Interfaces in Language

This volume resulted from the first Interfaces in Language conference held at the University of Kent as a result of the need perceived for the orthodox distinctions made between the various perceived divisions in language study, e.g. syntax vs. semantics vs. pragmatics vs. phonology vs. morphology, to be expanded into a wider concept of linguistic interfaces, for example language and music, language and politics, languages in mutual contact, languages in mutual conflict, language and literat.Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- LINEARITY AND THE SYNTAX-SEMANTICS INTERFACE -- LEFT DISLOCATION AND THE THEME-TOPIC INTERFACE -- DECLARATIVE ROOT CLAUSES WITH 'THAT' -- CHICKENS AND EGGS -- SEGMENTAL PROCESSES -- FROM MUSICAL CADENCES TO LINGUISTIC PROSODY -- LANGUEDOCIAN -- THE FIVE LANGUAGES OF SWITZERLAND -- PURISM IN LANGUAGE CONFLICT -- GENOCIDE AND ETHNOCIDE -- THE EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON LOCAL IDENTITY AND SOUND CHANGE -- CROSS-DISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS ON REGIONAL DIALECT LEVELLING -- 'NI PATOIS, NI FRANÇAIS RÉGIONAL' -- USE AND MISUSE OF LINGUISTIC SIMILARITIES TO TEACH FRENCH IN MEDIEVAL TRIGLOSSIC ENGLISH -- MODELLING THE LINGUISTIC MIND -- CONTRIBUTORSThis volume resulted from the first Interfaces in Language conference held at the University of Kent as a result of the need perceived for the orthodox distinctions made between the various perceived divisions in language study, e.g. syntax vs. semantics vs. pragmatics vs. phonology vs. morphology, to be expanded into a wider concept of linguistic interfaces, for example language and music, language and politics, languages in mutual contact, languages in mutual conflict, language and literat.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries