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Constraint-Based Syntax and Semantics Papers in Honor of Daniele Godard

Abeille Anne, Bonami Olivier

ISBN: PB: 9781684000463, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, January 2021
215 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

This volume is devoted to the syntax and semantics of various languages, studied with models based on constraints. Both French and international linguists present their work in tribute to Daniele Godard, emeritus research director at the Centre natio...

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Linguistics

Comparative Method of Language Acquisition Research

Pye Clifton

ISBN: PB: 9780226539614, ISBN: HB: 9780226481289, University of Chicago Press, November 2017
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones, 1 line drawing, 90 tables

The Mayan family of languages is ancient and unique. With their distinctive relational nouns, positionals, and complex grammatical voices, they are quite alien to English and have never been shown to be genetically related to other New World tongues....

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Core and Periphery Data-Driven Perspectives on Syntax Inspired by Ivan A. Sag

Hofmeister Philip, Norcliffe Elisabeth

ISBN: PB: 9781575867212, ISBN: HB: 9781575867205, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, April 2014
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"The Core and the Periphery" is a collection of papers inspired by the linguistics career of Ivan A. Sag (1949-2013), written to commemorate his many contributions to the field. Sag was professor of linguistics at Stanford University from 1979 to 201...

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Computational Introduction to Linguistics Describing Language in Plain Prolog

Ojeda Almerindo E.

ISBN: PB: 9781575866598, ISBN: HB: 9781575866574, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, August 2013
400 pp., 23x15 cm

In this book, Almerindo E. Ojeda offers a unique perspective on linguistics by discussing developing computer programs that will assign particular sounds to particular meanings and, conversely, particular meanings to particular sounds. Since these as...

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Concreteness in Grammar

Dobrin Lise

ISBN: PB: 9781575866062, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, March 2013
240 pp., 23x15 cm

Based on an exhaustive search of published sources and the author's firsthand fieldwork, "Concreteness in Grammar" explores the role of phonological form in the noun class systems of the Arapesh languages spoken in Papua New Guinea. Linguists have lo...

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Education

Craft of Scientific Communication

Harmon Joseph E., Gross Alan G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316628, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 21 halftones, 12 line illus.

The ability to communicate in print and person is essential to the life of a successful scientist. But since writing is often secondary in scientific education and teaching, there remains a significant need for guides that teach scientists how best t...

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