Non-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects
Non-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects

Author: Jóhanna Barðdal

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9027263515

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Interest in non-canonically case-marked subjects has been unceasing since the groundbreaking work of Andrews and Masica in the late 70’s who were the first to document the existence of syntactic subjects in another morphological case than the nominative. Their research was focused on Icelandic and South-Asian languages, respectively, and since then, oblique subjects have been reported for language after language throughout the world. This newfangled recognition of the concept of oblique subjects at the time was followed by discussions of the role and validity of subject tests, discussions of the verbal semantics involved, as well as discussions of the theoretical implications of this case marking strategy of syntactic subjects. This volume contributes to all these debates, making available research articles on different languages and language families, additionally highlighting issues like language contact, differential subject marking and the origin of oblique subjects.

Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond
Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond

Author: Elisabeth Piirainen

Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13:

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This groundbreaking book in theoretical and empirical phraseology research looks at Europe's linguistic situation as a whole, including 74 European and 17 non-European languages. The occurrence of idioms that actually share the same lexical and semantic structure across a large number of languages has never been demonstrated so clearly before Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond. This book answers significant questions regarding hitherto vague ideas about the phraseological similarities between European languages and their cultural foundation, ranging from intertextuality, aspects of European mental, material, and social culture, to culturally based perception of natural phenomena. This inventory, which analyzes 190 out of a total of 380 widespread idioms and includes maps, is valuable for academic teaching and further research in the fields of phraseology and figurative language, areal and contact linguistics, and European cultural studies.

Eurolinguistik
Eurolinguistik

Author: Uwe Hinrichs

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9783447061155

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Die Internationale Konferenz vom Oktober 2007 in Leipzig hat die erste Phase der neuen linguistischen Disziplin der Eurolinguistik von 1991-2007 resumiert. Die sechzehn Beitrage stellen in vielen Schwerpunkten die rasante Entwicklung dar, die die Eurolinguistik seit der ersten Tagung 1997 genommen hat. Den Hintergrund bilden der Europa-Begriff und die Vorgeschichte der Eurolinguistik im 20. Jahrhundert, die wissenschaftlichen Quellen, ihre spezielle Geschichte seit den 90er Jahren und die moderne Ausfacherung in verschiedene Zweige. Einen Schwerpunkt bildet naturgemass die Arealtypologie, mit Akzenten auf der dynamischen Sprachtypologie, der Rolle von Nichtstandard-Varietaten, der speziellen Typologie, auf dem Balkansprachbund oder dem Inselkeltisch. In einem weiteren Schwerpunkt werden die Unterschiede zwischen Ost- und Westeuropa hinsichtlich der sozialhistorischen, konfessionellen und textuellen Funktionen ihrer Sprachen beschrieben. Spezielle Akzente setzen weitere Beitrage zu den Themen Subdisziplin der ?Euromorphologie' anhand des romanischen Morphems -icus und an deutsch-bulgarischen Aquivalenzen werden die Leistungen eines kommunikativen Prinzips (?Mitteilungspotenzial') fur die Eurolinguistik beleuchtet. Des Weiteren werden Sprachkontakte des Russischen in Sibirien analysiert, anhand von Minderheiten in Sudosteuropa Perspektiven auf Sprachidentitaten und Weltbilder in eurolinguistischem Kontext erlautert. Eher mit zukunftigen Aspekten der Eurolinguistik befassen einige Beitrage, die mogliche soziookonomischen und sprachokologischen Funktionen der Disziplin beleuchten, die Frage nach einem Eurotyp der Sprachwissenschaft thematisieren und die aktuellen Plane einer europaweiten Institutionalisierung der Eurolinguistik vorstellen.

Handbuch der Eurolinguistik
Handbuch der Eurolinguistik

Author: Uwe Hinrichs

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 1012

ISBN-13:

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Das Handbuch der Eurolinguistik stellt die neue Disziplin kompakt, umfassend und in all ihren Verzweigungen von 1991 bis 2008 dar. Es besteht aus 45 thematischen Artikeln, die von 41 Spezialisten verfasst wurden. Block I Raum Europa behandelt die Besonderheit Europas und seiner kulturellen Identität, seine Binnenräume und das Grenzproblem im Osten und Südosten. Block II Die Sprachen in Europa stellt die gesamte Sprachenlandschaft Europas und ihre externe Linguistik dar, die einzelnen Sprachfamilien, die Bedeutung des Lateins für Europa und in einem Exkurs das Baskische. Block III Areal Europa beschreibt die linguistic area Europe, präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Kontakt- und Sprachtypologie (Projekt Eurotyp) und beschreibt den vorherrschenden Sprachtypus in den vier großen Arealen Westeuropa, Zentraleuropa, Balkan und Russland. Block IV Die linguistischen Ebenen fasst die Eigenschaften und Gemeinsamkeiten der europäischen Sprachen zusammen, von der phonetischen über die lexikalische Ebene (Internationalismen; Anglizismen) bis hin zu einem pragmatisch-interaktiven Code der Europäer. Block V Sprachpolitik und Mehrsprachigkeit behandelt Sprache und Politik in Europa und stellt die wichtigsten Mehrsprachigkeitskonzepte und -projekte vor. Block VI Hintergrund zeigt die Wurzeln der Eurolinguistik in Geschichte und Vorgeschichte der Linguistik, ihre moderne theoretische Grundlegung und den sprachphilosophischen Hintergrund eines europäischen Sprachdenkens, schließlich die Vision des künftigen Vergleichs der Eurolinguistik mit Sprachwissenschaften aus anderen Kulturkreisen.

How Proverbs Mean
How Proverbs Mean

Author: Neal R. Norrick

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-06-15

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 3110881977

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Pragmatic Literary Stylistics
Pragmatic Literary Stylistics

Author: S. Chapman

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 9781349438129

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In considering the ways in which current theories of language in use and communicative processes are applied to the analysis, interpretation and definition of literary texts, this book sets an agenda for the future of pragmatic literary stylistics and provides a foundation for future research and debate.

A Proverb in Mind
A Proverb in Mind

Author: Richard P. Honeck

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1134741375

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SEE SHORT BLURB FOR ALTERNATE COPY... A complex, intriguing, and important verbal entity, the proverb has been the subject of a vast number of opinions, studies, and analyses. To accommodate the assorted possible audiences, this volume outlines seven views of the proverb -- personal, formal, religious, literary, practical, cultural, and cognitive. Because the author's goal is to provide a scientific understanding of proverb comprehension and production, he draws largely on scholarship stemming from the formal, cultural, and cognitive views. The only book about proverbs that is written from the standpoint of cognitive science, cognitive psychology, and experimentalism, this text provides a larger, more interdisciplinary perspective on the proverb. It also gives a theoretically more integrated approach to proverb cognition. The conceptual base theory of proverb comprehension is extended via the "cognitive ideals hypothesis" so that the theory now addresses issues regarding the creation, production, and pragmatics of proverbs. This hypothesis also has strong implications for a taxonomy of proverbs, proverb comprehension, universal vs. culture-specific aspects of proverbs, and some structural aspects of proverbs. In general, the book extends the challenge of proverb cognition by using much of what cognitive science has to offer. In so doing, the proverb is compared to other forms of figurative language, which is then discussed within the larger rubric of intelligence and the inclination for using indirect modes of communication. Child developmental and brain substrates are also discussed.