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…of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. In the course of thoroughly analyzing case in roughly 100 African languages, Christa Koenig reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case, which are rare phenomena in other languages of the world. More

This text reconsiders the centrality of Elizabeth Stoddard, a remarkable American writer of the ante- and postbellum periods, while probing the complicated nature of canon formation in contemporary literary studies. More

Paul Danove examines the verbs of communication in the New Testament within a Case Frame analysis. More

The Language of Emotions: The case of Dalabon (Australia) is the first extensive study of the linguistic encoding of emotions in an Australian language, and further, in an endangered, non-European language. Based on first-hand data collected using innovative methods, the monograph describes and… More

…linguistics. The term productivity as used in linguistic research contains at least three subconcepts: `extensibility', `regularity', and `generality'. The focus in this study of case and argument structure constructions in Icelandic is on the concept of extensibility, while generality and regular More

Now available as a paperback edition, this unique study brings together the methodology, concepts, and principles of historical linguistics and linguistic theory in a pioneering study of the transformation of Old to Middle English and the attendant loss of inflection. More

2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Norwegian nation following centuries of Danish rule. This book offers an account of that entire 200-year period, and analyses how Norwegians defined, fought over, and developed their own independent Scandinavian language, differentiating it from… More

A reception history of the writings of Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden. More

This book is concerned with the notions of "pidginization" and "creolization" and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language. It is argued that when a new type of Arabic emerged after the Islamic conquests in the 7th century AD, the language went through… More

Looks at linguistic politeness, particularly in the languages of Greek and Turkish. Topics include politeness in the classroom; advice-giving in Turkish; relevance theory and compliments as phatic communication; and the use of politeness maxims in interruptions in Turkish political debates. More

The aim of this study is twofold. Firstly, it discusses the formation of radical creoles based on an examination of creole formation in Suriname. Secondly, based on the findings, the study critically evaluates the tenets of the main current theories of creole formation. More

The Mbugu (or Ma'a) language (Tanzania) is one of the few genuine mixed languages, reputedly combining Bantu grammar with Cushitic vocabulary. In fact the people speak two languages: one mixed and one closely related to the Bantu language Pare. This book is the first comprehensive description of… More

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This work investigates a number of central issues in the syntax of adverbs with special reference to Greek in the light of Kayne's Antisymmetry Hypothesis. It looks at the problems that the syntax of adverbs raises and contains a brief introduction to antisymmetry and the Minimalist Program. More

Deals with the issues on the interaction of morphology and syntax. Three papers in this volume explore one or more typological characteristics across an entire language family or branch, while others focus on one or two languages within a family and the implications of their structures for the… More

Studying the grammaticalization of the complex sentence, this text discusses such topics as: paratactic and sequential constructions; functions of complementizers; complements of verbs of saying; embedded interrogatives; and complements of volitional verbs. More

This monograph investigates a number of central issues in the Syntax of Adverbs with special reference to Greek in the light of Kayne's (1994) Antisymmetry Hypothesis. It examines the conditions on the placement of the various adverb types, their licensing requirements, and their relation to… More

This book examines the cross-linguistic expression of changes of location or state. It is based on the idea that languages encode information either on the verb or on a non-verbal element such as an affix or preposition. It focuses principally on Latin, with important comparisons drawn with other… More

In the historical development of many languages of the IE phylum the loss of inflectional morphology led to the development of a configurational syntax, where syntactic position marked syntactic role. The first of these configurations was the adposition (preposition or postposition), which developed… More

Documents the development of the Mauritian Creole (MC) determiner system from the mid 18th century to present. This title proposes that the loss of the French quantificational determiners, which agglutinated to nouns, resulted in the occurrence of bare nouns in argument positions. More

This volume, without negating Williams' strong ties with modernism, intends to dislodge this deeply ingrained critical positioning by presenting him as an overlooked figure in the emerging tradition of postmodernism. The study advances the claim that Williams clearly recognized this nascent… More

Sri Lanka Malay shows extreme language contact: Malay phonology and lexicon are squared with clearly Indian morphosyntax and semantics. Historical, anthropological, typological and structural approaches shed light on the complex genesis and rapid evolution of this language. More

