Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Linguistics - Syntax

Sprachliche Auerungen, seien es einzelne Worter oder Texte, werden in der Regel intuitiv verstanden und hinsichtlich des Verstandnisses herrscht in der Regel weitgehender Konsens. Warum so und nicht anders interpretiert wird, kann dabei in den seltensten Fallen zufriedenstellend angegeben werden. Dieses handbuchartige Kompendium erklart Semantik auf allen systematischen Rangen von der Morphem- bis zur Diskursebene nach einem einzigen Grundprinzip - sprachliche Zeichen verweisen auf andere sprachliche Zeichen - und leitet daraus ein komplexes Regelwerk ab, das der Interpretation...

After Piaget proves that Jean Piaget's work is critical for understanding some of the most current proposals in the study of psychological development. It analyses Piaget's legacy, moving beyond the harsh critiques that have circulated since he lost prominence. It also brings together new developments and research practices that have grown out of Jean Piaget's tradition, while providing a retrospective glance into the intellectual atmospheres of different periods at which the contributors encountered Piaget.

This book reveals the richness and coherence of the School of...

This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Gunther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on the (oft-neglected) parallels between the two. She also examines the use of noun ellipsis with adjectives in order to shed light on this under-researched phenomenon, drawing on data from the British National Corpus.

Thetwo volumes deal with cross-linguistic variation in valency classes in terms of argument coding and argument alternations. The first systematic typological attempt to uncover the universal and the language-particular in this area, the work includes synoptic introductory articles, 30 in-depth questionnaire-based studies of valency classes in languages from across the world, and featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field.

Es gibt eine Reihe klassischer grammatischer Probleme des Spanischen, die jeder mit der Hispanistik Befasste kennen muss: z.B. die funktionale Abgrenzung indefinido/perfecto bzw. indefinido/imperfecto, die beiden Futurbildungen, die Interaktion starker und klitischer Personalpronomina etc. Aus Sicht der Sprachpraxis bilden sie den Kern der zu lernenden "Grammatik," in der Linguistik bilden sie einen zentralen Gegenstand des Forschungsinteresses. Wahrend nun die Erkenntnisse der modernen Linguistik unter den Experten in den letzten Jahrzehnten oft zu...

Parenthesis has recently seen a considerable surge in interest. This volume presents the - often contrasting - theoretical positions on parenthetical verbs and examines them from different analytical perspectives. The initial theoretical section contains, among others, two contributions presenting diametrically opposed analyses of the syntax of parenthetical verbs. Although (synchronic) syntax pervades the volume, other analytical levels and approaches are also given weight: The second section provides insights into the historical and ontogenetic development of parenthetical verbs, while...

The two volumes deal with cross-linguistic variation in valency classes in terms of argument coding and argument alternations. The first systematic typological attempt to uncover the universal and the language-particular in this area, the work includes synoptic introductory articles, 30 in-depth questionnaire-based studies of valency classes in languages from across the world, and featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field.

The monograph investigates the relationship between form and meaning in different domains and centers on a group of methods referred to as "linguistic profiles" that have been developed recently by researchers at the University of Tromso. These methods are based on the observation that there is a strong correlation between semantic and distributional properties of linguistic units. This book discusses grammatical, semantic, constructional, collostructional and diachronic profiles.

Linguistic profiles as a group of methods are based on recent developments in the area of...

An Introduction to English Grammar provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of English grammar. The first part of the book ('The Grammar') provides a step-by-step introduction to the key topics in English grammar. The second part ('The Applications') shows how a grasp of these topics can be helpful in resolving usage problems, in developing a clear writing style, and in mastering punctuation and spelling. A whole chapter, 'English in Use', is devoted to illustrating the grammatical features of a wide range of modern text types, including emails, Facebook pages, and 'tweets'. It...

An Introduction to English Grammar provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of English grammar. The first part of the book ( The Grammar ) provides a step-by-step introduction to the key topics in English grammar. The second part ( The Applications ) shows how a grasp of these topics can be helpful in resolving usage problems, in developing a clear writing style, and in mastering punctuation and spelling. A whole chapter, English in Use, is devoted to illustrating the grammatical features of a wide range of modern text types, including emails, Facebook pages, and tweets . It also...

This volume brings together new research from different theoretical paradigms addressing the acquisition of French. It focuses on the acquisition of French in combination with English, German, Russian or Spanish and enriches our understanding of the particularities of French and the role of language combinations in the acquisition process. The chapters examine the development of different grammatical aspects (word order phenomena, adjective placement, dislocation and cleft constructions, wh-questions, DP phenomena, argument omissions and constructions with particular word groups) and use...

Studies of Japanese syntax have played a central role in the long history of Japanese linguistics spanning more than 250 years in Japan and abroad. More recently, Japanese has been among the languages most intensely studied within modern linguistic theories such as Generative Grammar and Cognitive/Functional Linguistics over the past fifty years. This volume presents a comprehensive survey of Japanese syntax from these three research strands, namely studies based on the traditional research methods developed in Japan, those from broader functional perspectives, and those couched in the...