1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969266403321

Titolo

Linking up contrastive and learner corpus research / / edited by Gaëtanelle Gilquin, Szilvia Papp and María Belén Díez-Bedmar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2008

ISBN

9789401206204

9401206201

9781435677715

1435677714

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Language and computers ; ; no. 66

Altri autori (Persone)

GilquinGaëtanelle

PappSzilvia

Díez-BedmarMaría Belén

Disciplina

418

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Contrastive linguistics

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.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / Editors Linking up contrastive and learner corpus research -- Combining contrastive and interlanguage analysis to apprehend transfer: detection, explanation, evaluation / Gaëtanelle Gilquin -- Involvement features in writing: do time and interaction trump register awareness? / Annelie Ädel -- Creativity in the use of verb + noun combinations by Chinese learners of English / John Cross and Szilvia Papp -- Postverbal subjects at the interfaces in Spanish and Italian learners of L2 English: a corpus analysis / Cristóbal Lozano and Amaya Mendikoetxea -- Adverb placement in post-intermediate learner English: a contrastive study of learner corpora / John Osborne -- The use of the English article system by Chinese and Spanish learners / María Belén Díez-Bedmar and Szilvia Papp -- Participle clauses in learner English: the role of transfer / Christelle Cosme -- Easy to understand but difficult to use? Raising constructions and information packaging in the advanced learner variety / Marcus Callies -- Thematic choice in the written English of advanced Spanish and Dutch learners / Mike Hannay and Elena Martínez Caro -- An



exploratory study of discourse organisation in French L1, Dutch L1, French L2 and Dutch L2 written narratives / Annemie Demol and Pascale Hadermann.

Sommario/riassunto

The papers brought together in this volume explore, through corpus data, the link between contrastive and interlanguage analysis. Learner corpora are approached from a contrastive perspective, by comparing them with native corpora or corpus data produced by learners from other mother tongue backgrounds, or by combining them with contrastive data from multilingual (translation or comparable) corpora. The integration of these two frameworks, contrastive and learner corpus research, makes it possible to highlight crucial aspects of learner production, such as features of non-nativeness (errors, over- and underuse, unidiomatic expressions), including universal features of interlanguage, or more general issues like the question of transfer. The ten papers of this volume cover topics ranging from methodology to syntax (e.g. adverb placement, postverbal subjects), through lexis (collocations) and discourse (e.g. information packaging, thematic choice). The languages examined include English, Chinese, Dutch, French and Spanish. The book will be of interest to a wide array of readers, especially researchers in second language acquisition and contrastive linguistics, but also professionals working in foreign language teaching, such as language teachers, materials writers and language testers.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959194103321

Autore

Simplicius, of Cilicia

Titolo

On Aristotle On the heavens 1.3-4 / Simplicius ; translated by Ian Mueller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Bristol Classical Press, 2011

ISBN

9781472552235

1472552237

9781472501707

1472501705

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Disciplina

523.10901

523.101

Soggetti

Cosmology, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Paperback edition first published 2014"--T. p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Nota di contenuto

Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Translation of the text commented on (On the Heavens 1.3, 270a12-4); outline of the commentary -- Translation of the commentary -- Notes -- Appendix 1. The 'fragments' of Philoponus, Against Aristotle -- Appendix 2. The 'fragments' of Alexander's commentary on De Caelo -- Appendix 3. On the purity of the elements -- Appendix 4. The signs of the zodiac -- Bibliography -- Textual Questions -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages -- (a) Passages quoted by Simplicius -- (b) Early texts cited in the notes -- Index of Names -- (a) Names mentioned by Simplicius -- Scholars cited in the Introduction and Notes to the -- Translation -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This is the first English translation of Simplicius "responses to Philoponus" Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World. The commentary is published in two volumes: Ian Mueller's previous book in the series, Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.2-3, and this book on 1.3-4. Philoponus, the Christian, had argued that Aristotle' arguments do not succeed. For all they show to the contrary, Christianity may be right that the heavens were brought into existence by the only divine being and one moment in time, and will cease to



exist at some future moment. Simplicius upholds the pagan view that the heavens are eternal and divine, and argues that their eternity is shown by their astronomical movements coupled with certain principles of Aristotle. Until the launch of this series, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle constituted the largest corpus of Greek philosophical writings which had not been translated into English or other European languages. There are now over 100 volumes in the series."--Bloomsbury Publishing

This is the first English translation of Simplicius' responses to Philoponus' Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World. The commentary is published in two volumes: Ian Mueller's previous book in the series, Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.2-3, and this book on 1.3-4. Philoponus, the Christian, had argued that Aristotle's arguments do not succeed. For all they show to the contrary, Christianity may be right that the heavens were brought into existence by the only divine being and one moment in time, and will cease to exist at some future moment. Simplicius upholds the pagan view that the heavens are eternal and divine, and argues that their eternity is shown by their astronomical movements coupled with certain principles of Aristotle. The English translation in this volume is accompanied by a detailed introduction, extensive commentary notes and a bibliography.