With the globalization of English and the exponential growth in the number of foreign students enrolled in American universities and intensive English programs, understanding the processes that foreign students go through as they make the transition from intensive English program to mainstream… More

The principal objective of this book is to provide a unified treatment of morphological case in Korean. Focussing on the nominative, accusative and dative suffixes, the author seeks to show that each of these morphemes consistently encodes a corresponding combinatorial relation in the 'surface' form… More

The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjective viewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects human conceptualization. Some of the articles deal with spatial relations and locations. They discuss how basic attributes of human conceptualization are encoded in… More

This volume aims at describing the meaning, meaning extensions and patterns of polysemy displayed by Ancient Greek prepositions. It attempts to single out the semantic roles expressed by prepositions, possible affinities between semantic roles, and possible directions of semantic extension. More

Focuses on the grammatical relations of subject and object and the viability of these notions in languages like Lithuanian and Latvian, which have a rich case morphology and show many deviations from the canonical nominative - accusative pattern of case-marking. More

This book offers a new approach to the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory. The author shows how a well-studied language family-in this case Uto-Aztecan-can be used as an instrument for reconstructing prehistory. More

This title deals with creolization, looking at case studies which are English-based and Romance-based. It incorporates theories of creolization, aiming to encompass a wide range of concepts in creole languages. More

Compares clinical case studies with the powerful emotional meaning behind the symbols of the hall, the monsters, the reassures, and the final battle, and shows how a detailed study of Beowulf uncovers problems facing both ancient and modern humanity. More

Traces the development of American attitudes toward the desert using case studies from the writings of John C. Fre(c)mont, William Lewis Manly, Mark Twain, William Ellsworth Smythe, John Van Dyke, George Wharton James, Joseph Wood Krutch, and Edward Abbey. More

Homer's Allusive Art argues for a new understanding of Homeric allusion and its place in literary history through a series of interlocking case studies, exploring whether there can have been historical continuity in a poetics of allusion stretching from the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh through to… More

…is a major contribution to the thriving field of Septuagint studies and to the debate over the nature of the Greek used in the translation. This timely and authoritative study puts a compelling case for accepting that the translators were intimately acquainted with the Greek of their time. More

…Age (1922) contains some of Fitzgerald's best short stories, including 'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', as well as 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', a tale of a man living his life backwards. In them Fitzgerald wryly chronicles the temper of the hedonistic 1920s, and displays… More

Makes the case that the plot of the "Odyssey" is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boule, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. This book proposes a "Zeus-centric" reading that offers perspectives on the tenor of interactions… More

A study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus ("Odyssey 19"). It makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. More

Through close case studies of Pindar's victory odes, Asya C. Sigelman offers a new approach to Pindar's famously difficult poetics by focusing on the poetic aim of immortalization. This book will be of interest to classical philologists and readers exploring new interpretative approaches to poetic… More

…theories formulated around more popular languages. Grammatically, for instance, languages in the Finnic and Saami group utilize extensive systems of case inflection on nouns to signal a broad variety of relations that in almost all other languages require additional words. Phonologically, as anot More

…IZUC?NII ?GR?NICI??L'NY? VR???NNY? S?JUZ?V SL?VJANS?I? JAZY??V Robert S.P. Beekes: PALATALIZED CONSONANTS IN PRE-GREEK Uwe Blasing: TALYSCHI RIZ 'SPUR' UND VERWANDTE: EIN BEITRAG ZUR IRANISCHEN WORTFORSCHUNG Vaclav Blazek: CELTIC 'SMITH' AND HIS COLLEAGUES Johnny Cheung: THE OSSETIC CASE SYSTEM RE More

…of Ellipsis investigates a number of elliptical constructions found in Dutch dialects within the framework of the Minimalist Program. Using two case studies, Van Craenenbroeck argues that both the PF-deletion and the pro-theory of ellipsis are needed to account for the full range of elliptical… More

In this text, Kathleen Brogan makes the case that the recent preoccupation with ghosts stems not from a lingering interest in Gothic themes, but instead from a whole new genre in American literature that she calls ""the story of cultural haunting"". More

