Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
La collection Manuals of Romance Linguistics (MRL) a l'ambition de presenter un panorama d'ensemble de la linguistique romane tenant compte des derniers acquis de la recherche. Elle comprendra une soixantaine de volumes qui pourront etre utilises separement tout en offrant dans leur totalite une bonne approche globale de l'eventail actuel de la linguistique romane. L'accent sera mis en particulier sur les linguae minores auxquelles les deux grands ouvrages de references de la discipline, le Dictionnaire de la linguistique romane (Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik, 1988-2005) et l'Histoire des langues romanes (Romanische Sprachgeschichte, 2003-2008), n'avaient pu, pour des raisons bien comprehensibles, accorder qu'une place relativement restreinte.
La serie Manuals of Romance Linguistics (MRL) se propone ofrecer una vision completa y actualizada de la linguistica romanica. Esta serie se compone de alrededor de 60 volumenes autonomos. Cada volumen puede usarse de manera independiente, pero tomados todos en su conjunto ofrecen una vision del espectro actual de la linguistica romanica. Una atencion especial se presta en esta ocasion a las linguae minores, a las que inevitablemente se dedico menos espacio en las dos anteriores grandes obras de la disciplina, el Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik (1988-2005) y la Romanische Sprachgeschichte (2003-2008).
La collana Manuals of Romance Linguistics (MRL) si propone di offrire un aggiornamento sistematico sui piu recenti sviluppi degli studi di linguistica romanza. I ca. 60 volumi di cui si compone sono a se stanti e consultabili singolarmente, e tuttavia, se usati complessivamente, permettono una visione d'insieme dell'attuale spettro di ricerca nella linguistica romanza. Uno degli accenti piu rilevanti e l'attenzione per le cosiddette linguae minores, alle quali, per forza di cose, e stato concesso poco spazio nelle due grandi opere della disciplina, il Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik (1988-2005) e la Romanische Sprachgeschichte (2003-2008).
Synopsis
Deixis is a field of research that has generated increased interest among linguists. This volume provides an overview of deixis, focusing on Romance languages but also reaching beyond this perspective. The editors and authors hope that readers, regardless of their familiarity with Romance languages, will gain new insights into deixis in general, and into the similarities and differences between deictic structures among the languages of the world.
Synopsis
Deixis as a field of research has generated increased interest in recent years. It is crucial for a number of different subdisciplines: pragmatics, semantics, cognitive and contrastive linguistics, to name just a few. The subject is of particular interest to experts and students, philosophers, teachers, philologists, and psychologists interested in the study of their language or in comparing linguistic structures.
The different deictic structures - not only the items themselves, but also the oppositions between them - reflect the fact that neither the notions of space, time, person nor our use of them are identical cross-culturally. This diversity is not restricted to the difference between languages, but also appears among related dialects and language varieties.
This volume will provide an overview of the field, focusing on Romance languages, but also reaching beyond this perspective. Chapters on diachronic developments (language change), comparisons with other (non-)European languages, and on interfaces with neighboring fields of interest are also included.
The editors and authors hope that readers, regardless of their familiarity with Romance languages, will gain new insights into deixis in general, and into the similarities and differences among deictic structures used in the languages of the world.