Nile Waters, Saharan Sands : Adventures of a Geomorphologist at Large / / by Martin Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910254105403321
• Autore: Williams M. A. J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• ISBN: 3-319-25445-6
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2016.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Collana: Springer Biographies, , 2365-0613
• Disciplina: 910
• Soggetti: Physical geography; Geography; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions); Popular Science in Geography
• 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 and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Early days -- 2. Boyhood in France (1950-1953) -- 3. Sheffield, the Pennines and Cambridge (1953-1962).- 4. Expeditions to the Libyan Desert (1962-1963).- 5. Blue and White Nile valleys, Sudan (1962-1964).- 6. Northern Territory, Canberra and Sydney, Australia (1964-1984).- 7. Adrar Bous, Central Sahara (1970) .- 8. Ethiopian Highlands and Rift Valley (1971-1978).- 9. Back to the Sudan: the White Nile valley and Jebel Marra volcano (1973-1983).- 10. Wadi Azaouak, Niger (1973-1974).- 11. Petra and Wadi Rum, Jordan (1975).- 12. Algeria and Tunisia (1979).- 13. Son and Belan Valleys, India (1980, 1982, 2005).- 14. Afar Hominids, Ethiopia (1981).- 15. Rajasthan, India (1983).- 16. Somalia (1988).- 17. Inner Mongolia, China (1999).- 18. Flinders Ranges, South Australia: Solving the Puzzle (1993-2007).- 19. Kenya (1999-2003).- 20. Mauritania, France, Argentina (2004-2014).- 21. Back to the Nile (2005-2012).- 22. Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, the author describes in simple, non-technical terms the adventures he has experienced during his work as an earth scientist in some of the remote parts of the arid and semi-arid world. His aim in writing this concise account of some of the work he has been involved in over the past fifty years is to try to convey to the non-specialist some of the excitement and fun involved in fieldwork in the drier ; regions of the world. His studies of the soils, landforms and the recent geological history of arid and semi-arid regions have taken Martin Williams to some remarkable places in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Not only are the landscapes themselves often stunningly beautiful, but the contact with people from quite different backgrounds and cultures has been an enriching experience. His work has taken him to places far off the beaten track, whether it be the rugged mountains of Ethiopia and northern China, the sandy deserts of the Sahara and Rajasthan, or the great river valleys of Somalia, central India and the Nile. The chapters that follow are not intended to form a coherent chronological narrative, although they do appear in rough chronological order. They should rather be viewed as vignettes or brief evocative descriptions, much as in the discursive tradition of the wandering Irish storytellers. Acting on the principle that it is not necessary to be solemn to be serious, the author aims to entertain as well as to instruct.

Grammatical relations in Romani : the noun phrase / / edited by Viktor Elšík, Yaron Matras ; with a foreword by Frans Plank

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967282303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2000
• ISBN: 9786613121585; 9781283121583; 1283121581; 9789027284433; 9027284431
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 pages). : illustrations
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 211
• Altri autori (Persone): ElšikViktor; MatrasYaron <1963->
• Disciplina: 491.4/975
• Soggetti: Romani language - Noun phrase; Romani language - Nominals
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Four of the eight contributions are based on papers presented at the ; 4th International Conference on Romani Linguistics, held Sept. 1998, University of Manchester, Manchester, Eng.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Romani nominal paradigms, their structure, diversity, and development /Viktor Elšík -- The definite article in Romani dialects / Norbert Boretzky -- Dialect variation in Romani personal pronouns / Viktor Elšík -- The structural and functional composition of Romani demonstratives / Yaron Matras -- Romani genitives in cross-linguistic perspective / Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm -- External possession in Romani / Mily Crevels & Peter Bakker -- Proleptic and resumptive object pronouns in Romani / Victor A. Friedman -- Was roto-Romani an ergative language? / Vít Bubeník.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first typologically-oriented collection on Romani that is devoted to a particular thematic domain - that of noun phrase grammar. The approach taken is unique in that it places this typologically hybrid language in the centre of a general linguistic, universal discussion of the relevant noun phrase phenomena. The book is also the first assembly of articles to deal with Romani as a whole on the basis of cross-dialectal samples, offering areal-typological, dialectological, and historicalinterpretations. The individual contributions discuss morphological and syntactic aspects of nominal and pronominal inflection, definite articles, demonstratives, genitive compounding, external possession, pronominal object doubling and morphosyntactic alignment. Contributors include leading experts in the fields of noun phrase grammar, Romani dialectologists, typologists and historical linguists.