Catching language [[electronic resource] ] : the standing challenge of grammar writing / / edited by Felix K. Ameka, Alan Dench, Nicholas Evans
| Catching language [[electronic resource] ] : the standing challenge of grammar writing / / edited by Felix K. Ameka, Alan Dench, Nicholas Evans |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : M. de Gruyter, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (672 p.) |
| Disciplina | 808/.066418 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AmekaFelix K
DenchAlan Charles EvansNicholas <1956-> |
| Collana | Trends in linguistics.Studies and monographs |
| Soggetto topico | Language and languages - Grammars - Authorship |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-19406-2
9786612194061 3-11-019769-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Catching language -- Grammaticography: The art and craft of writing grammars -- Real descriptions: Reflections on native speaker and non-native speaker descriptions of a language -- Realizing Humboldt's dream: Cross-linguistic grammatography as data-base creation -- The organization of reference grammars: A typologist user's point of view -- Calculus of possibilities as a technique in linguistic typology -- Descriptive theories, explanatory theories, and Basic Linguistic Theory -- Let the language tell its story? The role of linguistic theory in writing grammars -- On describing word order -- Heterosemy and the grammar-lexicon trade-off -- Field semantics and grammar-writing: Stimulibased techniques and the study of locative verbs -- Taking a closer look at function verbs: Lexicon, grammar, or both? -- Converbs in an African perspective -- From Eurocentrism to Sinocentrism: The case of disposal constructions in Sinitic languages -- How to miss a paradigm or two: Multifunctional ma- in Tagalog -- The interplay of synchronic and diachronic discovery in Siouan grammar-writing -- The historical and cultural dimensions in grammar formation: The case of Modern Greek -- Polylectal grammar and Royal Thai -- Writing culture in grammar in the Americanist tradition -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454210103321 |
| Berlin ; ; New York, : M. de Gruyter, c2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catching language [[electronic resource] ] : the standing challenge of grammar writing / / edited by Felix K. Ameka, Alan Dench, Nicholas Evans
| Catching language [[electronic resource] ] : the standing challenge of grammar writing / / edited by Felix K. Ameka, Alan Dench, Nicholas Evans |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : M. de Gruyter, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (672 p.) |
| Disciplina | 808/.066418 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AmekaFelix K
DenchAlan Charles EvansNicholas <1956-> |
| Collana | Trends in linguistics.Studies and monographs |
| Soggetto topico | Language and languages - Grammars - Authorship |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Linguistic typology
grammar |
| ISBN |
1-282-19406-2
9786612194061 3-11-019769-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Catching language -- Grammaticography: The art and craft of writing grammars -- Real descriptions: Reflections on native speaker and non-native speaker descriptions of a language -- Realizing Humboldt's dream: Cross-linguistic grammatography as data-base creation -- The organization of reference grammars: A typologist user's point of view -- Calculus of possibilities as a technique in linguistic typology -- Descriptive theories, explanatory theories, and Basic Linguistic Theory -- Let the language tell its story? The role of linguistic theory in writing grammars -- On describing word order -- Heterosemy and the grammar-lexicon trade-off -- Field semantics and grammar-writing: Stimulibased techniques and the study of locative verbs -- Taking a closer look at function verbs: Lexicon, grammar, or both? -- Converbs in an African perspective -- From Eurocentrism to Sinocentrism: The case of disposal constructions in Sinitic languages -- How to miss a paradigm or two: Multifunctional ma- in Tagalog -- The interplay of synchronic and diachronic discovery in Siouan grammar-writing -- The historical and cultural dimensions in grammar formation: The case of Modern Greek -- Polylectal grammar and Royal Thai -- Writing culture in grammar in the Americanist tradition -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782513103321 |
| Berlin ; ; New York, : M. de Gruyter, c2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Perspectives on grammar writing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas E. Payne, David J. Weber
| Perspectives on grammar writing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas E. Payne, David J. Weber |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 218 p |
| Disciplina | 808/.066418 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PayneThomas Edward <1951->
WeberDavid <1947-> |
| Collana | Benjamins current topics |
| Soggetto topico | Language and languages - Grammars - Authorship |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15273-4
9786612152733 90-272-9208-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454322903321 |
| Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Perspectives on grammar writing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas E. Payne, David J. Weber
| Perspectives on grammar writing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas E. Payne, David J. Weber |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 218 p |
| Disciplina | 808/.066418 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PayneThomas Edward <1951->
WeberDavid <1947-> |
| Collana | Benjamins current topics |
| Soggetto topico | Language and languages - Grammars - Authorship |
| ISBN |
1-282-15273-4
9786612152733 90-272-9208-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782171203321 |
| Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Perspectives on grammar writing / / edited by Thomas E. Payne, David J. Weber
| Perspectives on grammar writing / / edited by Thomas E. Payne, David J. Weber |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 Online-Ressource (218 pages) |
| Disciplina | 808/.066418 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PayneThomas Edward <1951->
WeberDavid <1947-> |
| Collana | Benjamins current topics |
| Soggetto topico | Language and languages - Grammars - Authorship |
| ISBN |
9786612152733
9781282152731 1282152734 9789027292087 9027292086 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Perspectives on Grammar Writing -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Contextualizing a grammar -- Writing grammars for the community -- Collective field work: Advantages or disadvantages? -- Grammars and the community -- From parts of speech to the grammar -- Grammar writing for a grammar-reading audience -- A grammar as a communicative act or What does a grammatical description really describe? -- A typology of good grammars -- Thoughts on growing a grammar -- The linguistic example -- Index -- The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910972254803321 |
| Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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