The Semantics of Suffixation. Agentive Substantival Suffixes in Contemporary Standard Russian

Andrews, Edna

Lincom Europa

This book is a detailed study of the grammatical relations of Pali, a Middle Indo-Aryan language which is also the canonical language of the therava-da-Buddhists of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. On the basis of this data, the author takes a new look at the concept of 'subject' in Pali, as well as the emergence of ergativity in Indo-Aryan. The book includes a summary of much of the previous literature on the syntax of Old and Middle Indo-Aryan, as well as that of a number of works dealing with the origin of ergativity in Indo-Aryan and the concept of 'subject' in general. Following this is a detailed look at the treatment of various grammatical operations in the major verbal constructions of Pali - i.e., the finite categories, the periphrastic perfect and the gerundival construction. These include coordination and subordination, the control of reflexivization and pronominalization, as well as a description of the coding properties and the dispensability of the various arguments in each construction. Unlike most previous studies, the author comes to the conclusion that the present-day ergative constructions of most Indo-Aryan languages do not result from an earlier passive construction. Instead, he proposes a model for the periphrastic perfect which in many ways resembles that of the more familiar development of the perfect in west European languages.

Grammatical relations in Pāli and the emergence of ergativity in Indo-Aryan (LINCOM studies in Indo-Europan [sic] linguistics)

Peterson, John M

<p>The present volume addresses the need for an up-to-date, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the elicitation of linguistic data from native speaker informants. The material, following an introductory chapter surveying the general enterprise of field research, is organized into eight major areas of current linguistic and anthropological interest: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Sociolinguistics/ Dialectology, Lexicography, and Folklore. The chapters are designed to be covered at a rate of one per week, based on a sixteen-week semester. Each chapter presents basic structures to be elicited, and provides cautionary tales drawn from the experiences of seasoned field workers who have attempted to elicit these structures. These, in turn, are followed by suggested readings and illustrative exercises for each chapter. Emphasis is placed not on developing a theory of field work, but rather on providing enlightening suggestions and entertaining anecdotes designed to guide students down their own personal path to linguistic discovery. Contents: Introduction - Transcription - Basic Lexicography - Semantics - Articulatory Phonetics - Acoustic Phonetics - Segmental Phonology - Prosodic Phonology - Nominal Phonology - Verbal Phonology - Syntax I: Collection Techniques and Session Planning - Syntax II: Advanced Work in Syntax Pragmatics - Sociolinguistics and Dialectology - Historical Linguistics - Text Collection - Appendix - References.</p>

Introduction to Linguistic Field Methods

Bert A Vaux,Justin Cooper

Pidgin English has been in active use in Cameroon for over 500 years; it started in the Slave Trade years, resisted a German ban during the German annexation period (1884-1914) and survived post-independence neglect. It took flight when it became a makeshift language used in plantations and, today, it has left the plantations for the homes and other domains of public life. The first attempt to codify this language was made by the Catholic Church, which used it to produce a number of religious materials including the catechism. The second attempt was made by textbook writers for American Peace Corps, who have to learn the language when they arrive Cameroon as they need it to communicate with people in rural areas. The present work sets out to bring together, in a single document, the characteristic features of this language. The work is divided into two parts. Part One comprises two chapters. The first gives background information on Cameroon, focusing on its geographic and economic sit

A Dictionary of Cameroon Pidgin English Usage: Pronunciation, Grammar and Vocabulary

Reference

Jean-Paul Kouega

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

An anthology of Menominee sayings: With translations, annotations and grammatical sketch (LINCOM studies in Native American linguistics)

Guile, Timothy Carl

<p>Emberá is a Central American Indian Language belonging to the Choco grouping. It is Spoken in Panama, Colombia and Ecuador in unequal proportions. This study is based on the Emberá dialect spoken in Panama. Though the statistics vary, the number of native speakers is no more than sixty thousand. In Panama, the number of speakers is no more than twenty thousand. There are no studies in English on Emberá, and a very few in Spanish. This dictionary is based on information and elicitations from the native speaker Mr. Daniel Castañeda. This is the first attempt at a collection of the basic lexical items of the language, and it is first in English and Spanish. Mr. Castañeda is a bilingual speaker of Spanish and Emberá, with limited fluency in English. All elicitations were done through the medium of Spanish at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. while he was residing in the area. For ease of use the dictionary is multi-directional, i.e. Emberá-Spanish-English and Spanish-Emberá-</p>

A Tri-Lingual Dictionary of Emberá-Spanish-English (Languages of the world) (English and Spanish Edition)

Solomon Sara

This book is about EFFECTIVE LEARNING from a perspective that leads to an entirely new form of learning and language acquistion involving transformational discovery, mentorship and interpretation.  Its roots are as old as Socrates. Linguists, biologists, anatomists, physiologists, psychologists, sociologists and physicians in the tradition of the "German School" of learning have contributed over the centuries to what is now nothing less than a revolution in learning. In this seminal work, the author has drawn from contemporary clinical and experimental data beginning with effective traumatic learning to develop a Neurobiological Learning (NL) Theory, including methodology and tenets. When applied in a traditional language classroom setting, the results have been nothing short of astounding.  With its focus on language acquisition and learning, this valuable reference and text is a treasure-trove of new information for linquists, educators, teachers, tutors, psychologists, physicians and researchers interested in transforming a field that has remained in the "dark ages" for too long.

A Neurobiological Theory and Method of Language Acquisition

Janik, Daniel S.

Dhivehi (Maldivian) (Languages of the world)

Cain, Bruce D

Thoughts on Grammaticalization (Lincom Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)

Lehmann, Christian

Foreign Language Study & Reference

The Boko/Busa language cluster (LINCOM studies in African linguistics)

Jones, Ross McCallum

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