A Grammar of Karo Batak

A Grammar of Karo Batak
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Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X002759557
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Synopsis A Grammar of Karo Batak by : Geoff Woollams

A Grammar of Karo Batak

A Grammar of Karo Batak
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Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015037478602
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Synopsis A Grammar of Karo Batak by : Geoff Woollams

A Grammar of Madurese

A Grammar of Madurese
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 603
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ISBN-10 : 9783110224443
ISBN-13 : 3110224445
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis A Grammar of Madurese by : William D. Davies

Madurese is a major regional language of Indonesia, with some 14 million speakers, mainly on the island of Madura and adjacent parts of Java, making it the fourth largest language of Indonesia after Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese. There is no existing comprehensive descriptive grammar of the language, with existing studies being either sketches of the whole grammar, or detailed descriptions of phonology and morphology or some particular topics within these components of the grammar. There is no competing work that provides the breadth and depth of coverage of this grammar, in particular (though not exclusively) with regard to syntax.

The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar

The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 866
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ISBN-10 : 9780700712861
ISBN-13 : 0700712860
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar by : K. Alexander Adelaar

An essential source of reference for this linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.

Analyzing Grammar

Analyzing Grammar
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 1139443518
ISBN-13 : 9781139443517
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Analyzing Grammar by : Paul R. Kroeger

Analyzing Grammar is a clear introductory textbook on grammatical analysis, designed for students beginning to study the discipline. Covering both syntax (the structure of phrases and sentences) and morphology (the structure of words), it equips them with the tools and methods needed to analyze grammatical patterns in any language. Students are shown how to use standard notational devices such as phrase structure trees and word-formation rules, as well as prose descriptions. Emphasis is placed on comparing the different grammatical systems of the world's languages, and students are encouraged to practice the analyses through a diverse range of problem sets and exercises. Topics covered include word order, constituency, case, agreement, tense, gender, pronoun systems, inflection, derivation, argument structure and grammatical relations, and a useful glossary provides a clear explanation of each term. Accessibly written and comprehensive, Analyzing Grammar is set to become a key text for all courses in grammatical analysis.

Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9789027262585
ISBN-13 : 9027262586
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World by : Simone Mattiola

The aim of this book is to give the first large-scale typological investigation of pluractionality in the languages of the world. Pluractionality is defined as the morphological modification of the verb to express a plurality of situations that can additionally involve a plurality of participants and/or spaces. Based on a 246-language sample, the main characteristics of pluractionality are described and discussed throughout the book. Firstly, a description of the functions that pluractional markers cross-linguistically express is presented and the relationships occurring among them are explained through the semantic map model. Then, the marking strategies that languages display to express such functions are illustrated and some issues concerning the formal identification are briefly discussed as well. The typological generalizations are corroborated showing how pluractional markers work in three specific languages (Akawaio, Beja, Maa). In conclusion, the theoretical conceptualization of pluractionality is discussed referring to the Radical Construction Grammar approach.

Radical Construction Grammar

Radical Construction Grammar
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 0198299540
ISBN-13 : 9780198299547
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Radical Construction Grammar by : William Croft

This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links between syntactic and semantic structures, and argues that the basic elements of any language are not syntactic but rather syntactic-semantic "Gestalts." He puts forward a new approach to syntactic representation and a new model of how language and languages work.

The World Atlas of Language Structures

The World Atlas of Language Structures
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 712
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ISBN-10 : 9780199255917
ISBN-13 : 0199255911
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The World Atlas of Language Structures by : Martin Haspelmath

The World Atlas of Language Structures is a book and CD combination displaying the structural properties of the world's languages. 142 world maps and numerous regional maps - all in colour - display the geographical distribution of features of pronunciation and grammar, such as number of vowels, tone systems, gender, plurals, tense, word order, and body part terminology. Each world map shows an average of 400 languages and is accompanied by a fully referenced description ofthe structural feature in question.The CD provides an interactive electronic version of the database which allows the reader to zoom in on or customize the maps, to display bibliographical sources, and to establish correlations between features. The book and the CD together provide an indispensable source of information for linguists and others seeking to understand human languages.The Atlas will be especially valuable for linguistic typologists, grammatical theorists, historical and comparative linguists, and for those studying a region such as Africa, Southeast Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. It will also interest anthropologists and geographers. More than fifty authors from many different countries have collaborated to produce a work that sets new standards in comparative linguistics. No institution involved in language research can afford to bewithout it.

Canonical Morphology and Syntax

Canonical Morphology and Syntax
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9780199604326
ISBN-13 : 0199604320
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Canonical Morphology and Syntax by : Dunstan Brown

This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed. In this way, the issue of fit becomes a matter of greater or lesser proximity to a canonical ideal. Drawing on the expertise of world class scholars in the field, the book addresses the issue of cross-linguistic comparability, illustrates the range of areas - from morphosyntactic features to reported speech - to which linguists are currently applying this methodology, and explores to what degree the approach succeeds in discovering the elusive canon of linguistic phenomena.