A Unification of Morphology and Syntax

A Unification of Morphology and Syntax

Author: M. Rita Manzini

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-01-24

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1134167415

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Examining the morphosyntax of dialetics comprising Italy, Corsica and the Italian and Romantic-speaking areas of Switzerland, this original and innovative analysis presents previously unknown or understudied data from a variety of Romance dialects.


Italian Painting in the Age of Unification

Italian Painting in the Age of Unification

Author: Laura L. Watts

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1000400565

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Italian Painting in the Age of Unification reconstructs the artistic motivations and messaging of three artists—Tommaso Minardi, Francesco Hayez, and Gioacchino Toma—from three distinct regions in Italy prior to, during, and directly following political unification in 1861. Each artist, working in Rome, Milan, and Naples, respectively, adopted the visual narratives particular to his region, using style to communicate aspects of his political, religious, or social context. By focusing on these three figures, this study will introduce readers outside of Italy to their diversity of practice, and provide a means for understanding their place within the larger field of international nineteenth-century art, albeit a place largely distinct from the better-known French tradition. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, nationalism, Italian history, or Italian studies.


Is It Beautiful? a Journey from Separation Toward Unification

Is It Beautiful? a Journey from Separation Toward Unification

Author: Betty A. Luceigh

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2017-08-08

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1504384237

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Is It Beautiful? From her childhood, author Dr. Betty Luceigh felt an inner separation between science and spirit. In Is It Beautiful? she reveals her lifelong process toward unification of mind and heart through her memoirs, poems, and reflections. Her extraordinary vision of the Light of Beauty at age thirty-nine marked a dramatic shift in her spiritual awareness. Beauty became her mystery, companion, guide, and inspiration. Throughout the years, Luceigh has increasingly valued creativity, compassion, courage, and connections. Is It Beautiful? narrates her long arc of spiritual evolution and her deep yearning to share her awareness in service to others. Luceigh believes she will continue to experience the Light of Beauty as aging returns her home to the Oneness of existence. Praise for Is It Beautiful? An absorbing personal story of our common search for meaning and coherence in lifes ever-changing flow. Louise Jackson, Historian, Published Author This book offers readers a unified vision for our common future. Jann McGuire, DMin, Author, Illness as Initiation The author, like an artist, creates new connections from diverse palettes and illuminates beauty. Creatively energizing! Frances Wheatley, Art Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic


The Unification of Italy

The Unification of Italy

Author: John Gooch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 1134947690

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John Gooch's book is a concise introduction to the unification of the Italian states and the legacy of this union. Starting in 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the book goes on to explain how, despite the causes of disunity, these Italian states shared racial, linguistic, and cultural factors, which led to their eventual political unity.


Unification Grammars

Unification Grammars

Author: Nissim Francez

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 113950357X

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Grammars of natural languages can be expressed as mathematical objects, similar to computer programs. Such a formal presentation of grammars facilitates mathematical reasoning with grammars (and the languages they denote), as well as computational implementation of grammar processors. This book presents one of the most commonly used grammatical formalisms, Unification Grammars, which underlies contemporary linguistic theories such as Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG). The book provides a robust and rigorous exposition of the formalism that is both mathematically well-founded and linguistically motivated. While the material is presented formally, and much of the text is mathematically oriented, a core chapter of the book addresses linguistic applications and the implementation of several linguistic insights in unification grammars. Dozens of examples and numerous exercises (many with solutions) illustrate key points. Graduate students and researchers in both computer science and linguistics will find this book a valuable resource.


Information Structure and Agreement

Information Structure and Agreement

Author: Victoria Camacho-Taboada

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9027273022

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This collection consists of thirteen contributions focusing on the latest trends of information structure and agreement, couched in the most current developments of Minimalism, Cartography, and Optimality. Some chapters focus on the syntax of information structure in relation with the position occupied by different constituents in the CP domain and their interpretation such as the distinction between contrastive and corrective focus; the inclusion of given information in focus; the interplay of information structure and binding; the relative position of complementisers; and discourse-based constituents in the left periphery. Information structure is also analysed with regards to prominence phenomena at word level. Other chapters deal with the notion of agreement and its role in the syntax of specific constructions such as applicatives, correlatives, or different types of CP like relatives or embedded interrogatives. This selection of papers was originally presented at the 21st Colloquium on Generative Grammar, held at the University of Seville in April 2011.


On the Role of Contrast in Information Structure

On the Role of Contrast in Information Structure

Author: Jorina Brysbaert

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2024-06-04

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 3110986612

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In research on Information Structure, there is an ongoing discussion about the role of contrast. While most linguists consider contrast to be compatible with both focus and topic, some argue that it is an autonomous IS category. Contrast has been shown to be encoded by different linguistic means, such as specific morphemes, adverbials, clefts, prosodic cues. Hence, this concept is also related to other domains, in particular morphosyntax and prosody. The precise way in which they interact is however not yet entirely clear. Moreover, from a methodological point of view, the identification and annotation of contrast in corpora is not straightforward. This volume provides a selection of articles discussing the definition of contrast, the importance of distinguishing different types of contrast, the use of several encoding strategies, and the annotation of contrast in corpora using the Question Under Discussion Model. The contributions offer data on English, French, French Belgian Sign Language, German, Hindi, Italian and Spanish.