von
Probabilistic variability in clausal verb complementation in World Englishes The book explores finite and nonfinite clausal verb complementation in World Englishes. It provides an assessment of the influence of language contact, simplicity and transparency, geographical…
von
From pseudo-relatives to causative constructions Scandinavian languages as a case study This volume proposes a novel structural analysis for causative constructions, offering a solution for the long-standing mono/bi-clausal dualism. Causatives are claimed to instantiate a…
von
Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed? Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed? provides an in-depth examination of public discussions on lexical borrowing in the Japanese language. The main objective of this book is…
von
The ditransitive alternation in present-day German. A corpus-based analysisThe ditransitive (or “dative”) alternation is a much-studied phenomenon in contemporary linguistics. This monograph is the first to address the alternation in present-day written German from both…
von
200 years of national philologies: from romanticism to globalization The 17 contributions in this volume pursue a positioning of the philologies, which – based on the ‚Volksgeist‘ (popular spirit) of the 19th century and the…
von
English complex words: Exercises in construction and translation English Complex Words is a lively, essential companion for multilingual explorations of word-formation processes, both in English and across 40 other languages. It offers today’s broadest available…
von
The Spanish and the Portuguese present perfect in discourse This monograph presents a theoretical and empirical study of the Spanish and the Portuguese Present Perfect (PP). The innovative claim is that the two tense forms…
von
Eine Geschichte Russlands Mitreißend, prägnant und menschlich berührend erzählt Orlando Figes die Geschichte Russlands. Dabei entfaltet er das große Panorama der russischen Seele: von unsterblichen Mythen über die großartigen kulturellen Leistungen bis zur Weltmachtpolitik des…
von
New Englishes, New Methods There is an ever-growing body of work on New Englishes, and the time has come to take stock of how research on varieties of English is carried out. The contributions in…
von
Agentivity in human impersonal constructions in Polish and Russian This book presents a synchronic study on the applicability and the acceptability of the passive and three impersonal constructions in Polish (-no/-to, reflexive, and 3pl) and…