1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783245103321

Autore

Johansson Sverker <1961->

Titolo

Origins of language [[electronic resource] ] : constraints on hypotheses / / Sverker Johansson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2005

ISBN

90-272-9460-7

90-272-3891-X

1-4237-6138-3

9786612156885

1-282-15688-8

Descrizione fisica

xi, 345 p. : ill

Collana

Converging evidence in language and communication research ; ; v. 5

Disciplina

401 22

Soggetti

Language and languages - Origin

Human evolution

Biolinguistics

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 and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816506703321

Titolo

Authority and displacement in the English-speaking world . Volume II Exploring American shores / / edited by Florence Labaune-Demeule

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8739-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

303.36

Soggetti

Authority

Authority in literature

Displacement (Psychology) in literature

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Whether one thinks of the modern world or of more remote times, both seem to have been affected - if not moulded - by the interaction between the concepts of authority and displacement. Indeed, political and social sources of authority have often been the causes of major geographical displacements, as can be illustrated by the numerous waves of migration which have been observed in the past and which are still present today, such as the transportation of slaves from African to American coasts in colonial times.If displacement can often be understood as spatial displacement, it can also be syno