Download or read book Expanding the Lexicon written by Sabine Arndt-Lappe and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creation of new lexical units and patterns has been studied in different research frameworks, focusing on either system-internal or system-external aspects, from which no comprehensive view has emerged. The volume aims to fill this gap by studying dynamic processes in the lexicon – understood in a wide sense as not being necessarily limited to the word level – by bringing together approaches directed to morphological productivity as well as approaches analyzing general types of lexical innovation and the role of discourse-related factors. The papers deal with ongoing changes as well as with historical processes of change in different languages and reflect on patterns and specific subtypes of lexical innovation as well as on their external conditions and the speakers’ motivations for innovating. Moreover, the diffusion and conventionalization of innovations will be addressed. In this way, the volume contributes to understanding the complex interplay of structural, cognitive and functional factors in the lexicon as a highly dynamic domain.

Download or read book Manual of Discourse Traditions in Romance written by Esme Winter-Froemel and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discourse Traditions are a key concept of diachronic Romance linguistics. The present manual aims to establish this approach at an international level by assembling contributions that introduce its theoretical foundations, discuss connections with alternative approaches of text and discourse analysis, show the relevance of Discourse Traditions for the history of Romance languages, and explore possibilities for future applications of the concept.

Download or read book Die Sprachwandeltheorie von Eugenio Coseriu written by Patrick Hillegeist and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Linguistik, Note: 2,7, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig (Germanistik - Abteilung für Germanistische Linguistik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Um zur Überzeugung zu gelangen, dass sich Sprachen verändern, genügt am Beispiel der deutschen Sprache beispielsweise ein Blick in ein Wörterbuch des Mittelhochdeutschen . Dort findet man im Vergleich zu heutigen Wörterbüchern eine Fülle von morphologischen, phonologischen oder semantischen Unterschieden. Trotz dieser auf allen Ebenen der Linguistik stattfindenden Veränderungen, handelt es sich in beiden Fällen dennoch um die deutsche Sprache. Coserius Theorie über den Wandel von Sprache ist in seine Theorie von der Sprache im Allgemeinen eingebettet, in der er den Wandel nicht als Zeichen für eine malade Sprache betrachtet, sondern als geradezu charakteristisches Merkmal einer funktionierenden Sprache herausarbeitet, denn das "[...] Latein Ciceros hat aufgehört, als historische Sprache zu funktionieren, gerade weil es aufgehört hat, sich zu verändern [...]." (Coseriu 1974: 24) Ziel dieser Arbeit soll sein, anhand der Theorie von Eugenio Coseriu festzustellen, in welchem Spannungsfeld sich Wandel innerhalb einer Sprache vollzieht und weiter, inwiefern Coserius Theorie selbst einem Wandel unterliegt. Hierzu werde ich zunächst Coserius Betrachtung von Sprache und die sprachphilosophische respektive sprachwissenschaftliche Tradition aus der er hervorgegangen ist, beleuchten (Kap. 2.1). In der Folge geht es um die verschiedenen Ebenen einer Sprache, die Coseriu in zwei Hierarchien aufteilt (Kap. 2.1.1 und 2.1.2). Der Wandel, der sich aus dem Hierarchie-Modell ergibt und seine Ursachen werde ich in 2.2 erläutern. Im dritten Kapitel soll es dann schließlich um eine kritische Betrachtung der Theorie gehen, welcher dann im Fazit eine Diskussion über die Haltbarkeit der Theorie beziehungsweise über die St

Download or read book Akten des 19 Linguistischen Kolloquiums Vechta 1984 Grammatik Semantik Textlinguistik written by Wilfried Kürschner and published by de Gruyter. This book was released on 1985 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Grammatik, Semantik, Textlinguistik" verfügbar.

Download or read book Crossing Languages to Play with Words written by Sebastian Knospe and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wordplay involving several linguistic codes is an important modality of ludic language. This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, discussing examples from different epochs, genres, and communicative situations. The contributions illustrate the multi-dimensionality, linguistic make-up, and the special interactive potential of wordplay across linguistic and cultural boundaries, including the challenging practice of translation.

Download or read book Anglicisms in German written by Alexander Onysko and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a detailed account of the influence of English in German based on a large scale corpus analysis of the newsmagazine "Der Spiegel". This book presents a study that is structured into three parts, each of which deals with fundamental questions and as of yet unsolved and disputed issues in the domain of anglicism research and language contact.

