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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465998903321

Autore

Schorer Nicolas

Titolo

The Dura language : grammar and phylogeny / / by Nicolas Schorer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2016]

ISBN

90-04-32640-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library

Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region ; ; v. 5/17

Disciplina

495/.4

Soggetti

Dura language - Grammar

Dura language - History

Extinct languages - Nepal

Electronic books.

Lamjung (Nepal : District) Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Dura and Their Language -- 3 A Typological Overview -- 4 Towards a Phonology of Dura -- 5 Lexicon -- 6 Nouns -- 7 Adjectives and Adjectivals -- 8 Verbs -- 9 Adverbs -- 10 Minor Word Classes -- 11 Phylogenetic Evidence -- Appendix -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Dura Language: Grammar andamp; Phylogeny Nicolas Schorer provides the definite descriptive account of this hitherto poorly documented language of Lamjung, Nepal. The Dura language is effectively extinct, although attempts at revival may be undertaken by well-intentioned members of Dura ethnicity. On the basis of a comprehensive study and analysis of all of the extant Dura language material, the book outlines the phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, lexical and syntactic properties as well as the phylogenetic position of the language in unprecedented detail. The result of the phylogenetic inquiry will help explain some of the sociocultural realities associated with the Dura community in Nepal and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the linguistic landscape of the Himalayas.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453351303321

Autore

Linné Carl von <1707-1778.>

Titolo

Linnaeus' Philosophia botanica [[electronic resource] /] / translated by Stephen Freer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

9786612365720

1-280-91421-1

1-282-36572-X

9786610914210

0-19-154486-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxv, 402 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

FreerStephen

Disciplina

580.12

Soggetti

Plants

Botany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in Stockholm and Amsterdam in 1751.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-364) and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations of modern biological systematics and nomenclature. Inspired by the work of his predecessors and contemporaries, Linnaeus was the first scientist to develop a coherent system for describing, classifying and naming organisms. The method he developed, known as binominal nomenclature, is the classification system still used in botany and zoology today.; Philosophia Botanica was first published in 1751. Its publication followed that of several earlier works written by Linnaeus such as his Systema Naturae (1735) and Fundamenta Botanica (1736). Philosophia Botanica is an expanded version of Fundamenta Botanica with added commentary, and represents a critical stage in the evolution of Linnaeus' ideas and the development of his binominal nomenclature applied to plants.; In this new translation of Philosophia Botanica, example pages from Linnaeus' original Latin text are presented alongside Stephen Freer's English translation of the complete text. The book contains images of all eleven



of the original plates, which illustrate the shapes of leaves and other plant structures and forms. Also included are Linnaeus' explanations of the effects of soil and climatic conditions on plant growth, plus six short memoranda that describe Linnaeus' botanical excursions, his ideas for garden lay-out and herbarium construction, and his thoughts on what was required of a botanist and his pupils. The Introduction, dedicated to the memory of Professor William Stearn is by Professor Paul Alan Cox of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, Hawaii.; This beautifully presented translation of Philosophia Botanica, is a valuable resource to botanists, taxonomists, r storians and all interested individuals, who will gain greater access to, and new insights into, the work of Carl

Linnaeus, the father of modern systematics.