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Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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The authors here promote the reintroduction of temporality into the description and analysis of spoken interaction. They argue that spoken words are, in fact, t
Language in Time of Revolution
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Pages: 248
Authors: Benjamin Harshav
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-28 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This book deals with two remarkable events--the worldwide transformations of the Jews in the modern age and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language. It is a
Time in Language
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Wolfgang Klein
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-13 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book looks at the various ways in which time is reflected in natural language. All natural languages have developed a rich repetoire of devices to express
The Loom of Language
Language: en
Pages: 724
Authors: Frederick Bodmer
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It
Language and Time
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Pages: 285
Authors: Vyvyan Evans
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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Vyvyan Evans focuses on the linguistic and conceptual resources we make use of when we fix events in time.