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This book provides a detailed study and a novel Minimalist account
of copular sentences in Russian, focusing on case marking
alternations (nominative vs. instrumental) and drawing a
distinction between two types of copular sentences. On the
assumption that Merge is defined in the simplest way possible, it
is argued that not all syntactic structures are a(nti)symmetrical.
One of the copular sentence types is analyzed as a poster child for
symmetrical structures, while the other type is treated as
asymmetrical. The originality of this study lies in treating the
copula in the two types of copular sentences neither as completely
identical nor as two distinct lexical items; instead, the two types
of copula are derived through the process of semantic bleaching.
Furthermore, it is argued that the two types of the copula need to
combine with post-copular phrases of different categories. It is
concluded that Russian draws a distinction between saturated DPs
and unsaturated NPs, in spite of its renowned lack of overt
articles.
Over the past decade, a group of prolific and innovative
evolutionary biologists has sought to reinvent historical
linguistics through the use of phylogenetic and phylogeographical
analysis, treating cognates like genes and conceptualizing the
spread of languages in terms of the diffusion of viruses. Using
these techniques, researchers claim to have located the origin of
the Indo-European language family in Neolithic Anatolia,
challenging the near-consensus view that it emerged in the
grasslands north of the Black Sea thousands of years later. But
despite its widespread celebration in the global media, this new
approach fails to withstand scrutiny. As languages do not evolve
like biological species and do not spread like viruses, the model
produces incoherent results, contradicted by the empirical record
at every turn. This book asserts that the origin and spread of
languages must be examined primarily through the time-tested
techniques of linguistic analysis, rather than those of
evolutionary biology.
This book provides a detailed study and a novel Minimalist account
of copular sentences in Russian, focusing on case marking
alternations (nominative vs. instrumental) and drawing a
distinction between two types of copular sentences. On the
assumption that Merge is defined in the simplest way possible, it
is argued that not all syntactic structures are a(nti)symmetrical.
One of the copular sentence types is analyzed as a poster child for
symmetrical structures, while the other type is treated as
asymmetrical. The originality of this study lies in treating the
copula in the two types of copular sentences neither as completely
identical nor as two distinct lexical items; instead, the two types
of copula are derived through the process of semantic bleaching.
Furthermore, it is argued that the two types of the copula need to
combine with post-copular phrases of different categories. It is
concluded that Russian draws a distinction between saturated DPs
and unsaturated NPs, in spite of its renowned lack of overt
articles.
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Language, Music and Computing - Second International Workshop, LMAC 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, April 17-19, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Polina Eismont, Olga Mitrenina, Asya Pereltsvaig
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R1,495
Discovery Miles 14 950
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International
Workshop on Language, Music and Computing, LMAC 2017, held in St.
Petersburg, Russia, in April 2017. The 18 papers presented in this
volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions.
They were organized in topical sections on the universal grammar of
music, the surface of music and singing, language as music, music
computing, formalization of the informality.
Are you curious to know what all languages have in common and how
they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to
trace different peoples and their past? Now in its fourth edition,
this fascinating book guides beginners through the rich diversity
of the world's languages. It presupposes no background in
linguistics, and introduces key concepts with the help of problem
sets, end-of-chapter exercises and an extensive bibliography. It is
illustrated with detailed maps and charts of language families
throughout, and engaging sidebars and 'food for thought' boxes
contextualise and bring the languages to life with demographic,
social, historical, and geographical facts. This edition has been
extensively updated with a new section on the languages of the
Caribbean, new problem sets, and an updated glossary and index.
Supplementary online materials includes links to all websites
mentioned, and answers to the exercises for instructors.
Over the past decade, a group of prolific and innovative
evolutionary biologists has sought to reinvent historical
linguistics through the use of phylogenetic and phylogeographical
analysis, treating cognates like genes and conceptualizing the
spread of languages in terms of the diffusion of viruses. Using
these techniques, researchers claim to have located the origin of
the Indo-European language family in Neolithic Anatolia,
challenging the near-consensus view that it emerged in the
grasslands north of the Black Sea thousands of years later. But
despite its widespread celebration in the global media, this new
approach fails to withstand scrutiny. As languages do not evolve
like biological species and do not spread like viruses, the model
produces incoherent results, contradicted by the empirical record
at every turn. This book asserts that the origin and spread of
languages must be examined primarily through the time-tested
techniques of linguistic analysis, rather than those of
evolutionary biology.
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