Noun-modifying constructions in Japanese [[electronic resource] ] : a frame-semantic approach / / Yoshiko Matsumoto

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461446803321
• Autore: Matsumoto Yoshiko <1954->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub., c1997
• ISBN: 1-283-28038-8; 9786613280381; 90-272-8195-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Collana: Studies in language companion series (SLCS), , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 35
• Disciplina: 495.6/5
• Soggetti: Japanese language - Relative clauses; Japanese language - Noun phrase; Japanese language - Syntax; 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 (p. [191]-203) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Syntactic and Descriptive Approaches to Noun Modification; 3 Construal and the Variety of Noun-Modifying Constructions : Descriptionand Framework; 4 Analysis of Noun-Modifying Constructions I: CH-type; 5 Analysis of Noun-Modifying Constructions II: NH-type and CNH-type; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study examines the clausal noun-modifying construction (NMC) in Japanese, a much-discussed construction that embraces what have usually been called relative clause and noun complement constructions. Drawing upon a broad range of naturally-occurring NMCs, including types that fall outside the domains of relative clause and noun complement constructions, Yoshiko Matsumoto argues for an analysis of NMCs that gives an important role to semantics and pragmatics. The framework in which this approach is presented draws from, and further refines, concepts of frame semantics. By using a frame sema

The most learned of the Shiʻa [[electronic resource] ] : the institution of the Marjaʻ taqlid / / edited by Linda S. Walbridge

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465556803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1-4237-2651-0; 1-280-48091-2; 0-19-534393-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WalbridgeLinda S
• Disciplina: 297.6/1
• Soggetti: Murjiʼah; Taqlīd; Authority - Religious aspects - Islam; Shīʻah - Doctrines; 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; Contributors; Introduction: Shi'ism and Authority; PART I: TRADITION; 1 The Life of an 'Alim; 2 The Imam's Return: Messianic Leadership in Late Medieval Shi'ism; 3 Fayd al-Kashani and the Rejection of the Clergy/State Alliance: Friday Prayer as Politics in the Safavid Period; 4 The Economic Role of the Ulama in Qajar Persia; 5 Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority; 6 Fatima's Religious Authority in an Early Work by the Bab; PART II: REFORMATION; 7 Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: The Search for New Foundations; 8 Baqir al-Sadr's Quest for the Marja'iya; 9 'Alima Bint al-Huda, Women's Advocate10 The Fundamental Problem in the Clerical Establishment; 11 Analysis of Khomeini's Proofs for al-Wilaya al-Mutlaqa (Comprehensive Authority) of the Jurist; PART III: THE SURVIVAL OF THE TRADITION; 12 Fadlallah and the Remaking of the Marja 'iya; 13 The Portrayal of an Academic Rivalry: Najaf and Qum in the Writings and Speeches of Khomeini, 1964-78; 14 The Counterreformation: Becoming a Marja' in the Modern World; 15 The Marja' and the Survival of a Community: The Shi'a of Medina; Glossary; ; A; B; F; G; H; I; K; M; N; Q; S; T; U; W; Z; Index; A; B; C; D; EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of essays explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shi'ism. The contributors look at a variety of historical periods - from medieval to modern - to reveal the social, political, and theological factors that have influenced the development of Shi'ite leadership.