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This book discusses the morpho-syntactic Balkan Sprachbund features in nine languages in which they are most numerous. It contains a wealth of Balkan linguistic material, collected from both the existing literature sources and from the author's own field work. Rather than making parallel lists of convergent phenomena, the author focuses on displaying similarities and differences in the representation of the most widely acknowledged Balkan Sprachbund morpho-syntactic features and their interaction with other features in the structure of the DP or the sentence of individual languages. The book stands at the intersection of traditional and formal linguistics. The use of a minimally technical terminology allows for a cross-framework accessibility of the data. The book will be of interest to researchers and students working in the fields of comparative linguistics and Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Romanian, Megle-no-Romanian, Aromanian, Albanian, Modern Greek and Balkan Romani languages.

Grammar --- Historical linguistics --- Comparative linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- Classical Greek language --- taalfamilies --- linguïstiek --- grammatica --- Grieks --- Balkan Peninsula

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Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world. Observer *Does language reflect the culture of a society? *Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? *Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? In Through the Language Glass, acclaimed author Guy Deutscher will convince you that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. A delightful amalgam of cultural history and popular science, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind.

Historical linguistics --- Taalwetenschap ; geschiedenis --- Vergelijkende taalwetenschap --- 81 --- cultuur --- taalwetenschap en talen --- Linguistique historique. --- Langage et culture. --- Linguistique comparée.

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Edited by two leading experts on the languages of West Africa, this volume is the very first book to handle a range of topics in the syntax of Kwa, a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken by approximately 20 million people in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin and in the extreme southwestern corner of Nigeria. Kwa includes a total of 45 related languages. The nine chapters each address a separate grammatical aspect of Kwa. These range from topics such as the verb phrase, argument structure, verb serialization and complex predicates, to discussions on tense, mood, and aspect and their relation to the structure of sentences. Also addressed are the structure of the noun phrase and the syntax of discourse particles. The studies in this volume demonstrate that Kwa languages offer a very rich empirical domain for linguistic theorizing. In this book, experts who are mostly native speakers present empirical data and show its theoretical relevance to comparative linguistics and comparative syntax. The book brings together a wealth of material and fresh insights and is a superb example of how empirical research feeds into typological and theoretical linguistics. As such, it is a gold mine to students and teachers of comparative syntax, as well as for anyone interested in studies on Niger Congo languages.

Kwa languages --- Niger-Congo languages. --- Syntax. --- Comparative Linguistics. --- African Languages. --- Linguistique comparée --- Niger-Congo languages --- Kwa languages -- Syntax. --- African Languages & Literatures --- Linguistics. --- African languages. --- Comparative linguistics. --- Grammar. --- African languages --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- Comparative philology --- Philology, Comparative --- Historical linguistics --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative --- Syntax --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar. --- Linguistic science --- Science of language

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Old questions on the origins of language and communication are illuminated here in new, state-of-the-art research. This volume brings together studies from diverse disciplines, showing how they can inform and stimulate each other. It includes work in linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, anthropology and computer science. New empirical work is reported on both human and animal communication, using some novel techniques that have only recently become viable. A principal theme is the importance of studies involving artificial agents, their contribution to the body of knowledge on the emergence of communication and language, and the role of simulations in exploring some of the most significant issues. A number of different synthetic systems are described, demonstrating how communication can emerge in natural and artificial organisms. Theories on the origins of language are supported by computational and robotic experiments. Worldwide contributors to this volume include some of the most influential figures in the field, delivering essential reading for researchers and graduates in the area, as well as providing fascinating insights for a wider readership. Caroline Lyon is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire. Her research and publications include work on the evolution of language, speech recognition, applications of neural networks and textual analysis. Chrystopher L. Nehaniv is Research Professor of Mathematical and Evolutionary Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire and Director of the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Network on Evolvability in Biological and Software Systems. Angelo Cangelosi is Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Cognition at the University of Plymouth. He is the editor of Simulating the Evolution of Language (Springer, 2002).

Computer Science. --- Language Translation and Linguistics. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences. --- Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities. --- Computer science. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computer simulation. --- Translators (Computer programs). --- Social sciences --- Information systems. --- Informatique --- Intelligence artificielle --- Simulation par ordinateur --- Traducteurs (Logiciels) --- Sciences sociales --- Data processing. --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Systèmes d'information --- Computational linguistics. --- Language and languages -- Origin. --- Language and languages --- Computational linguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Origin --- Origin. --- Automatic language processing --- Language data processing --- Linguistics --- Natural language processing (Linguistics) --- Origin of languages --- Speech --- Data processing --- Mathematical linguistics --- Historical linguistics --- Application software. --- Applied linguistics --- Cross-language information retrieval --- Multilingual computing --- Natural language processing (Computer science). --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Natural Language Processing (NLP). --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- NLP (Computer science) --- Artificial intelligence --- Electronic data processing --- Human-computer interaction --- Semantic computing --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software