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Unity and diversity of languages / edited by Piet van Sterkenburg.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Sterkenburg, P. G. J. van.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Linguistics--Congresses.
Linguistics.
Language and languages--Congresses.
Language and languages.
Physical Description:
xii, 232 p. : ill.
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The Permanent International Committee of Linguists (Comité International Permanent des Linguistes, CIPL) has organized the 18th Congress of Linguists in Seoul (July 21-26, 2008), in close collaboration with the Linguistic Society of Korea. In this book one finds the invited talks which address hot topics in various subdisciplines presented by outstanding and internationally well known experts. In addition, the state-of-the-art papers provide an overview of the most important research areas of contemporary linguistics.
Contents:
Prelim pages
Table of contents
Preface
Plenary sessions
Sign languages East and West
Lifting the veil: Uncovering language origin
Pragmatics and the lexicon
Syntactic constraints
Aspects of the neural representation of spoken language
From concepts to meaning: The role of lexical knowledge
Language rights, human development and linguistic diversity in a globalizing world
Formal semantics for interpreting temporal annotation
Parallel sessions
Words, mind and brain
Information structure: Notional distinctions, ways of expression
Language policy: The first half-century
Intercultural pragmatics, language and society
Historical linguistics in 2008: The state of the art
Lexical semantics
(Tense), aspect, mood and modality – an imperfect 2008 state of the art report
Syntax: The state of the art
Index of terms
Notes:
Proceedings of the 18th Congress of Linguists in Seoul (July 21-26, 2008), organized by the Permanent International Committee of Linguistics (Comite International Permanent des Linguistes, CIPL) in close collaboration with the Linguistic Society of Korea.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612105746
9781282105744
1282105744
9789027290090
9027290091

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