The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

2014-03
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

Author: P. H. Matthews

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199675128

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 465

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This authoritative dictionary provides coverage across the field of linguistics, both the theoretical and the practical. In over 3,250 entries it clearly defines terms relating to phonetics, grammar, semantics, languages (spoken and written), dialects, and sociolinguistics.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

2005
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

Author: Peter H. Matthews

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 0198610505

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 410

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This invaluable work is the most authoritative dictionary of linguistics of its kind available. Clear and concise, it contains over 3,000 entries ranging from epiglottal and morpheme to Austronesian and Navajo. Entries cover every aspect of linguistics including language theory and history,language families and major languages from all over the world, and key figures and ideas in linguistics.The author, Peter Matthews, is Professor of Linguistics at Cambridge University and an established expert in the field of linguistics.Wide-ranging and accessible, this dictionary is ideal reference for students and teachers, and a great introduction to linguistics for anyone with an interest in language and its study.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

1997
 |  Reference
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

Author: Peter Hugoe Matthews

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: UOM:49015002908300

Category: Reference

Page: 436

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This work is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of linguistics available. Written by Peter Matthews, Professor of Linguistics at Cambridge University, the book provides concise and informative entries across the whole field of linguistics form phonetics to formal semantics andincludes world-wide coverage of languages and language families.

The Positions of Adjectives in English

2014
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
The Positions of Adjectives in English

Author: Peter Hugoe Matthews

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780199681594

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 202

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This book explores the uses of adjectives in different constructions, and of the problems that arise in their analysis, both in terms of syntactic theory and philosophy of grammar. Professor Matthews also examines a variety of other issues relating to individual adjective positions, including the basic structure of noun phrases and the justification for binary constituents; the status of the copular and its uses in the progressive; the indeterminacy of what were once described as raised constructions; and the function of postmodifying adjectives and adjective phrases in relation to others. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical and descriptive linguistics, especially those focusing on the history of the English language and lexicology.

Lexical Cohesion. Text-internal standard of textuality

2019-09-04
 |  Literary Collections
Lexical Cohesion. Text-internal standard of textuality

Author: Elisabeth Lyons

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

ISBN: 9783346008138

Category: Literary Collections

Page: 21

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Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Salzburg (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: DELS 2, language: English, abstract: Cohesion is, such as coherence, a text-internal standard of textuality . Therefore, it is not a user-centred but a text-centred notion. According to de Beaugrande/Dressler, cohesion “concerns the ways in which the components of the SURFACE TEXT, i.e. the actual words we hear or see, are mutually connected within a sequence” (1981, 3). Halliday/Hasan in turn underline that cohesion is based on semantic relations within a text (1976, 4). From these explanations we learn that cohesion is about how spoken or written words are linked to each other, and that cohesive ties are the devices that hold a text together. These cohesive ties can be distinguished on a grammatical as well as on a lexical level.

Introduction to English Linguistics

2017-02-13
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Introduction to English Linguistics

Author: Markus Bieswanger

Publisher: UTB

ISBN: 9783825245283

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 230

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Neuauflage der praxisorientierten Einführung in die englische Sprachwissenschaft Der Band eignet sich hervorragend als Grundlage für Einführungskurse sowie zu Selbststudium und zur Prüfungsvorbereitung. Er besticht durch leicht verständliche Erklärungen, zahlreiche Beispiele, Abbildungen und Übungen mit Lösungen. Für die vierte Auflage wurden der Text, die Aufgaben und die Literaturhinweise überarbeitet und aktualisiert. Der Band aus der Reihe utb-basics ist ideale Einführungslektüre für alle Studierenden der englischen Sprachwissenschaft.

The History of Linguistics in Europe

2003-01-30
 |  History
The History of Linguistics in Europe

Author: Vivien Law

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521565324

Category: History

Page: 332

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This authoritative and wide-ranging book, first published in 2003, examines the history of western linguistics over a 2000-year timespan, from its origins in ancient Greece up to the crucial moment of change in the Renaissance that laid the foundations of modern linguistics. Some of today's burning questions about language date back a long way: in 1400 BC Plato was asking how words relate to reality. Other questions go back just a few generations, such as our interest in the mechanisms of language change, or in the social factors that shape the way we speak. Vivien Law explores how ideas about language over the centuries have changed to reflect changing modes of thinking. A survey chapter brings the coverage of the book up to the present day. Classified bibliographies and chapters on research resources and the qualities the historian of linguistics needs to develop, provide the reader with the tools to go further.

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

2014-01-16
 |  Reference
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

Author: Bas Aarts

Publisher: OUP Oxford

ISBN: 9780191079009

Category: Reference

Page: 464

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The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar is a straightforward and accessible A-Z guide to the diverse and often complex terminology of English grammar. It contains over 1,600 entries with clear and concise definitions, enhanced by numerous example sentences, as well as relevant quotations from the scholarly literature of the field. This second edition is written and edited by Professor Bas Aarts of University College London, writer of the acclaimed Oxford Modern English Grammar. It has been fully revised and updated, with particular attention paid to refreshing the example sentences included within the text. There are over 150 new entries that cover current terminology which has arisen since the publication of the first edition, and there are also new entries on the most important English grammars published since the start of the 20th century. Hundreds of new cross-references enhance the user-friendly nature of the text, and the list of works cited has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current state of the field. A short appendix of web links has been added. All in all, this Dictionary is an invaluable guide to English grammar for all students and teachers of the subject, as well as all those with an informed interest in the English language.

Linguistics

2000
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Linguistics

Author: Anna L. DeMiller

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

ISBN: 1563086190

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 424

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Thoroughly revised and updated with some 500 new entries- including the addition of pertinent Internet sites-this is the only bibliographic guide to information sources for linguistics. Coverage spans from 1957 to the present, and DeMiller's detailed citations describe and evaluate each work, often offering comparisons to similar titles. Essential to the research and study of general or theoretical linguistics, the book is also indispensable in related areas.