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The Cambridge Dictionary of Linguistics TheCambridgeDictionaryofLinguisticsprovidesconciseandcleardefinitionsof allthetermsanyundergraduateorgraduatestudentislikelytoencounterinthe studyoflinguisticsandEnglishlanguageorinotherdegreesinvolvinglinguistics, suchasmodernlanguages,mediastudiesandtranslation.ltcoversthekeyareasof syntax,morphology,phonology,phonetics,semanticsandpragmaticsbutalso containstermsfromdiscourseanalysis,stylistics,historicallinguistics, sociolinguistics,psycholinguistics,computationallinguisticsandcorpus linguistics.Itprovidesentriesfor246languages,including‘major’languages andlanguagesregularlymentionedinresearchpapersandtextbooks.Features includecross-referencingbetweenentriesandextendedentriesonsometerms. Whereappropriate,entriescontainillustrativeexamplesfromEnglishandother languages,andmanyprovideetymologiesbringingoutthemetaphorslying behindthetechnicalterms.Alsoavailableisanelectronicversionofthe dictionarywhichincludes‘clickable’cross-referencing. KEITH BROWN isanaffiliatedlecturerintheDepartmentofModernand MedievalLanguagesattheUniversityofCambridge.Hetaughtlinguisticsat theUniversityofEdinburghfrom1965to1983andthenattheUniversityofEssex, wherehewasResearchProfessorinLinguistics.HeisaformerChairoftheLAGB andPresidentofthePhilologicalSociety.HismajorresearchinterestisinEnglish grammar.HispreviouspublicationsincludeSyntax:ALinguisticIntroductionto SentenceStructureSecondEdition(withJimMiller,1991)andheisEditor-in-Chief oftheEncyclopediaofLanguageandLinguisticsSecondEdition(2006). JIM MILLER isProfessorEmeritusattheUniversityofEdinburgh.Hetaught linguisticsattheUniversityofEdinburghfrom1967to2003andtheUniversity ofAucklandfrom2003to2007.Hismajorresearchinterestsarethegrammarand discourseorganizationofspontaneousspokenlanguageandhowtheydifferfrom writtenlanguage,andgrammaticalcategories,especiallycase,tenseandaspect. HeistheauthorofACriticalIntroductiontoSyntax(2011)andSpontaneous SpokenLanguage:SyntaxandDiscourse(withReginaWeinert,2009). The Cambridge Dictionary of Linguistics KEITH BROWN JIM MILLER and UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521766753 ©EdwardKeithBrownandJamesEdwardMiller2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedandboundintheUnitedKingdombyCPIGroupLtd,CroydonCR04YY AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Brown,E.K. TheCambridgedictionaryoflinguistics/KeithBrownandJimMiller. p. cm. ISBN978-0-521-76675-3(Hardback) 1. Linguistics–Dictionaries. I. Miller,J.E.(JamesEdward),1942– II. Title. III. Title:Dictionaryoflinguistics. P29.B762013 4100.3–dc23 2012029086 ISBN978-0-521-76675-3Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. CONTENTS List of abbreviations vii Phoneticsymbols for English ix Introduction 1 The Dictionary 3 ABBREVIATIONS ABBESS abessive ABL ablativecase ABS absolute ADJ adjective ACC accusative ADV adverb ADVP adverbialphrase AGR agreement ALL allativecase AOR aorist AP adjectivephrase APPL applicative CAUS causative CGEL CambridgeGrammaroftheEnglishLanguage CGE ComprehensiveGrammarofEnglish CLF classifier COMP complementizer CONJ conjunction DAT dativecase DO directobject ELAT elative ERG ergative ESS essive FOC focus GEN genitive GER gerund GB GovernmentandBinding IMP imperative IND indicative INSTR instrumental IPFV imperfectiveaspect LFG Lexical-FunctionalGrammar LOG logophoric MP MinimalistProgram NOM nominativecase NP nounphrase viii LISTOFABBREVIATIONS OBLQ oblique OO obliqueobject OPT optative PART participle PFV perfectiveaspect PL plural POSS possessive PRS present PRT participle PRTV partitive PP prepositionalphrase P&P PrinciplesandParameters PROG progressive PROP proprietive PST past RRG RoleandReferenceGrammar S subject SG singular SG Systemicgrammar SPE SoundPatternofEnglish SUB subjunctive SUP supine TRANSL translative VOC vocative VP verbphrase 1 firstperson 2 secondperson 3 thirdperson 2PL second-personplural,etc. 1SG first-personsingular,etc.
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