1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137004003321

Autore

Müller Stefan <1968-, >

Titolo

Grammatical theory : from transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches / / Stefan Müller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Language Science Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

3-946234-40-2

3-946234-29-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 volumes in 1 [xx, [808] pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Textbooks in language sciences ; ; 1

Disciplina

415.01

Soggetti

Generative grammar

Government (Grammar)

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Linguistics

Computational linguistics

Language acquisition

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Germanic languages - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing (Phrase Structure Grammar, Transformational Grammar/Government & Binding, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, Head-​Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Construction Grammar, Tree Adjoining Grammar). The key assumptions are explained and it is shown how the respective theory treats arguments and adjuncts, the active/passive alternation, local reorderings, verb placement, and fronting of constituents over long distances. The analyses are



explained with German as the object language. The second part of the book compares these approaches with respect to their predictions regarding language acquisition and psycholinguistic plausibility. The nativism hypothesis, which assumes that humans posses genetically determined innate language-specific knowledge, is critically examined and alternative models of language acquisition are discussed. The second part then addresses controversial issues of current theory building such as the question of flat or binary branching structures being more appropriate, the question whether constructions should be treated on the phrasal or the lexical level, and the question whether abstract, non-visible entities should play a role in syntactic analyses. It is shown that the analyses suggested in the respective frameworks are often translatable into each other. The book closes with a chapter showing how properties common to all languages or to certain classes of languages can be captured. The book is a translation of the German book Grammatiktheorie, which was published by Stauffenburg in 2010.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002223909707536

Titolo

Average-case analysis of numerical problems [e-book] / edited by Klaus Ritter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer, 2000

ISBN

9783540455929

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 254 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1733-1733

Classificazione

AMS 60-02

AMS 60G

AMS 65-02

Altri autori (Persone)

Ritter, Klaus

Disciplina

518

Soggetti

Mathematics

Numerical analysis

Statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790253003321

Autore

Burlingame Michael

Titolo

With Lincoln in the White House [[electronic resource] ] : Letters, Memoranda, and other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2006

ISBN

9786613673930

0-8093-8823-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/092

973.7092

Soggetti

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 -- Correspondence

Private secretaries -- United States -- Correspondence

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives

United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865

Private secretaries - United States

United States - General

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Frontis; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

From the time of Lincoln's nomination for the presidency until his assassination, John G. Nicolay served as the Civil War president's chief personal secretary. Nicolay became an intimate of Lincoln and probably knew him as well as anyone outside his own family. Unlike John Hay, his subordinate, Nicolay kept no diary, but he did write several memoranda recording his chief's conversation that shed direct light on Lincoln. In his many letters to Hay, to his fiancée, Therena Bates, and to others, Nicolay often describes the mood at the White House as well as



events there. He also expr