Author: Alastair Compston
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 1408706393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that have contributed to making the RCP what it is today, together adding up to 500 reflections on 500 years. Some of the people, ideas, objects and manuscripts featured are directly connected to the College, while others have had an influence that can still be felt in its work. This, the ninth book in the series looks at the libraries and archive of the Royal College.
RCP 9: Simples and Rarities Suitable and Honourable to the College
Author: Alastair Compston
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 1408706393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that have contributed to making the RCP what it is today, together adding up to 500 reflections on 500 years. Some of the people, ideas, objects and manuscripts featured are directly connected to the College, while others have had an influence that can still be felt in its work. This, the ninth book in the series looks at the libraries and archive of the Royal College.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 1408706393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that have contributed to making the RCP what it is today, together adding up to 500 reflections on 500 years. Some of the people, ideas, objects and manuscripts featured are directly connected to the College, while others have had an influence that can still be felt in its work. This, the ninth book in the series looks at the libraries and archive of the Royal College.
Rhythmic Grammar
Author: Julia Schlüter
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110219263
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This groundbreaking book highlights a phonological preference, the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation, as a factor in grammatical variation and change in English from the early modern period to the present. Though frequently overlooked in earlier research, the phonetically motivated avoidance of adjacent stresses is shown to exert an influence on a wide variety of phenomena in morphology and syntax. Based on in-depth analyses of extensive electronic databases, the book presents 20 exemplary studies from different structural categories. Among them are much-debated as well as novel issues, including the double comparative worser, 'predicative only' a- adjectives, variant past participles, the placement of the degree modifier quite, the order of conjuncts in binomials, the negation of attributive adjectives and sentence adverbs, variable adverbial marking, the use or omission of the infinitive marker, and the a- prefix before - ing forms. The studies provide qualitative and quantitative evidence of the importance of rhythmic alternation in synchronic variation as well as diachronic change, without neglecting interactions with a set of competing functional tendencies. Thus, the book contributes essential aspects to the description and explanation of the phenomena considered, calling for a fundamental revision of current thinking about the interface between phonology and morphosyntax. In addition, the empirical findings are brought to bear on theoretical discussions of more general interest, yielding a critical assessment of the merits and limitations of two nonmodular linguistic theories: Optimality Theory and spreading activation models. The latter type is developed into a comprehensive conception integrating functional factors such as the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation in an overarching framework for language variation and change. The wide range of subject areas covered makes the volume essential reading and a source of inspiration for linguists with interests as diverse as the phonology-morphosyntax interface, English grammar, the history of English, functional linguistics, Optimality Theory, as well as neuro- and psycholinguistics.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110219263
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This groundbreaking book highlights a phonological preference, the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation, as a factor in grammatical variation and change in English from the early modern period to the present. Though frequently overlooked in earlier research, the phonetically motivated avoidance of adjacent stresses is shown to exert an influence on a wide variety of phenomena in morphology and syntax. Based on in-depth analyses of extensive electronic databases, the book presents 20 exemplary studies from different structural categories. Among them are much-debated as well as novel issues, including the double comparative worser, 'predicative only' a- adjectives, variant past participles, the placement of the degree modifier quite, the order of conjuncts in binomials, the negation of attributive adjectives and sentence adverbs, variable adverbial marking, the use or omission of the infinitive marker, and the a- prefix before - ing forms. The studies provide qualitative and quantitative evidence of the importance of rhythmic alternation in synchronic variation as well as diachronic change, without neglecting interactions with a set of competing functional tendencies. Thus, the book contributes essential aspects to the description and explanation of the phenomena considered, calling for a fundamental revision of current thinking about the interface between phonology and morphosyntax. In addition, the empirical findings are brought to bear on theoretical discussions of more general interest, yielding a critical assessment of the merits and limitations of two nonmodular linguistic theories: Optimality Theory and spreading activation models. The latter type is developed into a comprehensive conception integrating functional factors such as the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation in an overarching framework for language variation and change. The wide range of subject areas covered makes the volume essential reading and a source of inspiration for linguists with interests as diverse as the phonology-morphosyntax interface, English grammar, the history of English, functional linguistics, Optimality Theory, as well as neuro- and psycholinguistics.
The War-ships of Europe: Being the Substance of a Work Recently Published in Amreica by Chief Engineer
Author: James Wilson King
Publisher:
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Category : Navies
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navies
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Report of J. W. King on European Ships of War and their Armament, Naval Administration and Economy, Marine Constructions, Torpedo-Warfare, Dock-Yards, etc., etc
Author: J. W. King
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Mineral Resources of the United States
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
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Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English
Author: Günter Rohdenburg
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110900017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects).
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110900017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects).
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
Author:
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London ...
Author: Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Minerals Yearbook
Author:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Developments in English Historical Morpho-Syntax
Author: Claudia Claridge
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027262470
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Spanning the time from Old English to modern American English, this volume provides fresh perspectives on core issues and theories in the morphosyntactic history of English nominal, verbal and adverbial constructions. The contributions discuss the loss, rise and restructuring of morphonological marking, periphrastic verbal constructions, auxiliary variation and evolution, as well as changing word order options. Favouring corpus-linguistic, frequency-based and statistical approaches, the studies are firmly empirically grounded. The book is aimed at scholars interested in the history of the English language and in language variation and change.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027262470
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Spanning the time from Old English to modern American English, this volume provides fresh perspectives on core issues and theories in the morphosyntactic history of English nominal, verbal and adverbial constructions. The contributions discuss the loss, rise and restructuring of morphonological marking, periphrastic verbal constructions, auxiliary variation and evolution, as well as changing word order options. Favouring corpus-linguistic, frequency-based and statistical approaches, the studies are firmly empirically grounded. The book is aimed at scholars interested in the history of the English language and in language variation and change.