The Meaning of Topic and Focus
The Meaning of Topic and Focus

Author: Daniel Büring

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1134702078

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This study provides an illuminating and ground-breaking account of the complex interaction of intonational phenomena, semantics and pragmatics. Based on examples from German and English, and centred on an analysis of the fall-rise intonation contour, a semantic interpretation for two different pitch accents - Focus and Topic - is developed. The cross-sentence, as well as the sentence internal semantic effects of these accents, follow from the given treatment. The account is based on Montogovian possible world semantics and Chomskian generative syntax.

Selected Lexical and Grammatical Issues in the Meaning–Text Theory
Selected Lexical and Grammatical Issues in the Meaning–Text Theory

Author: Leo Wanner

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2007-02-01

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 9027292779

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The Meaning Text Theory (MTT) is a lexicon-centred and dependency-based theory for the description of language using a holistic model that incorporates semantics, syntax, morphology and lexis. This volume, prepared on the occasion of Igor Mel'čuk’s 70th birthday, offers a cross-section of the current advances in MTT and its applications. The first part of the book focuses on lexical phenomena that are still largely neglected in mainstream linguistics: sound symbolism as manifested by ideophones, and idiosyncratic lexical relations as manifested by lexical functions (LFs). In particular, LFs are addressed from different angles (including the introduction of new “standard” LFs, the argument structure and semantic decomposition of lexical relations captured by LFs, automatic recognition of LF-instances in corpora, and the use of LFs in terminology and natural language processing). The second part of the book deals with such prominent model-oriented issues as semantic paraphrasing in MTT, the role of phrase structure in MTT and syntactic analysis within MTT.

Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

Author: Stefan Beyerle

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-12-20

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 3110705451

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Seit 2004 gibt der Verlag De Gruyter in Zusammenarbeit mit der International Society for the Study of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature das Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature · Yearbook (DCLY) heraus. Die Gesellschaft widmet sich dem Studium der Bücher der griechischen Bibel (Septuaginta), die nicht in der hebräischen Bibel enthalten sind, und der späteren jüdischen Literatur, also etwa aus der Zeit vom 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Die Jahrbücher publizieren die Referate und Ergebnisse der internationalen Konferenzen der Gesellschaft. Die Ausgaben 2005 bis 2011 sind weiterhin online erhältlich. – Prayer from Tobit to Qumran, ed. by Renate Egger-Wenzel and Jeremy Corley (2004) – The Book of Wisdom in Modern Research, ed. by Angelo Passaro, Giuseppe Bellia, John J. Collins (2005) – History and Identity, ed. by Núria Calduch-Benages and Jan Liesen (2006) – Angels, ed. by Friedrich Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas and Karin Schöpflin (2007) – Biblical Figures in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, ed. by Hermann Lichtenberger and Ulrike Mittmann-Richert (2008) – The Human Body in Death and Resurrection, ed. by Tobias Nicklas, Friedrich Reiterer, Joseph Verheyden (2009)

German 1, Vol. II: Lessons 46 - 90
German 1, Vol. II: Lessons 46 - 90

Author: Prodigy Books

Publisher: Quantum Scientific Publishing

Published: 2023-07-02

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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Prodigy Books is committed to providing publisher-quality, low-cost, outstanding educational content to teachers, students, and parents around the world. This book is the second of four volumes in German 1, containing lessons 46 - 90. Volume I: Lessons 1 - 45 Volume II: Lessons 46 - 90 Volume III: Lessons 91 - 135 Volume IV: Lessons 136 - 180 This title is part of the Prodigy Books Textbook Series.

German VAT Law 1999
German VAT Law 1999

Author: Constanze Hübner

Publisher: sellier. european law publ.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 3935808186

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Synopsis of German VAT legal text, VAT Directive 1999 (excerpt) and annexes of VAT legal text in German/English, with a bilingual introduction. Background: Increasing globalisation frequently calls for an English translation of the German VAT Law and a broad overview of specific articles of this law. Advantages: Easy, smooth understanding of German VAT Law helps international business transactions with German partners. Beneficial to Enterprises, lawyers, law firms, tax consultants, accountants, trade associations, chambers of commerce, banks, industry organizations: For everybody active in international trade, commerce and tax affairs. VAT-Law: Latest version Including all updates effective from January 1, 2004. Expertise: Editors with long time experience. Constanze Hubner works since many years as Office Manager for international companies in an exclusively English-speaking environment. She holds several certificates in Business English. Iris Schaefer is a certified auditor and tax adviser with focus on VAT. She has advised national and international companies for many years as a highly recognized VAT expert.