Download or read book Akten des 19 Linguistischen Kolloquiums Vechta 1984 Sprachtheorie Pragmatik Interdisziplin res written by Wilfried Kürschner and published by ISSN. This book was released on 1985 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Buchreihe Linguistische Arbeiten hat mit üuuml;ber 500 Bäauml;nden zur linguistischen Theoriebildung der letzten Jahrzehnte in Deutschland und international wesentlich beigetragen. Die Reihe wird auch weiterhin neue Impulse für die Forschung setzen und die zentrale Einsicht der Sprachwissenschaft präsentieren, dass Fortschritt in der Erforschung der menschlichen Sprachen nur durch die enge Verbindung von empirischen und theoretischen Analysen sowohl diachron wie synchron möouml;glich ist. Daher laden wir hochwertige linguistische Arbeiten aus allen zentralen Teilgebieten der allgemeinen und einzelsprachlichen Linguistik ein, die aktuelle Fragestellungen bearbeiten, neue Daten diskutieren und die Theorieentwicklung vorantreiben.

Download or read book Cultures and Traditions of Wordplay and Wordplay Research written by Esme Winter-Froemel and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on realisations of wordplay in different cultures and social and historical contexts, and brings together various research traditions of approaching wordplay. Together with the volume DWP 7, it assembles selected papers presented at the interdisciplinary conference The Dynamics of Wordplay / La dynamique du jeu de mots (Trier, 2016) and stresses the inherent dynamicity of wordplay and wordplay research.

Download or read book The Anglicization of European Lexis written by Cristiano Furiassi and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the lexical influence of English on European languages, a topical theme with linguistic and cultural implications. It provides an extensive introductory background to a cross-national view of English-induced lexical borrowing, posing crucial analytical questions such as what counts as an Anglicism. It also offers a typology of borrowings with examples from the languages represented: Armenian, Danish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, and Swedish. The articles in this volume address general and language-specific issues related to the analysis and collection of Anglicisms, extending the scope to the largely unexplored area of phraseology and bringing new insights into corpus-based and corpus-driven methodologies. This volume fits into a well-established and constantly developing research field and will appeal to scholars interested in the spread of English as an international language, contact and contrastive linguistics, lexicology and lexicography, and computer corpus lexicography.

Download or read book Introduction to English Linguistics written by Markus Bieswanger and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sprachwandeltheorien im Vergleich written by Milán Gy¿rfi and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Linguistik, Note: 1, Pécsi Tudományegyetem (Philosophische Fakultät, Lehrstuhl für germanistische Sprachwissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wie wir wissen, kann eine Sprache unter zwei Hauptaspekten untersucht werden. Man kann sie synchron untersuchen, das heißt, dass die Sprache zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt untersucht wird, wobei wir davon absehen, dass sie sich mit der Zeit ändert. Die andere Methode - die meiner Meinung nach viel interessanter ist, da sie vieles aus der Geschichte eines Volkes aufdecken kann - ist selbstverständlich die diachrone, also die zeitlich vergleichende, wobei wir die Sprache für das ständig sich verändernde Werkzeug des Menschen anerkennen, die sie in Wirklichkeit ist, so vielfältig, wie ihre Benutzer selbst. Aus diesem Grund habe ich dieses Thema für meine Semesterarbeit gewählt, da Sprachwandeltheorien ein wichtiger Teil der diachronen Sprachwissenschaft, und für mich deshalb äußerst interessant sind. So werde ich in dieser Arbeit die Sprachwandeltheorien einzeln untersuchen, wobei ich auf die eventuellen Fehler der Theorien eingehe und diese zu korrigieren versuche. Im ersten Teil werde ich die grund legenden Faktoren und Termini des Sprachwandels erklären und soweit es nötig ist, durch Beispiele veranschaulichen. Danach werde ich, die kausale und finale Sprachwandeltheorie zusammen mit ihren Vertretern analysieren und auf Mängel der einzelnen Theorien hinweisen bzw. anhand konkreter Beispiele deutlich machen. Danach werde ich die sogenannte finale Sprachwandeltheorie von Eugenio Coseriu erläutern und wie im vorigen Kapitel, ihre Fehler anhand konkreter Beispiele zeigen. Das vierte Kapitel werde ich der Sprachwandeltheorie des deutschen Linguisten Rudi Keller widmen. Hierbei ist die originelle und interessante Angehensweise von Keller zu bemerken, wie er mit einer Theorie aus der Ökonomie und Wirtschaft die grundlegenden Mechanismen des Sprachwandels beschreibt, di

