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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511408403321

Titolo

Historical syntax and linguistic theory / / edited by Paola Crisma and Giuseppe Longobardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-156798-1

1-282-23509-5

9786612235092

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrismaPaola

LongobardiGiuseppe

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Historical linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-412) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theoretical issues in historical syntax -- pt. 2. External and internal sources of morphosyntactic change -- pt. 3. Parameter resetting and reanalysis.

Sommario/riassunto

This book of new work by leading international scholars considers developments in the study of diachronic linguistics and linguistic theory, including those concerned with the very definition of language change in the biolinguistic framework, parametric change in a minimalist conception of grammar, the tension between the observed gradual nature of language change and the binary nature of parameters, and whether syntactic change can be triggered internally or requires the externalstimuli produced by phonological or morphological change or through language contact. It then tests their value and



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136686903321

Autore

Dallaire Romeo

Titolo

Waiting for First Light : My Ongoing Battle with PTSD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2016

Mississauga : , : Random House of Canada, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-345-81445-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 pages)

Classificazione

BIO008000BIO026000PSY022040

Disciplina

616.85/210092

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Biography & Autobiography

Military

Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"At the heart of Waiting for First Light is a no-holds-barred self-portrait of a top political and military figure whose nights are invaded by despair, but who at first light faces the day with the renewed desire to make a difference in the world. Roméo Dallaire, traumatized by witnessing genocide on an imponderable scale in Rwanda, reflects in these pages on the nature of PTSD and the impact of that deep wound on his life since 1994, and on how he motivates himself and others to humanitarian work despite his constant struggle. Though he had been a leader in peace and in war at all levels up to deputy commander of the Canadian Army, his PTSD led to his medical dismissal from the Canadian Forces in April 2000, a blow that almost killed him. But he crawled out of the hole he fell into after he had to take off the uniform, and he has been inspiring people to give their all to multiple missions ever since, from ending genocide to eradicating the use of child soldiers to revolutionizing officer training so that our soldiers can better deal with the muddy reality of modern conflict zones and to revolutionizing our thinking about the changing nature of conflict itself."--