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The first ever textbook devoted to the cross-linguistic study of voice, covering various topics and discussing data from numerous languages....
This book sets up a consistent theoretical and terminological framework for the study of the phenomena that are commonly subsumed under the terms tran...
This book presents a state-of-the-art cross-linguistic survey of applicative constructions in the functional-typological tradition. An introductory se...
Inverse Systems in Indigenous Languages of the Americas
This book proposes a notion of inverse that differs from two widespread positions found in descriptive and typological studies (one of them restrictiv...
This volume focuses on word formation processes in smaller and so far underrepresented indigenous languages of South America. The data for the analyse...
Typological hierarchies are widely perceived as one of the most important results of research on language universals and linguistic diversity. Explana...
The present volume is a broad overview of methods and methodologies in linguistics, illustrated with examples from concrete research. It collects insi...
Especially in functional-typological linguistics, semantic roles have been studied thoroughly, because they constitute a good starting point for any s...
Typological Perspectives and Case Studies
Preface -- List of contributors -- Introduction: benefaction and malefaction from a cross-linguistic perspective / Seppo Kittilä & Fernando Zúñiga ...
Neglected Syntactic and Non-syntactic Functions
This book is about recurrent functions of applicative morphology not included in typologically-oriented definitions. Based on substantial cross-lingui...
A new perspective on grammatical relations
Capitalizing on the by now widely accepted idea of the construction-specific and language-specific nature of grammatical relations, the editors of the...
Transcending the Borders and Refining the Distinctions
In his (1921) book, Language, Sapir made the famous observation, “All grammars leak” (38). By this he meant that within the systematic paradigms, ...
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Linguistic Research on the Expression of Spatial Relations and Motion in Ancient Languages
This volume presents new research by the Topoi group "The Conception of Spaces in Language" on the expression of spatial relations in ancient language...
Proceedings from a Workshop Held at the University of Zürich, June 23-25, 2000
A Design Manual
As a new generation of educational environments are designed and built, this design manual helps architects to grasp the underlying educational theori...
Review
An Annotated Bibliography
Living with Oil
A Cumulative Author List Representing Library of Congress Printed Cards and Titles Reported by Other American Libraries
In One Volume, with a Memoir of the Author
Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies offers a platform in which the old meets the new, in which archaeological, papyrological, and philological researc...
This Combo Collection (Set of 4 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON The Sketch Book of ...
With a Memoir of the Author
'Who doubts, my reader, that you will be amazed that a woman has the audacity not only to write a book, but to send it for printing, which is the cruc...
Humanities
The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies....
With a Map of the Railways
Historical, Critical and Theoretical Perspectives
The language of the body is central to the study of flamenco. From the records of the Inquisition, to 16th century literature, to European travel diar...