Path and Manner Saliency in Polish in Contrast with Russian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Path and Manner Saliency in Polish in Contrast with Russian write by Joanna Łozinska. This book was released on 2018-01-03. Path and Manner Saliency in Polish in Contrast with Russian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents a contrastive analysis of the lexicalization of motion events in Polish in comparison with Russian. The study, set in the framework of Cognitive Linguistics, adopts a usage-based approach to language analysis. Consequently, it draws on data derived from a wide variety of sources, namely modern novels, translated texts and elicitation tasks. Besides describing the distribution of path and manner information in and outside the verb in the two languages, the book addresses questions concerning the place of Polish and Russian on the continuum of the salience of the manner of motion as well as cognitive mechanisms reflected in the lexicalization patterns of motion events.
Operative Design
Operative Design - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Operative Design write by Anthony di Mari. This book was released on 2013-07-01. Operative Design available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The core idea for this book is the use of operative verbs as tools for designing space. These operative verbs abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms, allowing for an objective approach to create the foundation for subjective spatial design. Examples of these verbs are expand, inflate, nest, wist, lift, embed, merge and many more. Together they form a visual dictionary decoding the syntax of spatial verbs. The verbs are illustrated with three-dimensional diagrams and pictures of designs which show the verbs 'in action'. This approach was devised, tested, and applied to architectural studio instruction by Anthony Di Mari and Nora Yoo while teaching at Harvard University's Career Discovery Program in Architecture in 2010. As instructors and as recent graduates, they saw a need for this kind of catalogue from both sides - as a reference manual applicable to design students in all stages of their studies, as well as a teaching tool for instructors to help students understand the strong spatial potential of abstract operations.
Understanding Morphology
Understanding Morphology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Morphology write by Martin Haspelmath. This book was released on 2013-10-28. Understanding Morphology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes 'big picture' questions to highlight central themes in morphology, as well as research exercises for each chapter. Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the reader, the book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interfaces between morphology and syntax and between morphology and phonology. The synchronic study of word structure is covered, as are the phenomena of diachronic change, such as analogy and grammaticalization. Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in themselves. The authors consistently draw on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches. Each chapter includes a summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises. As such this is the ideal book for both beginning students of linguistics, or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology.
Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse
Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse write by Wendan Li. This book was released on 2018-02-19. Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse Wendan Li offers a comprehensive and innovative account of how Mandarin Chinese, as a language without extensive morphological marking, highlights (or foregrounds) major events of a narrative and demotes (or backgrounds) other supporting descriptions. Qualitative and quantitative methods in the analysis and examinations of authentic written text provide extensive evidence to demonstrate that various types of morpho-syntactic devices are used in a wide range of structural units in Chinese to mark the distinction between foregrounding and backgrounding. The analysis paves the way for future studies to systematically approach grounding-related issues. The typological viewpoint adopted in the chapters serves well readers from both the Chinese tradition and other languages in discourse analysis.
Genericity
Genericity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Genericity write by Alda Mari. This book was released on 2013. Genericity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the study of generics. It gathers new work from senior and young researchers and is organized along three main areas of study: the generic and individuals; genericity and time; and the sources of genericity and types of judgment.
