Austroasiatic Syntax in Areal and Diachronic Perspective / / Mathias Jenny, Paul Sidwell, Mark Alves
| Austroasiatic Syntax in Areal and Diachronic Perspective / / Mathias Jenny, Paul Sidwell, Mark Alves |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Collana | Languages of Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Language and linguistics |
| ISBN |
9789004425606
9004425608 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Syntactic Reconstruction -- Northern Austroasiatic Word Order -- Munda -- Grammatical Lexicon. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910974582803321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Decline of the French Passé Simple / / Emmanuelle Labeau
| The Decline of the French Passé Simple / / Emmanuelle Labeau |
| Autore | Labeau Emmanuelle |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 pages) |
| Disciplina | 445/.62 |
| Collana | Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory |
| Soggetto topico |
French language - Tense
Language and linguistics Linguistics |
| ISBN |
9789004463349
9789004510326 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: Chronicle of a Death Foretold -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 A Story Needs to Be in the Past Historic. Otherwise, Nobody Knows It’s a Story … -- 2 A Not So Simple Past … -- 3 The Future of This Past … -- 1 Language Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stages of Language Evolution -- 3 Innovation -- 4 Propagation -- 5 Mechanisms for Language Evolution -- 6 Results of Language Change -- 7 Evolution in the Domain of the Past -- 8 A ‘Dia-Model’ of Evolution and Change -- 2 Once Upon a Time … There Was the PS -- 1 From Latin to French -- 2 In Old French -- 3 In Middle French -- 4 In Classical French -- 5 In Modern French -- 6 Conclusions on the Diachronic Evolution of the PS -- 3 Favourable Factors for PS Use in Contemporary French -- 1 Age Grading (Personal Diachrony) -- 2 Geographical Variation (Diatopie) -- 3 Social Variation (Diastratie) -- 4 Gender Variation (Diagénie) -- 5 Variation according to the Medium (Diamésie) -- 6 Variation across the Context of Use (Diaphasie) -- 7 Cotextual Variation -- 8 Conclusion on the Diachronic Evolution of PS -- 4 The Not So Simple PS -- 1 Previous Descriptions of the PS -- 2 Defining the Specific Profile of the PS -- 3 Conclusion -- 5 Substitutes for PS in Contemporary French -- 1 The Past Connection -- 2 Going Global -- 3 Looking Forward -- 4 Conclusion -- 6 Methodology for the Corpus Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Corpus -- 4 Opening -- 7 The PS across Modes in Contemporary French -- 1 Modes of Speech (Conversing) -- 2 Modes of Speech (Monologuing) -- 3 Modes of Speech (Reciting): Néo-contes -- 4 Modes of Speech (Speaking of What Is Written) -- 5 Modes of Writing -- 6 The Actual Use of the PS across Modes -- 8 The PS in Micro-Diachrony -- 1 Presentation of the Corpus -- 2 Corpus Le Monde -- 3 Corpus L’Humanité -- 4 Corpus Le Soir -- 5 Corpus La Libre Belgique -- 6 Conclusions on Sports Reports in Micro-Diachrony -- 9 Conclusions -- 1 Chronicle of a Death Foretold -- 2 Some Hundred Years of Decrepitude? -- 3 Living to Tell the Tale -- 4 On the Day They Were Going to Kill It? -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910971277503321 |
Labeau Emmanuelle
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A Description of Papiamentu : A Creole Language of the Caribbean Area / / Yolanda Rivera Castillo
| A Description of Papiamentu : A Creole Language of the Caribbean Area / / Yolanda Rivera Castillo |
| Autore | Castillo Yolanda Rivera |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Disciplina | 427.972986 |
| Collana | Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages |
| Soggetto topico |
Papiamentu language - Grammar
Language and linguistics Linguistics |
| ISBN |
9789004448834
9789004448827 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Editorial Foreword / Peter Bakker -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.0 General Description and Scope of Work -- 1.1 Justification -- 1.2 Previous Studies of Papiamentu -- 1.3 Objectives and Methodology -- 1.4 Book Organization and Conclusions -- 2 Morphology and Grammatical Categories -- 2.0 Introduction: Grammatical Categories, Inflection, and the Isolating Type -- 2.1 Lexical Categories -- 2.2 Productive Morphology and Allomorphs -- 2.3 Conclusions -- 3 Syntax 1—Word Order and Combinatorial Restrictions -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Fixed Word Order, Verbs, and the non-Pro-Drop Parameter -- 3.2 Determiner Phrase (and Noun Phrase) -- 3.3 Conclusions -- 4 Syntax 2—Hierarchical Structure, Constituency and the Isolating Type -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 Obligatory Subject Sentence Types and No Expletive in Impersonal Constructions -- 4.2 Subordinate Clauses -- 4.3 Passive Sentences -- 4.4 Phrase Structure -- 4.5 Conclusions / Appendix A: Summary of Structural Types in Papiamentu -- 5 Segmental Features and Syllable Structure -- 5.0 Segmental Features -- 5.1 Syllable Structure, Consonant Clusters and Vowel Reduction -- 5.2 Nasal Vowels and Nasalization -- 5.3 Vowel Harmony and Metaphony -- 5.4 Conclusions -- 6 Papiamentu Prosody: Intonation and Lexical Prominence / (co-authored with Lucy Pickering) -- 6.0 Identifying Prosodic Features -- 6.1 A Typology of Stress -- 6.2 A Typology of Tone -- 6.3 The Papiamentu Prominence System -- 6.4 Intonation in Tone Languages and Papiamentu -- 6.5 Conclusions -- 7 Sentential Semantics -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 The Noun Phrase: Animacy/Gender and Number -- 7.2 The Verb Phrase: Tense, Mood, and Aspect -- 7.3 Conclusions -- 8 Conclusions and Typology -- 8.0 Papiamentu Structural Features -- 8.1 Papiamentu Morphology and Inflection -- 8.2 Middle of the Road Word Order and Syntax -- 8.3 Phonology and Papiamentu -- 8.4 Meaning, TMA markers, Animacy/Gender, and Number -- 8.5 Innovations in Papiamentu and Creoles as a Typological Class -- Glossary -- References -- Subject Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | A Creole Language of the Caribbean Area |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910974198103321 |
Castillo Yolanda Rivera
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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