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Author: John R. Taylor Publisher: Oxford Handbooks ISBN: 0199641609 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 897
Book Description
The word is central to both naive and expert theories of language. Yet the definition of 'word' remains problematic. The 42 chapters of this Handbook offer a variety of perspectives on this most basic and elusive of linguistic units.
Author: John R. Taylor Publisher: Oxford Handbooks ISBN: 0199641609 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 897
Book Description
The word is central to both naive and expert theories of language. Yet the definition of 'word' remains problematic. The 42 chapters of this Handbook offer a variety of perspectives on this most basic and elusive of linguistic units.
Author: Keith Allan Publisher: Oxford Handbooks ISBN: 0198808194 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 465
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This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general, taboo is defined as a proscription of behaviour for a specific community, time, and context. In terms of language, taboo applies to instances of language behaviour: the use of certain words in certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their management lead to the censoring of behaviour and, as a consequence, to language change and development. Chapters in this volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics, and neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law, publishing, politics, and advertising. Topics covered include impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and comedy.
Author: Philip Durkin Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199691630 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 737
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This volume provides concise, authoritative accounts of the approaches and methodologies of modern lexicography and of the aims and qualities of its end products. Leading scholars and professional lexicographers, from all over the world and representing all the main traditions andperspectives, assess the state of the art in every aspect of research and practice. The book is divided into four parts, reflecting the main types of lexicography. Part I looks at synchronic dictionaries - those for the general public, monolingual dictionaries for second-language learners, andbilingual dictionaries. Part II and III are devoted to the distinctive methodologies and concerns of the historical dictionaries and specialist dictionaries respectively, while chapters in Part IV examine specific topics such as description and prescription; the representation of pronunciation; andthe practicalities of dictionary production. The book ends with a chronology of the major events in the history of lexicography. It will be a valuable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners in the field.
Author: Peter Meijes Tiersma Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780199572120 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 665
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This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field. Through a combination of overview chapters, case studies, and theoretical descriptions, the volume addresses areas such as the history and structure of legal languages, its meaning and interpretation, multilingualism and language rights, courtroom discourse, forensic identification, intellectual property and linguistics, and legal translation and interpretation. Encyclopedic in scope, the handbook includes chapters written by experts from every continent who are familiar with linguistic issues that arise in diverse legal systems, including both civil and common law jurisdictions, mixed systems like that of China, and the emerging law of the European Union.
Author: Rochelle Lieber Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0191617261 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 712
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This book presents a comprehensive review of theoretical work on the linguistics and psycholinguistics of compound words and combines it with a series of surveys of compounding in a variety of languages from a wide range of language families. Compounding is an effective way to create and express new meanings. Compound words are segmentable into their constituents so that new items can often be understood on first presentation. However, as keystone, keynote, and keyboard, and breadboard, sandwich-board, and mortarboard show, the relation between components is often far from straightforward. The question then arises, as to how far compound sequences are analysed at each encounter and how far they are stored in the brain as single lexical items? The nature and processing of compounds thus offer an unusually direct route to how language operates in the mind, as well as providing the means of investigating important aspects of morphology, and lexical semantics, and insights to child language acquisition and the organization of the mental lexicon. This book is the first to report on the state of the art on these and other central topics, including the classification and typology of compounds, and cross-linguistic research on the subject in different frameworks and from synchronic and diachronic perspectives.
Author: Andrew Hass Publisher: Oxford Handbooks Online ISBN: 0199271976 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 909
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A defining volume of essays in which leading international scholars apply an interdisciplinary approach to the long and evolving relationship between English Literature and Theology.
Author: Bas Aarts Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019107120X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 854
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This handbook provides an authoritative, critical survey of current research and knowledge in the grammar of the English language. Following an introduction from the editors, the volume's expert contributors explore a range of core topics in English grammar, beginning with issues in grammar writing and methodology. Chapters in part II then examine the various theoretical approaches to grammar, such as cognitive, constructional, and generative approaches, followed by the chapters in part III, which comprehensively cover the different subdomains of grammar, including compounds, phrase structure, clause types, tense and aspect, and information structure. Part IV offers coverage of the relationship between grammar and other fields - lexis, phonology, meaning, and discourse - while the concluding part of the book investigates grammatical change over time, regional variation, and genre and literary variation. The handbook's wide-ranging coverage will appeal to researchers and students of English language and linguistics from undergraduate level upwards.
Author: Keith Allan Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199585849 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 945
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Leading scholars examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore the linguistic traditions in different parts of the world, examine how work in linguistics has influenced other fields, and look at how it has been practically applied
Author: Anthony Sampson Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780192822444 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 224
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This ingenious anthology of quotations compiles the wit and wisdom of some of the more remarkable figures of the past and present, as they reflect on their achievements, aspirations--and what it means to be a certain age.
Author: Terttu Nevalainen (linguiste) Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190627883 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 983
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This ambitious handbook takes advantage of recent advances in the study of the history of English to rethink the understanding of the field.
Author: John R. Taylor
Author: John R. Taylor
Author: Keith Allan
Author: Philip Durkin
Author: Peter Meijes Tiersma
Author: Rochelle Lieber
Author: Andrew Hass
Author: Bas Aarts
Author: Keith Allan
Author: Anthony Sampson
Author: Terttu Nevalainen (linguiste)