Common and Comparative Slavic

Common and Comparative Slavic PDF Author: Charles Edward Townsend
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Common and Comparative Slavic

Common and Comparative Slavic PDF Author: Charles Edward Townsend
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Selected writings

Selected writings PDF Author: Roman Jakobson
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110106053
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438

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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax PDF Author: Guglielmo Cinque
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195136519
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 990

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Its twenty-one commissioned chapters serve two functions: they provide a general and theoretical introduction to comparative syntax, its methodology, and its relation to other domains of linguistic inquiry; and they also provide a systematic selection of the best comparative work being done today on those language groups and families where substantial progress has been achieved." "This volume will be an essential resource for scholars and students in formal linguistics."--Jacket.

Selected Writings

Selected Writings PDF Author: Roman Jakobson
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110106060
Category : Poetics
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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The Way of the Linguist

The Way of the Linguist PDF Author: Steve Kaufmann
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1420873296
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.

Roman Jakobson

Roman Jakobson PDF Author: Daniel Armstrong
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112329783
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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A selected bibliography of Slavic linguistics 1

A selected bibliography of Slavic linguistics 1 PDF Author: Edward Stankiewicz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111570673
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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A Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian Language

A Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian Language PDF Author: I͡Uriĭ Sherekh
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Category : Ukrainian language
Languages : en
Pages : 824

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New Approaches to Slavic Verbs of Motion

New Approaches to Slavic Verbs of Motion PDF Author: Viktoria Hasko
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027205825
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 407

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This volume unifies a wide breadth of interdisciplinary studies examining the expression of motion in Slavic languages. The contributors to the volume have joined in the discussion of Slavic motion talk from diachronic, typological, comparative, cognitive, and acquisitional perspectives with a particular focus on verbs of motion, the nuclei of the lexicalization patterns for encoding motion. Motion verbs are notorious among Slavic linguists for their baffling idiosyncratic behavior in their lexical, semantic, syntactical, and aspectual characteristics. The collaborative effort of this volume is aimed both at highlighting and accounting for the unique properties of Slavic verbs of motion and at situating Slavic languages within the larger framework of typological research investigating cross-linguistic encoding of the motion domain. Due to the multiplicity of approaches to the linguistic analysis the collection offers, it will suitably complement courses and programs of study focusing on Slavic linguistics as well as typology, diachronic and comparative linguistics, semantics, and second language acquisition. "This important book is a model of in-depth exploration that is much needed: intra-typological, diachronic, and synchronic exploration of contrasting ways of encoding a particular semantic domain û in this case the domain of motion events. The various Slavic languages present contrasting but related solutions to the intersection of motion and aspect. And, as a group, they offer alternate forms of satellite-framed typology, in contrast to the more heavily studied Germanic languages of this general type. The up-to-date and interdisciplinary nature of the volume makes it essential reading in cognitive and typological linguistics."-Dan I. Slobin, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley "A feast for the mind, with untold riches and variety: different approaches, patterns and usage, diachronic as well as synchronic, Slavic and not just Russian. All on a high intellectual level from capable scholars. Ful besy were the editors in every thing, That to the feste was appertinent."-Alan Timberlake, Columbia University

Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics

Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics PDF Author: Philip Baldi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9781588115843
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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This collection of twenty-nine research papers is dedicated to the eminent Balticist, Slavicist and Indo-Europeanist, William R. Schmalstieg in commemoration of his seventy-fifth birthday. It contains contributions by specialists of mainly Baltic and Indo-European linguistics which are reflective of Schmalstieg's own scholarly interests over the decades of his career, including technical aspects of Baltic and Indo-European phonology, morphology and syntax, etymology, language universals, the history of linguistics and the Baltic text tradition. Contributors include prominent scholars from the United States and Europe, both east and west. All papers are in English, and all linguistic material in less commonly known languages is provided with an English translation, making the contents accessible to a wider audience of readers.