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Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 22

Giriko Mikio, Nagaya Naonori, Takemura Akiko, Vance Timothy J.

ISBN: PB: 9781575867519, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, February 2015
400 pp., 22.9x15 cm

Japanese and Korean are typologically similar, with linguistic phenomena in one often having counterparts in the other. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference provides a forum for research, particularly through comparative study, of both language...

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Linguistic Issues in Language Technology, Volume 9 Perspectives on Semantic Representations for Textual Inference

Zaenen Annie, Condoravdi Cleo, de Paiva Valeria

ISBN: PB: 9781575868448, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, January 2015
364 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"Linguistic Issues in Language Technology (LiLT)" is an open-access journal that focuses on the relationships between linguistic insights and language technology. In conjunction with machine learning and statistical techniques, deeper and more sophis...

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Language and the Creative Mind

Dancygier Barbara, Borkent Mike, Hinnell Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9781575866710, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, August 2014
420 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

This volume brings together papers from the 11th Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Language Conference, held in Vancouver in May 2012. In the last few years, the cognitive study of language has begun to examine the interaction between language and...

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Linguistics

Iberian Imperialism and Language Evolution in Latin America

Mufwene Salikoko S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226126203, ISBN: HB: 9780226126173, University of Chicago Press, May 2014
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 7 halftones, 3 line drawings, 27 tables

As rich as the development of the Spanish and Portuguese languages has been in Latin America, no single book has attempted to chart their complex history. Gathering essays by sociohistorical linguists working across the region, Salikoko S. Mufwene do...

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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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Around the Globe Rethinking Oral History with Its Protagonists

Vanek Miroslav

ISBN: PB: 9788024622262, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2013
160 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In this unusual and important new work, Miroslav Vanek interviews twelve experts on oral history to discuss the medium's current status within the social sciences in light of recent techno...

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Interaction of Tone with Voicing and Foot Structure Evidence from Kera Phonetics and Phonology

Pearce Mary D.

ISBN: PB: 9781575866086, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, September 2013
440 pp., 23x15 cm

This book investigates the topics of tone, vowel harmony, and metrical structure, with special reference to Kera, a Chadic language spoken in Chad and Cameroon. Kera is a tone language where a change in the pitch of the word can make a difference to...

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Literary Criticism

Prague English Studies and the Transformation of Philologies

Prochazka Martin, Pilny Ondrej

ISBN: PB: 9788024621562, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, September 2013
140 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! This collaborative monograph will commemorate the centenary of the Prague English Studies, officially inaugurated in 1912 by the appointment of Vilem Mathesius. Apart from reassessing the...

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Japanese

Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 20

Frellesuig Bjarke, Sells Peter

ISBN: PB: 9781575866383, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, August 2013
550 pp., 22.9x15 cm

Japanese and Korean are typologically similar, with linguistic phenomena in one often having counterparts in the other. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference provides a forum for research, particularly through comparative study, of both language...

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Linguistics

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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