aspects that are challenging for second/foreign language learners. Through in-depth studies exploring eight different languages, this book offers insights generated through the synergy between cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories that can be readily incorporated into teaching.

Southernizing Sociolinguistics

Southernizing Sociolinguistics
Author: Bassey E. Antia
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2022-11-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000772624

This innovative collection offers a pan-Southern rejoinder to hegemonies of Northern sociolinguistics. It showcases voices from the Global South that substitute alternative and complementary narrations of the link between language and society for canonical renditions of the field. Drawing on Southern epistemologies, the volume critically explores the entangled histories of racial colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy in perpetuating prejudice in and around language as a means of encouraging the conceptualization of alternative epistemological futures for sociolinguistics. The book features work by both established and emerging scholars, and is organized around four parts: The politics of the constitution of language, and its metalanguage, in the Global South; Who gets published in sociolinguistics? Language in the Global South and the social inscription of difference; and Learning and the quotidian experience of language in the Global South. This book will be of interest to scholars in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, critical race and ethnic studies, and philosophy of knowledge. Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 2

Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 2
Author: Nikolaos Lavidas
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2014-01-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 8376560883

In the three volumes of Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, the editors guide the reader through a well-selected compendium of works, presenting a fresh look at contemporary linguistics. Aimed at specialists or anyone interested in languages, this publication deals with both theoretical issues and applied linguistics, looking closely at discourse analysis, gender and lexicography, language acquisition and language disorders.

Conjunctive Markers of Contrast in English and French

Conjunctive Markers of Contrast in English and French
Author: Maïté Dupont
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027260117

Situated at the interface between corpus linguistics and Systemic Functional Linguistics, this volume focuses on conjunctive markers expressing contrast in English and French. The frequency and placement patterns of the markers are analysed using large corpora of texts from two written registers: newspaper editorials and research articles. The corpus study revisits the long-standing but largely unsubstantiated claim that French requires more explicit markers of cohesive conjunction than English and shows that the opposite is in fact the case. Novel insights into the placement preferences of English and French conjunctive markers are provided by a new approach to theme and rheme that attaches more importance to the rheme than previous studies. The study demonstrates the significant benefits of a combined corpus and Systemic Functional Linguistics approach to the cross-linguistic analysis of cohesion.

Cognitive Linguistics - A Survey of Linguistic Subfields

Cognitive Linguistics - A Survey of Linguistic Subfields
Author: Ewa Dąbrowska
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2019-07-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110623153

The chapters provide comprehensive surveys of the major subfields of Cognitive Linguistics. Apart from phonology, construction grammar and lexical semantics, the areas of language use, language acquisition and literary discourse are comprehensively presented.