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Touch (Hardcover)
David Willis
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This is the first book in a two-volume comparative history of
negation in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. The work
integrates typological, general, and theoretical research,
documents patterns and directions of change in negation across
languages, and examines the linguistic and social factors that lie
behind such changes. The first volume presents linked case studies
of particular languages and language groups, including French,
Italian, English, Dutch, German, Celtic, Slavonic, Greek, Uralic,
and Afro-Asiatic. Each outlines and analyses the development of
sentential negation and of negative indefinites and quantifiers,
including negative concord and, where appropriate,
language-specific topics such as the negation of infinitives,
negative imperatives, and constituent negation. The second volume
(to be pubished in 2014) will offer comparative analyses of changes
in negation systems of European and north African languages and set
out an integrated framework for understanding them. The aim of both
is a universal understanding of the syntax of negation and how it
changes. Their authors develop formal models in the light of data
drawn from historical linguistics, especially on processes of
grammaticalization, and consider related effects on language
acquisition and language contact. At the same time the books seek
to advance models of historical syntax more generally and to show
the value of uniting perspectives from different theoretical
frameworks.
Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best known amongst
linguists for its verb-initial word order and its use of initial
consonant mutations. However it has many more characteristics which
are of interest to syntacticians. This book, first published in
2007, provides a concise and accessible overview of the major
syntactic phenomena of Welsh. A broad variety of topics are
covered, including finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases,
agreement and tense, word order, clause structure, dialect
variation, and the language's historical Celtic background. Drawing
on work carried out in both Principles and Parameters theory and
Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, it takes contemporary
colloquial Welsh as its starting point and draws contrasts with a
range of literary and dialectal forms of the language, as well as
earlier forms (Middle Welsh) were appropriate. An engaging guide to
all that is interesting about Welsh syntax, this book will be
welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists
and Celticists alike.
Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best known amongst
linguists for its verb-initial word order and its use of initial
consonant mutations. However it has many more characteristics which
are of interest to syntacticians. This book, first published in
2007, provides a concise and accessible overview of the major
syntactic phenomena of Welsh. A broad variety of topics are
covered, including finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases,
agreement and tense, word order, clause structure, dialect
variation, and the language's historical Celtic background. Drawing
on work carried out in both Principles and Parameters theory and
Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, it takes contemporary
colloquial Welsh as its starting point and draws contrasts with a
range of literary and dialectal forms of the language, as well as
earlier forms (Middle Welsh) were appropriate. An engaging guide to
all that is interesting about Welsh syntax, this book will be
welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists
and Celticists alike.
This is the second book in a two-volume comparative history of
negation in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. The work
integrates typological, general, and theoretical research,
documents patterns and directions of change in negation across
languages, and examines the linguistic and social factors that lie
behind such changes. The aim of both volumes is to set out an
integrated framework for understanding the syntax of negation and
how it changes. While the first volume (OUP, 2013) presented linked
case studies of particular languages and language groups, this
second volume constructs a holistic approach to explaining the
patterns of historical change found in the languages of Europe and
the Mediterranean over the last millennium. It identifies typical
developments found repeatedly in the histories of different
languages and explores their origins, as well as investigating the
factors that determine whether change proceeds rapidly, slowly, or
not at all. Language-internal factors such as the interaction of
syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and the biases inherent in child
language acquisition, are investigated alongside language-external
factors such as imposition, convergence, and borrowing. The book
proposes an explicit formal account of language-internal and
contact-induced change for both the expression of sentential
negation ('not') and negative indefinites ('anyone', 'nothing'). It
sheds light on the major ways in which negative systems develop, on
the nature of syntactic change, and indeed on linguistic change
more generally, demonstrating the insights that large-scale
comparison of linguistic histories can offer.
