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Showing 1 - 12 of 34 results for “thomas hoffmann”
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  • Construction Grammar

    by Thomas Hoffmann ...
    Series series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
    What do speakers of a language have to know, and what can they 'figure out' on the basis of that knowledge, in order for them to use their language successfully? This is the question at the heart of Construction Grammar, an approach to the study of language that views all dimensions of language as equal contributors to shaping linguistic expressions. The trademark characteristic of Construction ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Creative Construction Grammar

    by Thomas Hoffmann, Mark Turner ...
    Series series Elements in Cognitive Linguistics
    Constructions are long-term pairings in memory of form and meaning. How are they created and learned, how do they change, and how do they combine into new utterances (constructs, communicative performances) in working memory? Drawing on evidence from word-formation (blending, Noun-Noun-compounds) over idioms and argument structure constructions to multimodal communication, we argue that ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • English Comparative Correlatives

    Diachronic and Synchronic Variation at the Lexicon-Syntax Interface

    by Thomas Hoffmann ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    One of the most intriguing features of languages is that speakers can produce novel grammatical utterances that they have never heard before. Consequently, most linguists agree that the mental grammars of speakers are complex systems that must be more abstract than the input they are exposed to. Yet, linguists differ as to how general and abstract speakers' mental representations have to be to ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Preposition Placement in English

    A Usage-based Approach

    by Thomas Hoffmann ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Preposition placement, the competition between preposition stranding (What is he talking about?) and pied-piping (About what is he talking?), is one of the most interesting areas of syntactic variation in English. This is the first book to investigate preposition placement across all types of clauses that license it, such as questions, exclamations and wh-clauses, and those which exhibit ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes

    Construction Grammar as the Cognitive Theory for the Dynamic Model

    by Thomas Hoffmann ...
    Series series Elements in World Englishes
    Varieties of English are spoken all over the world from Africa to Asia, from Europe to America. In addition to its use as a foreign language, English in many of these countries is a first or second language variety that initially arose in a colonial setting. Currently, the most influential sociolinguistic model for the evolution of these 'Post-Colonial Englishes' is the Dynamic Model. In this ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Weird Tales Volume 2

    by E.T.A. Hoffmann ...
    Translated by John Thomas Bealby ...
    'Weird Tales Volume 2' (1885) was written by famous German Romantic author E.T.A. Hoffmann. Included in this second and final volume of short stories are: 'The Doge and Dogess', 'Master Martin the Cooper,' 'Mademoiselle de Scudéri,' 'Gambler's Luck,' 'Master Johannes Wacht,' and a bibliographic essay from the translator entitled, 'Biographical Notes.' These classic short stories are perfect for ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Weird Tales Volume 1

    by E.T.A. Hoffmann ...
    Translated by John Thomas Bealby ...
    'Weird Tales Volume 1' (1885) was written by German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' (1816). Included in this first of two volumes are the short stories: The Cremona Violin, The Fermata, Signor Formica, The Sandman, The Entail and Arthur's Hall. These classic short stories are perfect for fans of horror and fantasy fiction and the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Copilots for Linguists

    AI, Constructions, and Frames

    by Tiago Timponi Torrent, Thomas Hoffmann, Arthur Lorenzi Almeida, Mark Turner ...
    Series series Elements in Construction Grammar
    AI can assist the linguist in doing research on the structure of language. This Element illustrates this possibility by showing how a conversational AI based on a Large Language Model (AI LLM chatbot) can assist the Construction Grammarian, and especially the Frame Semanticist. An AI LLM chatbot is a text-generation system trained on vast amounts of text. To generate text, it must be able to find ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Allergic Diseases – From Basic Mechanisms to Comprehensive Management and Prevention

    Edited by Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Torsten Zuberbier, Thomas Werfel ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Allergy is the most frequent chronic disease in the 21st century having severe negative effects on health and the economy. The challenge we therefore face in medicine and science incorporates all areas of society – from politics to food industry, from schools to city planning, and many more. This volume informs the reader about continuously ongoing developments in allergy research and their ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Mysteries for Halloween

    A Journey Through Gothic Horror, Haunted Tales & Victorian Mysteries for Halloween

    by Théophile Gautier, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wilkie Collins, Anton Chekhov, Arthur B. Reeve, Anna Katherine Green, Sir Robert Anderson, Thomas W. Hanshew, Mary E. Hanshew, Villiers de l'Isle Adam, Cleveland Moffett, Florence Marryat, William Archer, Fitz-James O'Brien, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Pliny the Younger, William F. Harvey, M. R. James, Katherine Rickford, Ralph Adams Cram, E. F. Benson, Rudyard Kipling, Daniel Defoe, Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Leopold Kompert, Ambrose Bierce, Vincent O'Sullivan, Ellis Parker Butler, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Thomas Hardy, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Margaret Oliphant, Erckmann-Chatrian, Fiona Macleod, Amelia B. Edwards, Frederick Marryat, Jack London, William T. Stead, Gambier Bolton, Andrew Jackson Davis, Nizida, Helena Blavatsky, Walter F. Prince, Mark Twain, Chester Bailey Fernald ...
    Translated by William Melmoth, Julian Hawthorne ...
    This meticulously edited ebook collection is formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices: Detective Stories: The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) A Scandal in Bohemia (A. Conan Doyle) The Biter Bit (Wilkie Collins) The Safety Match (Anton Chekhov) The Black Hand (Arthur B. Reeve) Missing: Page Thirteen (Anna Katherine Green) Some Scotland Yard Cases ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russia and the EU

    Spaces of Interaction

    Edited by Thomas Hoffmann, Andrey Makarychev ...
    Series series Studies in Contemporary Russia
    The annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Russia’s support for military insurgency in eastern Ukraine undermined two decades of cooperation between Russia and the EU leaving both sides in a situation of reciprocal economic sanctions and political alienation. What is left of previous positive experiences and mutually beneficial interactions between the two parties? And, what new communication practices ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Human Rights and Human Nature

    Edited by Jörn Reinhardt, Marion Albers, Thomas Hoffmann ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book explores both the possibilities and limits of arguments from human nature in the context of human rights. Can the concept of human nature provide a basis for understanding fundamental rights? Is it plausible to justify the claim to universal validity of human rights by reference to human nature? Or does the idea of human rights in its modern, post-1945 manifestation go, in essence, ... Read more

    $89.99 USD