Category: Semantics

Der Band bietet hochaktuelle Einsichten in das Forschungsfeld Deutsch als Zweitsprache. Im Fokus der zehn empirischen Untersuchungen liegen der Spracherwerb und die Sprachförderung von Kindern mit Deutsch als Zweitsprache im Vorschulbereich, in der Grundschule und in der Sekundarstufe I. Schwerpunkte bilden die Erforschung von Sprachförderprogrammen, die Entwicklung und Erprobung von Diagnose-Instrumenten, die Erforschung von Faktoren des Hörverstehens, die Schriftspracherwerbsforschung und die Frage nach der Bedeutung der Familiensprachen für den Zweitspracherwerb. Brückenschläge zur Soziologie, zur Ethnographie, zur Neurologie und zur Didaktik unterstreichen die Interdisziplinarität des Forschungsfelds. Der Band bietet zahlreiche Anknüpfungspunkte und Anregungen für Forschende, Lehrende, Studierende und Praktiker im Bereich Deutsch als Zweitsprache.

José L. Zalabardo places ahead a brand new interpretation of relevant principles in Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in regards to the constitution of fact and our representations of it in proposal and language. He indicates the origins of Wittgenstein's photo idea of propositional illustration in Russell's theories of judgment, arguing that the image idea is Wittgenstein's way to a number of the difficulties that he present in Russell's position.
Zalabardo defends the view that, for Wittgenstein, proof normally, and the proof that play the position of propositions particularly, aren't composite goods, bobbing up from the combo in their materials. they're final, irreducible devices, and what we expect of as their materials are positive factors that proof have in
common with each other. those universal positive aspects have outfitted into them their chances of mixture with different good points into attainable occasions. this can be the resource of the Tractarian account of non-actual probabilities. it's also the resource of the concept that it's not attainable to supply propositions answering to yes descriptions, together with those who could supply upward push to Russell's paradox. Zalabardo then considers Wittgenstein's view that each proposition is a fact functionality of
elementary propositions. He argues that this view is influenced via Wittgenstein's epistemology of common sense, based on which we should always manage to see logical family members through examining the constructions of propositions. ultimately, Zalabardo considers the issues that we are facing if we strive to increase the applying of the
picture idea from simple propositions to fact services of these.

Semantics is an available and sensible creation to formal semantics, the research of linguistic which means, for college students new to the topic. Semantics:
* exhibits how meanings are equipped up and interrelated
* presupposes little or no previous wisdom of grammar or linguistic terminology
* features a word list of technical terms
* presents a development of workouts with solutions given on the again
* backs up the actions with brief, transparent explanations
* comprises an appendix on units and functions.

In Lexical Strata in English, Heinz Giegerich investigates the best way alternations within the sound styles of phrases have interaction with the morphological methods of the language. Drawing examples from English and German, he uncovers and spells out intimately the foundations of 'lexical morphology and phonology', a idea that has in recent times turn into more and more influential in linguistics. Giegerich queries a number of the assumptions made in that idea, overturning a few and placing others on a principled footing. What emerges is a brand new, officially coherent and hugely limited idea of the lexicon - the idea of 'base-driven' stratification - which predicts the variety of lexical strata from the variety of base-category differences famous within the morphology of the language. ultimately, he bargains new bills of a few significant phenomena within the phonology of English (including vowel 'reduction', [r]-sandhi and syllabification), which either help and are uniquely facilitated by means of this new theory.

There are a few 6,500 diversified languages on the earth. This booklet investigates why range arose, the way it pertains to the origins and evolution of language and tradition, and even if the asymmetric distribution of human languages could be associated with styles of human geography and historical past. Daniel Nettle attracts on paintings in anthropology, linguistics, geography, archeology, and evolutionary technology to provide an explanation for linguistic diversity.

masking over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterised via similarity of their wording or metaphorical notion which don't express corresponding similarity of their meanings, this dictionary offers a distinct cross-section of the English language. notwithstanding it really is designed in particular to help readers in heading off using irrelevant or faulty words, the ebook is usually used as a customary phraseological dictionary delivering definitions to person idioms, clichés, and set expressions. such a lot words integrated within the dictionary are in energetic present use, making information regarding their meanings and utilization necessary to language beginners in any respect degrees of proficiency.

Deissi, riferimento, metafora è una raccolta di saggi di alcuni giovani specialisti in self-discipline linguistiche che si avvale anche della partecipazione del famoso semiologo russo Boris Uspenskij (allievo, amico e collaboratore di L. Hjelmslev, R. Jakobson e M. Lotman) dove vengono esplorati i temi più antichi – eppure ancora attuali – nel dibattito sul linguaggio. Valentina Martina indaga il rapporto tra il piano dei significati linguistici e l. a. realtà attraverso un'analisi della nozione di «sistema». Nel saggio di Artemij Keidan si affronta il problema della definizione della deissi e il suo ruolo nella disambiguazione degli enunciati, con particolare riferimento allo strutturalismo e alle teorie contemporanee sul riferimento diretto. Il lavoro di Luca Alfieri ha lo scopo di dimostrare l'insostenibilità, a partire dai recenti studi sulla cognizione, della dicotomia jakobsoniana tra metafora e metonimia. Chiude il quantity lo studio di B. Uspenskij sul ruolo dei pronomi personali nella struttura del linguaggio, nella semiotica e nella comunicazione umana, riccamente illustrato con esempi e curiosità storiche.

Artemij Keidan ha conseguito il titolo di dottore di ricerca in linguistica storica presso los angeles Facoltà di Lettere dell'Università di Roma «La Sapienza», con una tesi sulla tradizione grammaticale indiana antica. Svolge attività di ricerca presso los angeles Facoltà di Studi Orientali dello stesso Ateneo, in campi che spaziano dalla grammatica sanscrita alla sintassi funzionalista e alla filosofia del linguaggio.
Luca Alfieri, studioso di linguistica storica presso l. a. Facoltà di Lettere dell'Università di Roma «La Sapienza», ha conseguito una tesi sulla morfologia dell'indoeuropeo ricostruito. È autore di saggi su argomenti che spaziano dalla storia della filosofia medioevale alla grammatica della lingua persiana e alla ricostruzione indoeuropea.

This e-book deals either a retrospective view on how theories of aspectuality have built during the last 30 years, and provides present, new instructions of aspectuality research.

The articles during this booklet take a large crosslinguistic scope together with aspectual analyses of the subsequent languages: English and different types of English: African American English and Colloquial Singapore English, Italian, French, Bulgarian, Czech, Mandarin chinese language, West-Greenlandic, Wakashan languages, and Nahk-Daghestanian languages.

this is often the 11th quantity in Professor M.A.K. Halliday's gathered Works. First released as a ten quantity set from 2002 to 2007, they've got proven the substantial and transforming into overseas curiosity throughout a couple of disciplines within the systemic useful linguistics framework.

Halliday's strong theoretical method of the research of language has contributed considerably not just to advances in our wisdom of ways language works but in addition how linguistic insights should be virtually utilized throughout a large spectrum of social concerns.

This quantity beneficial properties over fifty of the world's languages and language households. The featured languages were selected in keeping with the variety of audio system, their position as respectable languages and their cultural and ancient value. every one language is checked out intensive, and the chapters supply info on either grammatical gains and on salient positive factors of the language's background and cultural position. This moment variation has been up-to-date and revised. new languages, Amharic and Javanese, were integrated. This obtainable quantity will entice a person with an curiosity in linguistics.Key features:Attention is paid to either grammatical and sociolinguistic featuresAttention is focused at the world's significant languagesDesigned to be available to all readers with an curiosity in language.