1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154938003321

Autore

Keller Susanna

Titolo

The Bill of Rights / / Susanna Keller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, , 2017

ISBN

1-5081-0330-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits

Collana

Let's Find Out! Primary Sources

Disciplina

342.7303

Soggetti

Constitutional amendments

Civil rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A primary source -- Individual rights -- The history of the Bill of Rights -- The 1st Amendment -- The 2nd Amendment -- The 3rd and 4th Amendments -- The 5th Amendment -- The 6th, 7th, and 8th Amendments -- The 9th Amendment -- The 10th Amendment -- The Bill of Rights today.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces young readers to the fundamentals of the Bill of Rights. It makes use of primary sources, such as direct quotes and images of original documents, places, and other artifacts from the time period.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140602403321

Autore

Urgelles-Coll Miriam

Titolo

The syntax and semantics of discourse markers / / Miriam Urgelles-Coll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010

ISBN

1-282-57685-2

9786612576850

1-4411-2605-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics

Disciplina

401.41

Soggetti

Discourse markers

Discourse analysis

Sociolinguistics

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. [164]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 3 HPSG and SDRT; 4 Anyway: An Informal Analysis; 5 Anyway: A Formal Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Miriam Urgelles-Col examines the syntax and semantics of discourse markers.  A discourse marker can loosely be defined as an item such as well or now , coming at the beginning of an utterance and marking a boundary between one part of spoken discourse and the next, signalling the start of a new section of the discourse. They perform important functions in conversation -- but defining discourse markers is problematic in itself. The syntactic approach employed in this book to describe discourse markers is Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) which is relevant in a theory of