Download or read book Anglicisms in Europe written by Roswitha Fischer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume deals with the influence of the English lexis on other European languages in various fields of discourse, social attitudes towards this phenomenon and its reflections in recent lexicographical work. It contains some of the papers read at the conference Anglicisms in Europe 2006, which took place at the University of Regensburg, Germany. It links linguistic aspects with psychological, social, political and cultural issues, tracing relationships and differences between the respective research interests and findings. Its aim is to put the influx of anglicisms into languages other than English into a wide perspective encompassing the European heterogeneity of cultures, traditions and developments. The volume is divided into four parts, which reflect the particular foci of interest in the recent research on anglicisms in the languages of Europe: I. 'Cognitive and Semantic Approaches to Anglicisms', comprising articles that deal with the cognitive, communicative and semantic motivation for contact-induced innovation; II. 'Attitudes Towards the Influx of Anglicisms', with contributions about various national attitudes towards anglicisms and their reflection in the respective languages; III. 'The Use of Anglicisms in Specialized Discourse', with articles focussing on particular practices and domains such as business, sports, the sciences, and on language varieties used in communication within particular subcultures; and IV. 'Anglicisms in Dictionaries', comprising articles that deal with the existing dictionaries of anglicisms in European languages and provide a future-oriented perspective by making suggestions and recommendations regarding future lexicographic works.

Download or read book Spanish Loanwords in the English Language written by Félix Rodríguez Gonzáles and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Dialects of English book series. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.

Download or read book Register Genre and Style written by Douglas Biber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the most important kinds of texts in English and introduces the methodological techniques used to analyse them. Three analytical approaches are introduced and compared, describing a wide range of texts from the perspectives of register, genre and style. The primary focus of the book is on the analysis of registers. Part 1 introduces an analytical framework for studying registers, genre conventions, and styles. Part 2 provides detailed descriptions of particular text varieties in English, including spoken interpersonal varieties (conversation, university office hours, service encounters), written varieties (newspapers, academic prose, fiction), and emerging electronic varieties (e-mail, internet forums, text messages). Finally, Part 3 introduces advanced analytical approaches using corpora, and discusses theoretical concerns, such as the place of register studies in linguistics, and practical applications of register analysis. Each chapter ends with three types of activities: reflection and review activities, analysis activities, and larger project ideas.

Download or read book Dimensions of Register Variation written by Douglas Biber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-31 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Biber's new book extends and refines the research and methodology reported in his ground breaking Variation Across Speech and Writing (CUP 1988). In Dimensions of Register Variation he gives a linguistic analysis of register in four widely differing languages: English, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Korean, and Somali. Using the multi-dimensional analytical framework employed in his earlier work, Biber carries out a principled comparison of both synchronic and diachronic patterns of variation across the four languages. Striking similarities as well as differences emerge, allowing Biber to predict for the first time cross-linguistic universals of register variation. This major new work will provide the foundation for the further investigation of cross-linguistic universals governing the pattern of discourse variation across registers, and will be of wide interest to any scholar interested in style, register and literacy.

Download or read book On the Royal Road written by Elfriede Jelinek and published by Gazebo Books. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek is known as a writer who works in response to contemporary crises and cultural phenomena. Perhaps none of her works display that quality as clearly as On the Royal Road. Three weeks after Donald Trump's election, Jelinek mailed her German editor the first draft of this monologue, which turns out to be a stunningly prescient response to Trump and what he represents. In this drama we discover that a 'king', blinded by himself, who has made a fortune with real estate, golf courses and casinos, suddenly rules the United States, and the rest of the people of the world rub their eyes in disbelief until no one sees anything anymore. On the Royal Road brings into focus the phenomenon of right-wing populism. Carefully perched somewhere between tragedy and grotesque, high-pitched and squeamish, Jelinek in this work questions her own position and forms of resistance. 'Ms. Jelinek's play is a screed of outrage at the political, economic and cultural forces that have brought us to an unprecedented — and for many, unimaginable — moment of crisis for modern democracy. Mr. Trump is never mentioned by name, but the narration sketches an undisciplined, uncouth monarch who has been propped up by obscene wealth, a nonstop media circus and a remarkable talent for self-aggrandizing...[On the Royal Road] is neither a polemic nor a historical dramatization but an of-the-moment allegory for our deeply troubling political, social and economic reality.' — A. J. Goldmann, New York Times 'Jelinek's work is brave, adventurous, witty, antagonistic and devastatingly right about the sorriness of human existence, and her contempt is expressed with surprising chirpiness: it's a wild ride.' — The Guardian

Download or read book Usage Based Approaches to Language Change written by Evie Coussé and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usage-based approaches to language have gained increasing attention in the last two decades. The importance of change and variation has always been recognized in this framework, but has never received central attention. It is the main aim of this book to fill this gap. Once we recognize that usage is crucial for our understanding of language and linguistic structures, language change and variation inevitably take centre stage in linguistic analysis. Along these lines, the volume presents eight studies by international authors that discuss various approaches to studying language change from a usage-based perspective. Both theoretical issues and empirical case studies are well-represented in this collection. The case studies cover a variety of different languages – ranging from historically well-studied European languages via Japanese to the Amazonian isolate Yurakaré with no written history at all. The book provides new insights relevant for scholars interested in both functional and cognitive linguistic theory, in historical linguists and in language typology.