The first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the aeroplane
and its development as an instrument of war and commerce. Within
five decades, contraptions barely able to take to the air had given
way to jet-powered aircraft flying near the 'sound barrier', a rate
of technological advance unparalleled in any other field. It was
the period when Great Britain's aviation industry was established
and grew to its zenith, fueled by the demands of two world wars and
the growth of the airlines. These requirements generated a plethora
of aircraft designs, some of which became house-hold names, while
others failed to make the grade. British Aviation: The First
Half-Century chronicles the wide variety of aircraft produced in
Great Britain before 1950. With over 170 period images, carefully
colourised, this book goes through the aircraft of the first
half-century, portraying them in their full glory once more.
The first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the aeroplane
and its development as an instrument of war and commerce. Within
five decades, contraptions barely able to take to the air had given
way to jet-powered aircraft, a rate of technological advance
unparalleled in any other field. With carefully colourised images,
this book chronicles the wide variety of aircraft produced in
America before 1950, portraying them in their full glory once more.
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Touch (Paperback)
David Willis
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R835
R614
Discovery Miles 6 140
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Enter the world of Molly the Meerkat as she makes a new friend and
learns the importance of honesty and responsibility. In this
beautiful children's story, you get the first two volumes of the
Molly the Meerkat series, written by 6-year old Zachary Willis. Two
short stories written for young imaginations, by a young
imagination. The perfect children's book to read at bedtime or in
the classroom.
Do you have to be able to see something to believe that it is real?
Is Santa real? That is a question that many people have asked.
Peter wanted to know. When he asked the question he got much more
of an answer than he ever expected. Come take a trip with Peter and
his new friends, Comet the Reindeer and Frosty the Elf, as they
travel to the North Pole to uncover the answer to these very
questions. Maybe you, like Peter, will come away surprised with
what you find. Do You Believe?
The Nicene Creed's powerful summary of Christian faith has stood
the test of time, embodying core truths and distinguishing
essential Christian teachings from those of lesser importance. As
respected thinker and educator David Willis explores the Nicene
Creed in this new book, he provides clues for meaningfully
interpreting this most ecumenical of church creeds in the
twenty-first century.
Writing especially for educated laypeople, advanced students,
and theological educators, Willis eloquently links the ancient
creed to life today. As he points out, faith is constantly taking
different shapes within broad boundaries like the creed's perennial
truths, and even these truths need to be reinterpreted in each age
to keep them intelligible and compelling. Willis admirably achieves
this task for our day by elucidating the creed's statement of faith
with analogies drawn from such diverse areas as architecture,
graphic art, poetry, sculpture, and psychological theory.
Those seeking to delve into the creed or to deepen a lifelong
encounter with it will be enriched by Willis's reflections.
This series relates past thought from the history of Western
theological traditions to areas of contemporary concern in fresh,
innovative, and constructive ways. Designed for those with no
formal theological training, these student-friendly volumes guide
readers through core theological issues in a systematic and
accessible way.
Leading contemporary Reformed theologians from around the world
provide here a unique summary of the range and wealth of Reformed
theology today and explore its potential for the future. These
thirty-one essays consider the task of Reformed theology in the
modern world, give Reformed perspectives on key theological themes,
and suggest fruitful present-day trajectories of Reformed thought
from the past.
This section-by-section, line-by-line commentary reflects on the
meaning of "A Brief Statement of Faith" and its relevance for
today. It will help Presbyterians think about who they are and what
they believe, and will interest others concerned with the
relationship between the Christian tradition and contemporary
issues.
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The Whole Nine Yards (DVD)
Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, …
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R97
Discovery Miles 970
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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When hitman Jimmy 'The Tulip' (Bruce Willis) hides out from the mob
in a quiet Montreal suburb fate conspires to interwine his path
with that of his dentist neighbour Oz Oseransky (Matthew Perry).
Oz's wife Sophie (Rosanna Arquette) persuades Oz to travel to
Chicago and reveal Jimmy's whereabouts to the mob, then in order to
keep the anticipated reward money all for herself, takes out a
contract on Oz's life. However, when Oz returns to Montreal he
finds himself thrown together with Jimmy - they both have contracts
on their lives and, in order to stay alive, have to work together.
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