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Discrete Entailment-Based Linking and -EE Nouns in English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)Barker (1998) argues that since the referent of an -ee noun can be an indirect object, a direct object, a prepositional object, or a subject, -ee nouns cannot be described as a syntactic natural class. Portero Muñoz (2003) ... -
The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Copula in Latin: on a Textual Problem in Cicero's Oration in Defence of Publius Sestius
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)A textual problem from Cicero's oration In defence of Publius Sestius is discussed in order to determine syntactic and semantic consequences of editorial choices. The discussion involves semantic and syntactic properties ... -
The Time Constraint in Conference Interpreting: Simultaneous vs. Consecutive
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)The present paper focuses on the concept of time constraint in interpreting. The main aim of the study is to compare the two modes of interpreting, i.e. consecutive and simultaneous in terms of the temporal load imposed ... -
Understanding Language Death in Czech-Moravian Texas
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)Based on several decades of personal interaction with Texas speakers of Czech, the author's article attempts to correlate social change with some specific stages of language obsolescence and language death. Many instances ... -
Topological Modelling of Grammatical and Lexical Aspect in English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)It is assumed that aspect in both cases — as a process-profiling category — is analogous to the profiling of things and atemporal relations (in the sense of Langacker 1987, 1990, 2000), given the maximisation of the temporal ... -
Distribution of Word Classes in Old English and Old High German: A Preliminary Contrastive Study Based on The Battle of Maldon, Hildebrandslied and Ludwigslied
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)This paper presents an example of a historical study based on comparable corpora. It aims to analyse and compare the distribution of different parts of speech in Old English and Old High German, thus providing a quantitative ... -
A Note on Iconicity and Motivation of Expression
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)While iconic effects can be detected at all levels of linguistic analysis, according to the standard position they have little, if any, relevance for the system of language. I would like to show that iconicity seems marginal ... -
Book Reviews
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Optimality Theoretic Analysis of Non-Rhoticity in English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)Moreover, the paper demonstrates a way in which r-liaison might be incorporated in the synchronic grammar of non-rhotic accents. Simply put, r-liaison could be perceived as another instantiation of VSpread conspiracy, where ... -
In a Methodological Trap: Review article of The phonology of Danish, by Hans Basbøll. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
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Words For Women's Boots in Present-Day Polish: A Quantitative and Contrastive Onomasiological Study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)Footwear terminology demonstrates interesting cross-linguistic differences and is, consequently, also a problematic area for non-native speakers. In order to arrive at a more accurate picture of a subset of footwear ... -
Serbo-Croat Clitics and Word Grammar
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)Serbo-Croat has a complex system of clitics which raise interesting problems for any theory of the interface between syntax and morphology. After summarising the data we review previous analyses (mostly within the generative ... -
Book Notices
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On Multiple Metonymies Within Indirect Speech Acts
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2007-12-18)Indirect speech acts are frequently structured by more than a single metonymy. The metonymies are related not only to the illocutionary force of the utterances, but also function within the individual lexemes being their ... -
The Effect of Text Authenticity on the Performance of Iranian EFL Students in a C-Test
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2009-12-23)As part of growing efforts to understand factors affecting c-test this study aims to investigate the effect of text authenticity on the performance of Iranian EFL students in a C-Test. The C-Test is an integrative testing ... -
Models and Targets for the Pronunciation of English in Vietnam and Sweden
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2009-12-23)This paper aims to account for the factors that lie behind the choice of models and targets for the pronunciation of English by learners of English in Vietnam and in Sweden. English is the first foreign language in both ... -
Sociolinguistic Conditioning of Phonetic Category Realisation in Non-Native Speech
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2009-12-23)The realisation of phonetic categories reflects a complex relationship between individual phonetic parameters and both linguistic and extra-linguistic conditioning of language usage. The present paper investigates the ... -
Arab EFL Learners' Acquisition of Modals
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2009-12-23)This paper investigates Arab EFL learners' acquisition of modal verbs. The study used a questionnaire, which comprises two versions, testing students' mastery of modals at the levels of both recognition and production. The ... -
A Pedagogical Evaluation of Intra-Sentential Code-Switching Patterns in L2 Classroom Talk
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2009-12-23)The paper is concerned with teachers' and students' alternation between L1 and L2 within the same utterance, i.e. uses of intra-sentential code-switching which in classroom discourse tends to be less accepted by modern ... -
Musical Intelligence and Foreign Language Learning
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2009-12-23)The article discusses the potential advantage that musically gifted FL learners have in developing the speaking skill, especially in acquiring some prosodic features. Empirical findings are provided to support the assumption.