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| Author | : Bernard Comrie |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2021-12-24 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1136897755 |
Based on Bernard Comrie's The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to one of the major language families. The areas covered include Germanic languages, English, and Romance languages.
| Author | : Anna Giacalone Ramat |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 554 |
| Release | : 2015-04-29 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1134921861 |
First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Bernard Comrie |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 315 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Dictionaries, Polyglot |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Caterina Mauri |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2008-11-03 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110211491 |
This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs on the basis of a 74 language sample, with special focus on the languages spoken in Europe. It constitutes the first systematic inquiry so far conducted on the cross-linguistic coding of coordination, as defined in cognitive and pragmatic terms. This research shows that the 'and-but-or' coding system which is typical of Central-Western Europe appears to be extremely rare outside Europe, where a great variation in the coding of coordination is attested. This cross-linguistic variation, however, is not random, but is crucially constrained by the interaction of economic principles with the semantic properties of the individual relations expressed. A fine-grained functional systematization of coordination is proposed and described by means of implicational patterns and semantic maps. This work brings together a broad cross-linguistic perspective and a detailed semantic analysis, largely based on new and comparable data collected by means of questionnaires, all accessible in the appendix of the book. It represents the first systematic attempt towards a unified typology of coordination relations.
| Author | : J. P. Mallory |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 890 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9781884964985 |
The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture is a major new reference work that provides full, inclusive coverage of the major Indo-European language stocks, their origins, and the range of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language. The Encyclopedia also includes numerous entries on archaeological cultures having some relationship to the origin and dispersal of Indo-European groups -- as well as entries on some of the major issues in Indo-European cultural studies.There are two kinds of entries in the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture: a) those that are devoted to archaeology, culture, or the various Indo -European languages; and b) those that are devoted to the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European words.Entries may be accessed either via the General Index or the List of Topics: Entries by Category where all individual reconstructed head-forms can also be found. Reference may also be made to the Language Indices.In order to make the book as accessible as possible to the non-specialist, the Editors have provided a list of Abbreviations and Definitions, which includes a number of definitions of specialist terms (primarily linguistic) with which readers may not be acquainted. As the writing systems of many Indo-European groups vary considerably in terms of phonological representation, there is also included a list of Phonetic Definitions.With more than 700 entries, written by specialists from around the world, the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture has become an essential reference text in this field.
| Author | : Bridget Drinka |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 507 |
| Release | : 2017-02-16 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1316841804 |
This comprehensive new work provides extensive evidence for the essential role of language contact as a primary trigger for change. Unique in breadth, it traces the spread of the periphrastic perfect across Europe over the last 2,500 years, illustrating at each stage the micro-responses of speakers and communities to macro-historical pressures. Among the key forces claimed to be responsible for normative innovations in both eastern and western Europe is 'roofing' - the superstratal influence of Greek and Latin on languages under the influence of Greek Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism respectively. The author provides a new interpretation of the notion of 'sprachbund', presenting the model of a three-dimensional stratified convergence zone, and applies this model to her analysis of the have and be perfects within the Charlemagne sprachbund. The book also tackles broader theoretical issues, for example, demonstrating that the perfect tense should not be viewed as a universal category.
| Author | : Jutta Reed-Scott |
| Publisher | : Association of Research Libr |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Paul Monaco |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 1983-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780873957021 |
On both personal and public levels the past century has brought Western Europeans some of the most devastating episodes of human history. Paul Monaco identifies the major modes of consciousness that Europeans have developed as ways of interpreting their experiences. Europe appears to many Americans as an aging dowager with a grand past but little future. Yet, beyond the stereotype lies the complex reality. The U.S. and the Soviet Union both failed to carry on the ideological and cultural traditions of the Western world to which they fell heir at the end of World War II. By contrast, Western Europe quickly recovered its cultural equilibrium. Modern European Culture and Consciousness shows how Europe's amazing recovery took place. Monaco argues that the sensibility now being forged in Europe will provide the guide to the twenty-first century. He illustrates this thesis by analysis of novels, plays, and especially motion pictures, which have gradually supplanted novels.
| Author | : Albert Branchadell |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 426 |
| Release | : 2005-01-27 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 902729478X |
This is the first collection of articles devoted entirely to less translated languages, a term that brings together well-known, widely used languages such as Arabic or Chinese, and long-neglected minority languages — with power as the key word at play. It starts with some views on English, the dominant language in Translation as elsewhere, considers the role of translation for minority languages — both a source of inequality and a means to overcome it —, takes a look at translation from less translated major languages and cultures, and ends up with a closer look at translation into Catalan, a paradigmatic case of less translated language, in a final section that includes a vindication of six prominent Catalan translators. Combining sound theoretical insight and accurate analysis of relevant case studies, the contributors to this collection make a convincing case for a more thorough examination of less translated languages within the field of Translation Studies.
| Author | : Assunta Pisani |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2018-10-24 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1317940164 |
Euro-Librarianship focuses on strategies for working toward cooperation between libraries throughout Europe and the United States to provide the best access and information to research materials as possible. Chapters by several authors in their original languages (with English abstracts) give this book a unique international appeal. Common difficulties such as fiscal constraints and rising book and serial prices are discussed. Stressing enhanced communication and shared responsibilities, this new volume helps bring libraries of all countries closer to the resource sharing capabilities that allowa scholars and researchers much wider access to information than is available today. In this timely new book, many of the papers that were presented at the Second Western European Specialists (WESS) International Conference are brought together to be read and studied by everyone.
