Teachability and Learnability Across Languages [1 ed.] 9789027262592, 9789027203120

Learnability and second languages: A book of readings 9783110874150, 9783110130881

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Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures 9783110214444, 9783110214437

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview, as well as breaking new ground, in a versatile and fast growing field.

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Tense across Languages 9783110267020, 9783110266115

This book addresses recent developments in the study of tense from a cross-paradigm and cross-linguistic point of view.

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Derivational Networks Across Languages 9783110686630, 9783110686494, 9783110778144

This pioneering research brings a new insight into derivational processes in terms of theory, method and typology. The

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Plurality and Classifiers across Languages in China 9783110293982, 9783110293821, 9783110485349

Plural marking, numeral classifiers and reduplication constitute the main means of quantification marking in the domain

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The Syntax of Nominalizations across Languages and Frameworks 9783110245875, 9783110245868

The volume explores the syntax of nominalizations, focusing on deverbal and deadjectival nominalizations, but also discu

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Rewriting Crusoe: The Robinsonade across Languages, Cultures, and Media 9781684482351

Published in 1719, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of those extraordinary literary works whose importance lies not only i

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Modality and Theory of Mind Elements across Languages 9783110271072, 9783110270198

Modality is the way a speaker modifies her declaratives and other speech acts to optimally assess the common ground of k

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The Semantics of Nominalizations across Languages and Frameworks 9783110226546, 9783110226539

The volume explores the semantics of nominalizations from different theoretical points of view: formal and lexical seman

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Responding to Polar Questions Across Languages and Contexts 9027214328, 9789027214324

This book is about one of the most fundamental action sequences found across human societies and socio-cultural contexts

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