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This book deals with the traditional problem of the classification of linguistic units, with a primary focus on word classes. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and is based on the use of distinctive features analogous to the ones used in phonology, which entails a radical reworking of the traditional classification. The first part presents some basic notions such as the use of distinctive features and the role of word classes in grammar; classification by prototypes; and the use of world knowledge as a resource to assign thematic relations to constituents in the sentence. In the second part, some descriptive problems are examined, namely the classification of verbs according to valency; connectives, adverbs, and the internal constituents of the NP; and the classification of units larger than words. This book will be of use as a guide for linguists working on the description of natural languages, as well as a resource for students on courses in linguistic theory and description. Mário A. Perini is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the author of Describing Verb Valency (2015) and Thematic Relations (2019).

Linguistics --- Romance languages --- Literature --- linguïstiek --- literatuurwetenschap

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Plus que jamais, les débats que suscite le personnage de Louis-Ferdinand Céline s'apprêtent à prendre le pas sur la réception de son œuvre littéraire, pourtant exceptionnellement riche. Soumis à une lecture souvent approximative, imprégnée d'aprioris, ses écrits sont couramment victimes d'une mise en perspective déformée, car abordés à rebours. Deux idées aussi tenaces que contradictoires se maintiennent alors: celle d'une œuvre principalement politique et celle d'un écrivain avant tout styliste. Donnant la priorité à une approche en accord avec le développement chronologique de l'œuvre, Maxim Görke, à travers l'étude des deux textes majeurs que sont "Voyage au bout de la nuit" (1932) et "Bagatelles pour un massacre" (1937), propose de revenir sur l'une des intentions artistiques primaires de Céline: la contestation des Lumières. Die menschlichen Verfehlungen des Schriftstellers Louis-Ferdinand Céline überlagern mehr denn je die Rezeption seines außergewöhnlichen literarischen Werks. Seine Schriften werden oft nur undifferenziert bzw. vorurteilsbehaftet gelesen und fallen häufig einer verzerrten, weil historisch vorbelasteten Perspektive zum Opfer. Zwei ebenso hartnäckige wie widersprüchliche Auffassungen stechen dabei hervor: die eines vorwiegend politischen Werks und die eines Schriftstellers, der in erster Linie Stilist ist. Maxim Görke rückt einen Ansatz in den Vordergrund, der sich an der chronologischen Entwicklung des Werks orientiert. Anhand der beiden analysierten Haupttexte "Reise ans Ende der Nacht" (1932) und "Bagatelles pour un massacre" (1937) wird eines der zentralen Motive in Célines literarischem Schaffen in den Blick genommen: Protest gegen die Aufklärung.

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Psycholinguistics --- Linguistics --- Germanic languages --- Romance languages --- taalfamilies --- linguïstiek --- psycholinguïstiek

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This volume presents novel analyses of morphosyntax and phonology by well-known scholars in their respective fields. The book offers chapters on a range of Romance languages and dialects, including Canadian French, Standard French, Modern French, Sardinian, Sicilian, and Spanish. Other chapters focus on diachronic topics on French and Italian. The volume will be of interest to researchers looking for current research in linguistics on the Romance languages. It will also serve as a reference volume or supplemental reading for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in linguistics.

Phonetics --- Grammar --- Sociolinguistics --- Romance languages --- morfologie --- syntaxis --- linguïstiek --- grammatica