Linguists have sporadically noted peculiarities of pronunciation, lexis and morphosyntax in the speech of European Americans in the Pittsburgh area, and Pittsburgh speech, locally known as “Pittsburgh
Signals and systems enjoy wide application in industry and daily life, and understanding basic concepts of the subject area is of importance to undergraduates majoring in engineering. With rigorous ma
This volume on semiconductor devices focuses on such topics as nano-imprinting, lithography, nanowire charge-trapping, thermo-stability in nanowires, nano-electrodes, and voltage and materials used fo
Climate change greatly affects yield and quality of food crops as a result of changes in rainfall, temperature and concentration of greenhouse gases. This book compiles current evidence on the influen
This volume uncovers a great mystery about language: why can we communicate so effectively despite the fact that ambiguity is pervasive? Conversely, how do speakers use ambiguity to achieve a specific
Editors Zimmermann and Kellermeier-Rehbein present students, academics, and researchers, with a collection of academic papers and scholarly articles focused on the linguistic contribution of missionar
This volume emerged from the March 2010 Phonological Typology of Syllable and Word Languages in Theory and Practice workshop held in Freiberg, Germany. The 15 papers claim that the syllable and the ph
This volume brings together a range of approaches to the role of media in processes of sociolinguistic change. Its 17 chapters and five section commentaries examine the impact of mediatization on lang
Complexity of grammatical structure has become a center of interest in recent typological and dialectological research. The contributions of the present volume discuss structural complexity from the p
In the first volume of a graduate textbook, Rosch introduces the basic aspects of nuclear and radiochemical processes, focusing on the explanation of fundamental aspects rather than on specific detail
Cyran wades into the heated theoretical debate over laryngeal phonology in Polish using a database that combines well-established facts presented in previous modern and earlier analyses, with recent e
This definitive handbook provides an in-depth treatment of insect morphology. The up-to-date overview of insect morphology is complemented by a chapter on innovative morphological techniques (e.g., u-
This monographis a self-contained exposition of the definition and properties of functionsof bounded variation and their various generalizations; the analytical properties of nonlinear composition ope
Journalism is under ever-increasing pressure, due in large part to the phenomenon of media convergence. Not only does media convergence redefine the tasks of journalists and newsrooms, it also re-shap
"This ... volume assembles thirteen etymological studies covering a broad range of languages, focusing in particular Australian indigenous languages ... The phenomena investigated in the contributions
The new series will explore all aspects of the intersection of mathematics and the life sciences, including mathematical modeling of biological systems and processes, bioinformatics, computational evo
Contributors explore the thought of Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), with an emphasis on the problem of method. Their perspectives include a Wittgenstein critique of Kant'
This volume brings together novel analyses of verbal plurality and distributivity. The authors draw on a wide range of new empirical data from languages as diverse as Arabic, Cusco Quechua, European P
Philosophic attention shifted after Hegel from Kant’s emphasis on sensibility to criticism and analyses of the fine arts. The arts themselves seemed as ample as nature; a disciplined science could dev
Linguistics scholars based in France (one in Russia), attended monthly seminars held between 2005 and 2009 in Paris, and the 11 contributions presented in this volume are revised versions of some of t
This volume collects papers that discuss theoretical or empirical problems from a multidimensional view of syntax and morphology, presupposing frameworks such as LFG, HPSG, the Parallel Architecture,
In John McWhorter’s Defining Creole anthology of 2005, his collected articles conveyed the following theme: His hypothesis that creole languages are definable not just in the sociohistorical sense, bu
Sztefko (clinical biochemistry, Jagiellonian U., Poland) details concepts of basic immunochemistry and knowledge needed by physicians and laboratory professionals about immunoassay results due to inte
Bland (emeritus mathematics and statistics, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond) offers a textbook for a graduate course in rings and modules that introduces homological algebra and intermingles it througho
This volume explores the interplay of syntactic variation and genre. How do genres emerge and what is the role of syntax in constituting them? Why do certain constructions appear in certain types of t
Archaeologists, classicists, and art historians present the first volume in English devoted entirely to Roman sarcophagi, thus making available to mono-anglophone readers the continental research, esp
The past few decades have seen the development of new critical methods with which the poetic and rhetorical dimensions of ancient Greek texts can be evaluated. In this volume, an international group o
Historians, archaeologists, and biblical scholars investigate the extent to which the reign of Roman emperor Hadrian in 76-138 allowed Christianity to gain a more relevant and influential position in
This volume addresses the issue of religion and economy in the evolution of human cooperation. Both religious practices and economic behavior create and sustain intra-group cooperation by providing pe
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical lingui
Scholars had long noticed that language and formal linguistics were connected to law and jurisprudence, and a workshop was held at Bielefeld, Germany, during February 2006 to ponder the links. The 15
This book is volume one of a four-volume set stemming from a national four-year project in Sweden involving a total of 30 authors from universities, research, and industry. While the targeted reader i
This interdisciplinary volume provides a novel perspective on social aspects of language. It views ways of how the acquisition and management of knowledge of ourselves and others is reflected in langu
Designed for college courses in linguistics, this volume is part of an impressive four-volume set describing varieties of English worldwide. Each volume contains the tables of contents for all 4 volum
Why do languages allow us to say 'the same thing' in so many different ways? One of the answers is that in saying what we want to say, we always position ourselves in social space as well, by speaking
Scholars of linguistics and communication gathered in Aarhus, Denmark for the second Text and Translation conference in March 2003. The 13 papers selected from the presentations there look at theory,
Intrigued by Books 12-14 of Ovid's Metamorphoses , which sees the author revisit Vurgil's epic world of Aenean, Sophia Papaioannou sets about exporing `the ingenuity of the rationale behind Ovid's idi
Since Jaco Burckhardt's Kultur der Renaissance in Italien (1869) rhetoric as a significant cultural factor of the renaissance has largely been neglected. The present study seeks to remedy this deficit
How much does what we think depend on what we want? Descartes' much-discussed position has often been interpreted to mean that we hold an opinion as the result of a decision. In Scepticism, Freedom an
