Language at Large: Essays on Syntax and Semantics (Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory, 2) - Hardcover

Aikhenvald, Alexandra; Dixon, R. M. W.

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ISBN 10: 9004206078 ISBN 13: 9789004206076

Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2011

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The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon. It focusses on topics in linguistic typology, the analysis of previously undescribed languages and issues in the grammar and lexicography of English.

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Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Ph.D. (1984) in Linguistics, Academy of Science of the USSR, Doctor of Letters (2006), La Trobe University, Australia, is Professor and Research Leader (People and Societies of the Tropics) at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia. She has published extensively on Amazonian languages, languages of New Guinea, linguistic typology, and language contact. Her other publications include Evidentiality (2004), and Imperatives and Commands (2010) (OUP).

R. M. W. Dixon, PhD (1968) in Linguistics, University of London, Doctor of Letters (1991), The Australian National University, is Adjunct Professor at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia. He has published extensively on Australian Aboriginal languages, on Jarawara (from southern Amazonia), Fijian, the grammar and lexicography of English, linguistic typology and basic linguistic theory. His recent publications include volumes 1-3 of Basic Linguistic Theory (2010-2011) (OUP)

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• Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9004206078
• ISBN 13: 9789004206076
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 606
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