Rethinking Universals
Rethinking Universals

Author: Jan Wohlgemuth

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 311022092X

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The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.

Expecting the Unexpected: Exceptions in Grammar
Expecting the Unexpected: Exceptions in Grammar

Author: Horst J. Simon

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-03-29

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 3110219093

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Every linguistic theory has to come to grips with a fundamental property of human language: the existence of exceptions, i.e. phenomena that do not follow the standard patterns one observes otherwise. The contributions to this volume discuss and exemplify a variety of approaches to exceptionality within different formal and non-formal frameworks. Topics include criteria for exceptionality, the diachronic rise of exceptions, the relevance of different grammatical subsystems and their interaction in the explanation of exceptions, and the crucial characteristics of grammatical models that can accommodate exceptions. A special feature of the book is that the articles are accompanied by peer-commentaries and responses thereupon, thus opening up the papers to further discussion.

The Quest for the Phoenix
The Quest for the Phoenix

Author: Hereward Tilton

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-10-24

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 3110896575

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The author presents with this intellectual biography of the Lutheran alchemist Count Michael Maier an academic study of western esotericism in general and to the study of alchemy and rosicrucianism in particular. The author charts the development of Maier's Hermetic worldview in the context of his service at the courts of Emperor Rudolf II and Moritz of Hessen-Kassel. The problem of the nature of early Rosicrucianism is addressed in detail with reference to Maier's role in the promotion of this "serious jest" in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The work is set in the context of ongoing debates concerning the nature of early modern alchemy and its role in the history of Western esotericism.

Rara & Rarissima
Rara & Rarissima

Author: Jan Wohlgemuth

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2010-12-23

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 3110228556

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The papers in this book describe and analyze rara in individual languages, covering an extraordinarily broad geographic distribution, including papers about languages from all over the globe. The range of theoretical subjects discussed shows an enormous breadth, ranging from phonology through word formation, lexical semantics to syntax and even some sociolinguistics.

Introducing Linguistic Research
Introducing Linguistic Research

Author: Svenja Voelkel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1316946533

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Over the past decade, conducting empirical research in linguistics has become increasingly popular. The first of its kind, this book provides an engaging and practical introduction to this exciting versatile field, providing a comprehensive overview of research aspects in general, and covering a broad range of subdiscipline-specific methodological approaches. Subfields covered include language documentation and descriptive linguistics, language typology, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics and anthropological linguistics, cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. The book reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of each single approach and on how they interact with one-another across the study of language in its many diverse facets. It also includes exercises, example student projects and recommendations for further reading, along with additional online teaching materials. Providing hands-on experience, and written in an engaging and accessible style, this unique and comprehensive guide will give students the inspiration they need to develop their own research projects in empirical linguistics.

Charles Darwin in Australia
Charles Darwin in Australia

Author: F. W. Nicholas

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-11-07

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780521728676

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Drawing upon Darwin's diary, this lavishly illustrated book traces Darwin's travels in Australia in 1836.

The Paradigmatic Structure of Person Marking
The Paradigmatic Structure of Person Marking

Author: Michael Cysouw

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-01-29

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0191564990

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This book explores person markers, the linguistic elements that provide points of reference to speech-act participants. Michael Cysouw develops a new framework for the typology of person marking based on the rejection of the notion of plurality for its analysis. When a mother says "Mummy is going to say goodnight now", Mummy is the person marker in a way that in English is confined to motherese but which is used more commonly in some other languages and may also be characteristic of much earlier forms. Dr Cysouw divides the person markers of 400 languages into paradigms. He considers how the structure of these person paradigms relates to their function. His investigation provides a clear account of how person markers work syntactically, pragmatically, and semantically as well as giving fresh insights into aspects of linguistic change, language-relatedness, and the interfaces between discourse, syntax, and semantics. The combination of a typological and a comparative approach results in the first outline of a cognitive map of the paradigmatic structure of person marking.

Introducing Language Typology
Introducing Language Typology

Author: Edith A. Moravcsik

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-12-20

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1139618881

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Language typology identifies similarities and differences among languages of the world. This textbook provides an introduction to the subject which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics. It offers the broadest coverage of any introductory book, including sections on historical change, language acquisition, and language processing. Students will become familiar with the subject by working through numerous examples of crosslinguistic generalizations and diversity in syntax, morphology, and phonology, as well as vocabulary, writing systems, and signed languages. Chapter outlines and summaries, key words, a glossary, and copious literature references help the reader understand and internalize what they have read, while activities at the end of each chapter reinforce key points.