The German language : a linguistic introduction / / Jean Boase-Beier and Ken Lodge

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911097873903321
• Autore: Boase-Beier Jean
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Publishing, c2003
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : charts
• Altri autori (Persone): LodgeK. R (Ken R.)
• Disciplina: 438/.0071
• Soggetti: German language - Study and teaching; Linguistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.
• 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 Phonology; 3.4 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 Affricates; 5.5 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 Iconicity; 7.7 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.

Multilingual Subjects : On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long Eighteenth Century / / Daniel DeWispelare

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911126534903321
• Autore: DeWispelare Daniel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 9780812293999; 0812293991
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Classificazione: HF 510
• Disciplina: 306.442/21
• Soggetti: English language - Political aspects - English-speaking countries - History - 18th century; English language - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 18th century; Multilingualism - English-speaking countries - History - 18th century; History; Electronic books.; Great Britain; English-speaking countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-328) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction. Multiplicity and Relation: Toward an Anglophone Eighteenth Century; MULTILINGUAL LIVES: Peros, Jack, Neptune, and Cupid; Chapter 1. The Multilingualism of the Other: Politics, Counterpolitics, Anglophony, and Beyond; MULTILINGUAL LIVES: Reverend Lyons; Chapter 2. De Copia: Language, Politics, and Aesthetics; MULTILINGUAL LIVES: Dorothy Pentreath and William Bodener; Chapter 3. De Libertate: Anglophony and the Idea of "Free" Translation; MULTILINGUAL LIVES: Joseph Emin; Chapter 4. Literacy Fictions: Making Linguistic Difference Legible.; MULTILINGUAL LIVES: Antera DukeChapter 5. The "Alien Wealth" of "Lucky Contaminations": Freedom, Labor, and Translation; MULTILINGUAL LIVES: Sequoyah; Conclusion. Anglophone Futures: Globalization and Divination, Language and the Humanities; Appendix ; A. Selected "Dialect" Prose; Appendix B. Selected "Dialect" Poetry; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Acknowledgments.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the eighteenth century, the British Empire pursued its commercial ambitions across the globe, greatly expanding its colonial presence, and with it, the reach of the English language. During this era, a standard form of English was taught in the British provinces just as it was increasingly exported from the British Isles to colonial outposts in North America, the Caribbean, South Asia, Oceania, and West Africa. Under these conditions, a monolingual politics of Standard English came to obscure other forms of multilingual and dialect writing, forms of writing that were made to appear as inferior, provincial, or foreign oddities. Daniel DeWispelare's Multilingual Subjects at once documents how different varieties of English became sidelined as "dialects" and asserts the importance of both multilingualism and dialect writing to eighteenth-century anglophone culture. By looking at the lives of a variety of multilingual and nonstandard speakers and writers who have rarely been discussed together-individuals ranging from slaves and indentured servants to translators, rural dialect speakers, and others-DeWispelare suggests that these language practices were tremendously valuable to the development of anglophone literary aesthetics even as Standard English became dominant throughout the ever-expanding English-speaking world.

Cities in the technology economy / / Darrene L. Hackler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911138539003321
• Autore: Hackler Darrene L. <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-317-47452-X; 1-315-70566-4; 1-317-47453-8; 1-280-91226-X; 9786610912261; 0-7656-2219-X; 9781315705668
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Collana: Cities and contemporary society
• Classificazione: 83.62
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetti: City planning; Cities and towns - Effect of technological innovations on; Technology - Economic aspects; Technology - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The dawn of the technology economy -- Defining the technology economy -- Cities and technology economy sectors -- Economic development and the technology economy in cities -- Entrepreneurial cities in the technology economy -- Local policy action in the technology economy.
• Sommario/riassunto: Recognizing the pivotal role that local governments play in the high-tech economy, this book examines the effect of technology industries and infrastructures on cities and the local policy actions required for effective response to these challenges. It provides coverage of the technology economy with respect to cities and economic development.