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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462186303321

Autore

Boase-Beier Jean

Titolo

The German Language [[electronic resource] ] : A Linguistic Introduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LodgeKen R

Disciplina

430

438/.0071

Soggetti

German language

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is the German Language?; 1.2 A Linguistic Description; 1.3 The Grammar and Grammatical Knowledge; 1.4 Other Linguistic Knowledge; 1.5 Further Reading; 2 Syntax; 2.1 The Concept of Syntax; 2.2 Phrase Structures of German; 2.3 Case in German; 2.4 The Position of the German Verb; 2.5 Syntactic Processes; 2.6 Further Reading; Exercises; 3 Morphology; 3.1 Morphemes and Morphology; 3.2 Morphology and Word-Formation; 3.2.1 Inflection; 3.2.2 Derivation; 3.2.3 Compounding; 3.2.4 Conversion; 3.2.5 Other Morphological Processes

3.3 The Relationship between Morphology and Phonology3.4 Productivity; 3.5 Borrowings from Other Languages; 3.6 The Relationship between Morphology and Syntax; 3.7 Further Reading; Exercises; 4 Phonetics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Air-stream Type; 4.3 State of the Glottis; 4.4 State of the Velum; 4.5 Oral Articulators; 4.6 Manner; 4.7 Lip Position; 4.8 Vocoid Articulations; 4.9 Place of Articulation; 4.10 Resonance; 4.11 Voice Onset Time; 4.12 The Transcription of German and English; 4.13 Further Reading; Exercises; 5 Phonology; 5.1 Preliminaries; 5.2 Syllable Structure; 5.3 The Obstruents

5.4 Affricates5.5 Nasals; 5.6 Other Consonants; 5.7 Vowels; 5.8 Connected Speech; 5.8.1 Assimilation; 5.8.2 Lenition; 5.8.3 Shortening; 5.8.4 Deletion; 5.9 Further Reading; Exercises; 6 Lexis; 6.1 The Lexicon and the Nature of Lexical Entries; 6.2 Thematic Structure; 6.3 Categories of Lexical Items; 6.4 The Meaning of Lexical Items; 6.5 The



Nature of Lexical Items; 6.6 Relations among Lexical Items; 6.7 Sense Relations; 6.8 Further Reading; Exercises; 7 Stylistics; 7.1 Stylistics and the Style of Texts; 7.2 Style and Deviation; 7.3 Stylistic Principles; 7.4 Metaphor; 7.5 Repetition

7.6 Iconicity7.7 Compression; 7.8 Ambiguity; 7.9 Cohesion; 7.10 Style and Choice; 7.11 Further Reading; Exercises; 8 Historical Background; 8.1 Preliminaries; 8.2 Phonology; 8.3 Umlaut; 8.4 Morphology; 8.5 Syntactic Changes; 8.6 Lexical and Semantic Changes; 8.7 External Influences; 8.8 Further Reading; Exercises; 9 Contemporary Variation; 9.1 Preliminaries; 9.2 Variation by Use; 9.3 Variation by User; 9.3.1 Regional Accents; 9.3.2 Morphological and Syntactic Variation; 9.3.3 Lexical Variation; 9.4 Further Reading; Exercises; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The German Language introduces students of German to a linguistic way of looking at the language. Written from a Chomksyan perspective, this volume covers the basic structural components of the German language: syntax, morphology, phonetics, phonology, and the lexicon.Explores the linguistic structure of German from current theoretical perspectives. Written from a Chomksyan perspective, this volume covers the basic structural components of the German language: syntax, morphology, phonetics, phonology, and the lexicon. Serves as a valuable resource for stu



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463640803321

Autore

Berzin Gabriella

Titolo

Avicenna in medieval Hebrew translation : Todros Todrosi's translation of Kitab al-najat, on psychology and metaphysics / / by Gabriella Berzin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28197-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science : Texts and Studies, , 0169-8729 ; ; Volume 91

Disciplina

181/.5

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting - History - To 1500

Arabic literature - 750-1258

Hebrew literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Psychology

Metaphysics

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

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Ṭodros Ṭodrosi’s Hebrew Translation of Kitāb al-Najāt (Haẓalat ha-Nefesh), Section Two, Treatise Six: “On the Soul” -- Ṭodros Ṭodrosi’s Method of Translation: A Study of Language and Translation Techniques -- Shem Ṭov ben Joseph Ibn Falaquera and Ṭodros Ṭodrosi: Two Translators of a Similar Text -- Conclusion -- Avicenna’s Metaphysics in Ṭodros Ṭodrosi’s Incomplete Hebrew Translation of Kitāb al-Najāt, III -- Glossaries -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, Gabriella Elgrably-Berzin offers an analysis of the fourteenth-century Hebrew translation of a major eleventh-century philosophical text: Avicenna’s Kitāb al-Najāt (The Book of Salvation), focusing on the psychology treatise on physics. The translator of this work was Ṭodros Ṭodrosi, the main Hebrew translator of Avicenna’s philosophical writings. This study includes a critical edition of Ṭodrosi’s translation, based on two manuscripts as compared to the Arabic



edition (Cairo, 1938), and an appendix featuring the section on metaphysics. By analyzing Ṭodrosi’s language and terminology and making his Hebrew translation available for the first time, Berzin’s study will help enable scholars to trace the borrowings from Todrosi’s translations in Jewish sources, shedding light on the transmission and impact of Avicenna’s philosophy.