1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463108703321

Autore

Cohen Getzel M

Titolo

The Hellenistic settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India [[electronic resource] /] / Getzel M. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013

ISBN

0-520-95356-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (454 p.)

Collana

Hellenistic Culture and Society ; ; 54

Disciplina

939/.6

Soggetti

Cities and towns, Ancient - Assyria

Cities and towns, Ancient - Asia, Central

Greeks - Assyria - History

Greeks - Asia, Central - History

Electronic books.

Greece Colonies History

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The Sources -- An Overview -- I. ARMENIA -- II. NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA -- III. ASSYRIA AND APOLLONIATIS/SITTAKENE -- IV. SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF -- V. ELYMAIS, SUSIANA, PERSIS, AND CARMANIA -- VI. MEDIA, HYRCANIA, AND PARTHIA -- VII. ARIA, SOGDIANA, BACTRIA, AND ARACHOSIA -- VIII. INDIA -- APPENDICES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Maps

Sommario/riassunto

This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen's important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and others, Greek and Macedonian culture spread deep into Asia, with colonists settling as far away as Bactria and India. In this book, Cohen provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the Graeco-Macedonian settlements founded (or refounded) in the East. Organized geographically, Cohen pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects, making a distinct contribution to ongoing questions and opening new avenues of inquiry.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451159303321

Autore

Sampson Geoffrey <1944->

Titolo

Empirical linguistics [[electronic resource] /] / Geoffrey Sampson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, 2001

ISBN

1-281-29842-5

9786611298425

1-84714-431-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Open linguistics series

Disciplina

410/.1

410.1

Soggetti

Linguistics - Methodology

Language and languages

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; Sources and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 From central embedding to empirical linguistics; 3 Many Englishes or one English?; 4 Depth in English grammar; 5 Demographic correlates of complexity in British speech; 6 The role of taxonomy; 7 Good-Turing frequency estimation without tears; 8 Objective evidence is all we need; 9 What was Transformational Grammar?; 10 Evidence against the grammatical/ungrammatical distinction; 11 Meaning and the limits of science; References; URL list; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Linguistics has become an empirical science again after several decades when it was preoccupied with speakers' hazy ""intuitions"" about language structure. With a mixture of English-language case studies and more theoretical analyses, Geoffrey Sampson gives an overview of some of the new findings and insights about the nature of language which are emerging from investigations of real-life speech and writing, often (although not always) using computers and electronic language samples (""corpora""). Concrete evidence is brought to bear to resolve long-standing questions such as ""Is there one E