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This book offers an original treatment of the Italian clitic si. Sharply separating encoded grammar from inference in discourse, it proposes a unitary meaning for si, including impersonals, passives, and reflexives. Si signals third-person participancy but makes no distinctions of number, gender, or case role. The analysis advances the Columbia School framework by relying on just these straightforward oppositions, attributing variety of interpretation largely to language use rather than to grammar. The analysis places si within a network of oppositions involving all the other clitics. Data come primarily from twentieth-century and more recent published and on-line literature. The book will be of interest to functional linguists, students of reflexivity, and scholars of the Italian language.

Si (The Italian word) --- Italian language --- Etymology --- Italienisch. --- Reflexivpronomen. --- si. --- Etymology. --- E-books --- Italian language - Etymology

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This volume contains sixteen contributions from the fourth conference on the Foundations of Arabic linguistics (Genova, 2016), all having to do with the development of linguistic theory in the Arabic grammatical tradition, starting from Sībawayhi's Kitāb (end of the 8th century C.E.) and its continuing evolution in later grammarians up till the 14th century C.E. The scope of this volume includes the links between grammar and other disciplines, such as lexicography and logic, and the reception of Arabic grammar in the Persian and Malay linguistic tradition.

Arabic language --- Grammar --- History. --- Sibawayh, Amr ibn Uthman, --- ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān Sībawayh, --- Sībawaihi, --- Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān, --- Sībawayhi, --- سيبويه، عمرو بن عثمان --- سيبويه، عمرو بن عثمان، --- عمر بن عثمان السيبويه --- Grammar.

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A translation and analysis of Sibawayhs comprehensive and insightful work on Inclination (or Umlauting) in classical Arabic.

Arabic language --- Grammar. --- Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān,

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A multitude of measurement units exist within astronomy, some of which are unique to the subject, causing discrepancies that are particularly apparent when astronomers collaborate with researchers from other disciplines in science and engineering. The International System of Units (SI) is based on seven fundamental units from which other units may be derived, but many astronomers are reluctant to drop their old and familiar systems. This handbook demonstrates the ease with which transformations from old units to SI units may be made. Using worked examples, the author argues that astronomers would benefit greatly if the reporting of astronomical research and the sharing of data were standardized to SI units. Each chapter reviews a different SI base unit, clarifying the connection between these units and those currently favoured by astronomers. This is an essential reference for all researchers in astronomy and astrophysics, and will also appeal to advanced students.

Communication in astronomy. --- Metric system. --- International metric system --- International system of units --- SI (Weights and measures) --- SI-metric --- Weights and measures --- Astronomy

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"The Lives and Legacy of Kim Sisŭp (1435-1493) offers an account of the most extraordinary figure of Korean literature and intellectual history. The present work narrates the fascinating story of a prodigious child, acclaimed poet, author of the first Korean novel, Buddhist monk, model subject, Confucian recluse and Daoist master. No other Chosŏn scholar or writer has been venerated in both Confucian shrines and Buddhist temples, had his works widely read in Tokugawa Japan and became an integral part of the North Korean literary canon. The nine studies and further materials presented in this volume provide a detailed look on the various aspects of Kim Sisŭp's life and work as well as a reflection of both traditional and modern narratives surrounding his legacy"--

Authors, Korean --- Korean literature --- History and criticism --- Kim, Si-sŭp --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Korea --- Intellectual life --- History and criticism. --- Kim, Si-sŭp,