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9789004188358

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From Linguistics to Hermeneutics

Pierre Van Hecke

Drawing on the insights of functional grammar and cognitive semantics, this book offers a detailed linguistic analysis of Job 12-14 and a fresh exegetical reading of Job's longest and central speech in the book.

€111.00$144.00

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BSILA

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9789004194526

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Multi-verb Constructions

Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Cairns Institute, James Cook University, and Pieter C. Muysken, Radboud University Nijmegen, with the assistance of Joshua Birchall

This book surveys multi-verb constructions in multiple languages from the Americas, showing a very rich tapestry of typologically unusual constructions, including serial verbs, auxiliaries, co-verbs, phasal verbs. Where possible, a diachronic perspectrive is offered.

€137.00$177.00

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BSILA

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9789004183933

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Salish Applicatives

Kaoru Kiyosawa and Donna B. Gerdts, Simon Fraser University

This book offers a comprehensive view of the morphology, syntax, and semantics of applicative constructions in Salish, a language family of northwestern North America. The historical development and discourse function of applicatives are elucidated and placed in typological perspective.

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2213-4387

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2213-4638

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Journal of Jewish Languages

Editors: Ofra Tirosh-Becker,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Sarah Bunin Benor, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

The peer-reviewed Journal of Jewish Languages (JJL) constitutes a venue for academic research in the multifaceted field of Jewish Languages. Jewish languages are the languages spoken and written by Jews in their communities around the world. Among these are Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Arabic, ...

€133.00$172.00

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9789004168183

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Outline of Swahili Literature

E. Bertoncini Zúbková, M.D. Gromov, S.A.M. Khamis and K.W. Wamitila

Outline of Swahili Literature is a major study and reference guide of modern prose and drama in Swahili — one of the largest languages of sub-Saharan Africa. This second edition of the eponymous study first published in 1989, is extensively revised and enlarged. It contains new and updated ...