1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456701703321

Autore

Carstairs-McCarthy Andrew <1945->

Titolo

The evolution of morphology [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-38309-4

9786612383090

0-19-155962-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Studies in the evolution of language ; ; 14

Disciplina

415.9

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphosyntax

Historical linguistics

Electronic books.

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Design in language and design in biology; 2 Why there is morphology: Traditional accounts; 3 A cognitive-articulatory dilemma; 4 Modes of synonymy avoidance; 5 The ancestors of affixes; 6 The ancestors of stem alternants; 7 Derivation, compounding, and lexical storage; 8 Morphological homonymy and morphological meanings; 9 Conclusions; References; Language Index; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the evolution of the grammatical structure of words in the more general contexts of human evolution and the origins of language. The consensus in many fields is that language is well designed for its purpose, and became so either through natural selection or by virtue of non-biological constraints on how language must be structured. Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy argues that in certain crucial respects language is not optimally designed. This can be seen, he suggests,in the existence of not one but two kinds of grammatical organization - syntax and morphology - and in the morpho



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793497703321

Autore

Young Rebecca L.

Titolo

Confronting climate crises through education : reading our way forward / / Rebecca L. Young ; foreword by John Adams ; afterword by David W. Orr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-3597-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Collana

Ecocritical theory and practice

Disciplina

363.70071

Soggetti

Environmental education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996199793303316

Titolo

Coup [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on the political crisis in Fiji / / editors Brij V. Lal with Michael Pretes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : ANU E Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-921536-37-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

996.11

Soggetti

Coups d'état - Fiji

Fiji Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.