A further discovery of the mystery of the last times; [[electronic resource] ] : as an addition to a little book, called Some discoveries of the mystery of the last times, bordering upon the coming of the Lord Jesus. Set forth for the good of all men; but especially of those who in these dissenting times (wherein Ephraim envieth Juda, and Juda vexeth Ephraim) know not where to settle themselves, or to what society of Christians to joyn themselves: wherein is (as simply and plainly, as the author was able to open those mysterious scriptures quoted in this following treatise) shewed the cause of all our divisions and contentions about matters pertaining to form and order in the church of Jesus Christ; and wherein is moderately proved from those scriptures these particulars. 1. The flourishing and building condition of the church of Jesus Christ in the time of the gospel. ... 7. Lastly, that the Lord Jesus will by himself destroy all those enemies, and deliver his people, when the restoration of all things shall be

• Record Nr.: UNISA996392032503316
• Autore: Mercer Richard <fl. 1649-1651.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed for W. Roybould, at the Unicorn in Paul's Church-yard, 1651
• Descrizione fisica: [8], 52 p
• Altri autori (Persone): MercerRichard <fl. 1649-1651.>
• Soggetti: Devotional literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Signed on p. [8]: Richard Mercer.; Annotation on Thomason copy: "July 24".; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018

The fate of mood and modality in language death : evidence from minor finnic / / Petar Kehayov

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825053603321
• Autore: Kehayov Petar
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 3-11-052199-7; 3-11-052408-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; Volume 307
• Classificazione: ES 425
• Disciplina: 415.6
• Soggetti: Modality (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general - Mood
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- Transliteration and transcription conventions -- Abbreviations of languages, dialects and names of settlements (in Russian and in the respective Finnic variety) -- Abbreviations of linguistic notions -- List of figures. List of maps. List of tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2 Language death: current state of the research -- 3. Mood and modality: definitions, semantic values and their organization -- 4. Mood and modality meets language death -- 5. The languages studied -- 6. Methods of inquiry -- 7. Intensity of the language contact and the degree of contraction outside MM-domain -- 8. MM in the receding varieties -- 9. Toward a uniform account of the phenomena observed in the domain of MM -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendices: examples of elicited linguistic data -- Appendix I. Q5: materials from Eastern Seto -- Appendix II. Non-controlled elicitation: materials from Central Lude -- References -- Language index: Finnic varieties -- Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Research into the “grammar of language death” is often biased toward formal processes (e.g. paradigmatic levelling). In this study the author changes the perspective and shows that the relative susceptibility of linguistic elements to loss, change and innovation in language death ; circumstances can be dependent on meaning and thus organized along semantic notions rather than along structure.