…poets, dramatists, historians and scientists have responded to the Iliad during this time, considering how the myth of the Trojan War has been reimagined over the ages. Through a series of detailed case studies, this volume teases out several key themes from conflict to causes, heroism to hope. More

Greek and Roman Classics in the British Struggle for Social Reform presents an original and carefully argued case for the importance of classical ideas, education and self-education in the personal development and activities of British social reformers in the 19th and first six decades of the 20th… More

There are optional extra sections with explanations and activities covering the grammatical case endings used in formal, literary and religious Arabic. Aimed at beginners or early intermediate learners of Arabic, Mastering Arabic Grammar is ideal for both self-study use and classroom courses. More

Greek and Roman Classics in the British Struggle for Social Reform presents an original and carefully argued case for the importance of classical ideas, education and self-education in the personal development and activities of British social reformers in the 19th and first six decades of the 20th… More

By using Russian-speakers in Latvia as a specific case study, this volume also offers a fresh methodological approach to the study of discourses and discursive strategies. It outlines a coherent methodology to study the evolution of discourses over time, rather than a single de-contextualised and… More

Focusing on Tai Tokerau, the northern region of New Zealand, as a case study but with conclusions applicable across the country, the leading M?ori scholars and elders in Maranga Mai! call for their people to wake up to the challenges they face. Through stories and statistics, demography and policy,… More

…languages, in particular the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo, Chinese and certain other languages and have acquired the name of 'serial verbs' in the literature. As a case study, the serial constructions of Sranan, a creole language of Surinam with an English lexical base, are examined in detail. More

Presenting linguistic and historical sketches of lesser-known contact languages, this work aims to contribute to a more balanced view of the most dramatic results of language contact. The 12 case studies offer testimony against the view that all contact languages are pidgins and creoles. More

…addresses current topics in Hungarian linguistics, focusing on their theoretical implications.The papers in syntax investigate the complement zone of nouns, the syntax of case assigning adpositions, sluicing in relative clauses, generic/habitual readings in clauses containing a free choice item, th More

This book is an endeavor to present and analyze some standard topics in the grammar of Basque from a micro-comparative perspective. From case and agreement to word order and the left periphery, and including an incursion into determiners, the book combines fine-grained theoretical analyses with… More

Based on corpora of children acquiring Modern Greek as their first language, this title describes the development of single DPs consisting of definite and indefinite articles, complex DPs that require the use of multiple definite articles, and number and case marking in nouns and definite articles. More

This volume's main topic is the phrase structural analysis of noun phrases and sentences based on recent ideas within the government and binding framework and makes crucial use of such modules as theta assignment, binding theory, case assignment and definitions of the notion "barrier". More

A collection of papers which presents a functionalist approach to syntax, taking discourse into consideration. Essays discuss a variety of topics, including: morhpo-syntactic phenomenon from a functional point of view; case theory from the point of view of discourse; topicalization and dislocation. More

This book describes and analyzes various changes in the distribution of copular and passive verb constructions in Old and Middle English, and, by way of these case studies, presents and tests several new theories that have major implications for construction grammar and linguistic change. More

Argues that a profound engagement with Hesiod is central to Ovid's poetic world. An important contribution to the study of Ovid and the wider poetry of the Augustan age and an excellent case study in how the reception of previous traditions can become the driving force of poetic creation. More

Demosthenes was one of the greatest of the classic Athenian orators. He wrote for the courts in public and private cases and in major political trials and is a major source for the history of Athens' struggle against Macedon. This is the widest selection of his speeches in a single volume. More

…their historical and chronological contexts to draw out information about the society that created them. Using both Hansen's corpus of epigrams and wider examples, it gives priority to those cases where the whole monument ensemble is preserved, both text and image, enabling a much better und More

Sanctity in the North features English translations of texts from Latin or vernacular Nordic languages, in many cases for the first time. The accompanying essays complement the translations and reflect the contributors' own disciplinary groundings in folklore, philology, medieval, and religious… More

In the BRISTOL CLASSICAL PRESS GREEK TEXTS series. Lysias was one of the leading exponents of the art of speech-writing in late fifth and early fourth century Athens. These five examples of his work cover a range of cases and offer an insight into Athenian society. More