Harmonic Serialism is a derivational version of Optimality Theory that has widely been pursued for phonology and syntax but so far much less for morphology.
Harmonic Serialism is a derivational version of Optimality Theory that has widely been pursued for phonology and syntax but so far much less for morphology.
The interrelationship between three major quantity changes in the history of the Germanic languages: gemination, lenition, and open syllable lengthening.
Explores two important phenomena in natural language - recursion and embedding - integrating current linguistic theory, cross-linguistic fieldwork, and specific acquisition and experimental techniques.
Discusses a special case of syntax-morphology mismatch that puzzles current traditional morphological theories – the case of relational adjectives across languages.
This book takes the reader on a journey through the structure of everyday spoken English, providing a fresh look at the relation between language and the mind.
Analysis of bilinguals'' use of two languages reveals highly adept code-switching: alternating between languages while keeping intact the separate grammars.
Kausale Beziehungen gelten als zentrales Strukturprinzip nicht nur von Ereignissen der auersprachlichen Welt, sondern auch von vielen Texten, in denen sie dank sprachlicher Indikatoren zum Ausdruck kommen.
The current volume is a collection of papers representing the most recent developments in linguistics, specifically in the fields of language, discourse and translation studies.
Der Band vereint Vortrage, die im Rahmen des Kolloquiums Lo metalinguistico en espanol: balance y perspectivas im November 2005 in Pamplona, Spanien, gehalten worden sind.
La Anatomia involucra el conocimiento de las palabras con que se designan las variadas partes corporales, cuyas raices se vinculan mayoritariamente con terminos latinos y griegos -pocos derivan de otros idiomas-.
Sibawayh: His Life and Book is an important reference for understanding the biography of the master of Arabic grammar and one of the greatest linguists, Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar, known as Sibawayh.