Wyświetlanie pozycji 6-14 z 14

    • A Note on Iconicity and Motivation of Expression 

      Pawelec, Andrzej (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 ...
    • On Multiple Metonymies Within Indirect Speech Acts 

      KOSECKI, KRZYSZTOF (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 ...
    • Optimality Theoretic Analysis of Non-Rhoticity in English 

      Ostalski, Przemysław (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 ...
    • Serbo-Croat Clitics and Word Grammar 

      Čamdžić, Amela; Hudson, Richard (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 ...
    • The Time Constraint in Conference Interpreting: Simultaneous vs. Consecutive 

      Gumul, Ewa; Łyda, Andrzej (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 ...
    • Topological Modelling of Grammatical and Lexical Aspect in English 

      Skrzypczak, Waldemar (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 ...
    • The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Copula in Latin: on a Textual Problem in Cicero's Oration in Defence of Publius Sestius 

      Jakielaszek, Jarosław (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 ...
    • Understanding Language Death in Czech-Moravian Texas 

      Hannan, Kevin (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 ...
    • Words For Women's Boots in Present-Day Polish: A Quantitative and Contrastive Onomasiological Study 

      Wilson, Andrew (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 ...