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A grammar of Yakkha
(2015)
This grammar provides the first comprehensive grammatical description of Yakkha, a Sino-Tibetan language of the Kiranti branch. Yakkha is spoken by about 14,000 speakers in eastern Nepal, in the Sankhuwa Sabha and Dhankuta ...
Analyzing Meaning - Second corrected and slightly revised edition
(2019)
This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. ...
Strabon von Amaseia
(2022)
Strabon von Amaseia, Zeitgenosse der Kaiser Augustus und Tiberius, sah sich als stoischer Philosoph. Er verfasste eine umfangreiche Geschichtsdarstellung und eine Geographie. Erhalten hat sich lediglich sein geographisches ...
Language is a complex adaptive system
(2022)
The ASLAN labex - Advanced studies on language complexity - brings together a unique set of expertise and varied points of view on language. In this volume, we employ three main sections showcasing diverse empirical work ...
Architects of Buddhist Leisure
(2016-11-30)
Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia’s ...