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The Routeldge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview... more...
Bloomsbury Companion to Phonetics
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 154.99The Bloomsbury Companion To Phonetics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. It offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key topics and key terms in phonetics. It offers a survey of current research areas and new directions in the field as well as featuring a manageable guide... more...
Bloomsbury Companion to Phonetics
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 154.99The Bloomsbury Companion To Phonetics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. It offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key topics and key terms in phonetics. It offers a survey of current research areas and new directions in the field as well as featuring a manageable guide... more...
Thanking Formulae in English
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013; US$ 143.00In the present study the use of thanking formulae is examined across different genres and varieties of English. Data is taken from the British National Corpus and the Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English . Employing a form-to-function mapping, thanking formulae are not only analysed quantitatively, but also qualitatively accounting... more...
Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013; US$ 149.00This edition constitutes a reprint of Niels Ege?s English translation of Rasmus Rask?s prize essay of 1818, which appeared as volume XXVI in the Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague in 1993. The prize essay was published in Danish in 1818. In contrast to other works by Rask, notably his introduction to the study of Icelandic, it was never... more...
An Introduction to the Science of Phonetics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 26.95The book is designed as an introduction to the scientific study of speech. No prior knowledge of phonetics is assumed. As far as mathematical knowlege is concerned, all that is assumed is a knowledge of simple arithmetic and as far as possible concepts are dealt with on an intuitive rather than mathematical level. The anatomical material is all fully... more...
Semantic Relations Between Nominals
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2013; US$ 40.00People make sense of a text by identifying the semantic relations which connect the entities or concepts described by that text. A system which aspires to human-like performance must also be equipped to identify, and learn from, semantic relations in the texts it processes. Understanding even a simple sentence such as "Opportunity and Curiosity find... more...
Deviational Syntactic Structures
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 362.00Taking as a point of departure ideas and principles from the 18th and 19th century Danish tradition, and from 20th century traditions of the Copenhagen School of linguistics, this book attempts to set up a formal theory of syntax that addresses some of the weak points of other formal grammars, notably Chomskyan grammar. After introductions to the ideas... more...
Non-Canonical Passives
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013; US$ 149.00This paper highlights similarities between two classes of arguably non-canonical passives, namely ‘deponent’ verbs familiar from Latin, and ‘inherent reflexive’ verbs in Germanic and Romance, arguing that the latter are the counterparts of the former – notably, both classes of verbs are denominal/deadjectival. Building... more...
Speech Sounds
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 34.95Speech Sounds : * helps develop the fundamental skills of the phonetician * investigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech sounds * uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept * includes examples from a wide range of languages * provides dozens of exercises with solutions and cross-references * can... more...









