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Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 19

Cheon Sang Lee, Sohn Ho-min, Cook Haruko Minegishi, O'Grady William, Serafim Leon Angelo

ISBN: PB: 9781575866185, ISBN: HB: 9781575866192, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, April 2012
547 pp., 22.9x15 cm

Japanese and Korean are typologically similar languages, and a linguistic phenomenon in the former often has a counterpart in the latter. The papers in this volume are from the nineteenth Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, which was held at the...

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Language, Proof, and Logic Second Edition

Barker-Plummer David, Barwise Jon, Etchemendy John

ISBN: PB + CD: 9781575866321, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, September 2011
650 pp., 23x20.5 cm

This textbook/software package covers first-order language in a method appropriate for a wide range of courses, from first logic courses for undergraduates (philosophy, mathematics, and computer science) to a first graduate logic course. The accompan...

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Language from a Cognitive Perspective Grammar, Usage, and Processing

Bender Emily M., Arnold Jennifer E.

ISBN: PB: 9781575866109, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, July 2011
220 pp., 23x15 cm

This book is a collection of papers on language processing, usage, and grammar, written to commemorate the career of Thomas Wasow on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. Wasow has been professor of linguistics and philosophy at Stanford Universi...

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Grammatical Framework Programming with Multilingual Grammars

Ranta Aarne

ISBN: PB: 9781575866260, ISBN: HB: 9781575866277, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, July 2011
340 pp., 23x15 cm

Grammatical Framework is a programming language designed for writing grammars, which has the capability of addressing several languages in parallel. This thorough introduction demonstrates how to write grammars in Grammatical Framework and use them i...

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Why X Matters

Why Translation Matters

Grossman Edith

ISBN: PB: 9780300171303, Yale University Press, March 2011
160 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm

"Why Translation Matters" argues for the cultural importance of translation, and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator's role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, "My intention is to sti...

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Little Book of Language

Crystal David

ISBN: PB: 9780300170825, Yale University Press, March 2011
272 pp., 21.1x14 cm, 40 illus.

With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a youn...

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Japanese

Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 18

McClure William, Dikken Marcel

ISBN: PB: 9781575866161, ISBN: HB: 9781575866178, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, March 2011
456 pp., 22.9x15 cm

Because Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar, a linguistic phenomenon in one language often has a counterpart in the other. The annual Japanese-Korean Linguistics Conference provides a forum for presenting research that will deepen our...

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Dynamics of Lexical Interfaces

Kempson Ruth, Gregoromichelaki Eleni, Howes Christine

ISBN: PB: 9781575866147, ISBN: HB: 9781575866154, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, March 2011
402 pp., 22.2x15.2 cm

Dynamic Syntax is a formal model of utterance description that attempts to articulate and substantiate the claim that human linguistic knowledge is essentially the ability to process language in context. The model provides an explicit demonstration o...

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Linguistics

World Color Survey

Kay Paul, Berlin Brent, Maffi Luisa, Merrifield William R., Cook Richard

ISBN: PB: 9781575864167, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, February 2011
600 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm

The 1969 publication of Brent Berlin and Paul Kay's "Basic Color Terms" proved explosive and controversial. Contrary to the then-popular doctrine of random language variation, Berlin and Kay's multilingual study of color nomenclature indicated a cros...

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Selected Papers on Fun and Games

Knuth Donald E.

ISBN: PB: 9781575865843, ISBN: HB: 9781575865850, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, December 2010
600 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Donald E. Knuth's influence in computer science ranges from the invention of methods for translating and defining programming languages to the creation of the TeX and METAFONT systems for desktop publishing. His award-winning textbooks have become cl...

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