Tag: Languages

Free Download The Languages of China by S. Robert Ramsey
English | May 21, 1987 | ISBN: 0691066949, 069101468X | True EPUB | 355 pages | 15.7 MB
An incredible source of information about the Chinese language and China’s minority languages

Free Download Robert W. Sebesta, "Concepts of Programming Languages"
English | 2018 | pages: 784 | ISBN: 0134997182 | PDF | 5,4 mb
Concepts of Computer Programming Languages, 12th Edition introduces readers to the fundamental concepts of computer programming languages and provides them with the tools necessary to evaluate contemporary and future languages. Through a critical analysis of design issues of various program languages, the text teaches readers the essential differences between computing with specific languages, while the in-depth discussion of programming language structures also prepares them to study compiler design. The 12th Edition includes new material on contemporary languages like Swift and Python, replacing discussions of outdated languages.

Free Download G. Extra, L. Verhoeven, "Community Languages in the Netherlands"
English | 2007 | pages: 331 | ISBN: 9026513607 | PDF | 17,4 mb
This book focuses on the international and educational context of ethnic communities and their language varieties in the Netherlands. It presents major trends in Dutch research on community languages and cross-cultural evidence on reported vs observed use of community languages at Dutch schools.

Free Download Different Kinds of Specificity Across Languages By Cornelia Ebert, Stefan Hinterwimmer (auth.), Cornelia Ebert, Stefan Hinterwimmer (eds.)
2013 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 9400753098 | PDF | 3 MB
This anthology of papers analyzes a range of specificity markers found in natural languages. It reflects the fact that despite intensive research into these markers, the vast differences between the markers across languages and even within single languages have been less acknowledged. Commonly regarded specific indefinites are by no means a homogenous class, and so this volume fills a gap in our understanding of the semantics and pragmatics of indefinites.The papers explore differences and similarities among these specificity markers, concentrating on the following issues: whether specificity is a purely semantic or also a pragmatic notion; whether the contribution of specificity markers is located on the level of the at-issue content; whether some kind of speaker-listener asymmetry concerning the identification of the referent is involved; and the behavioral scope of these indefinites in the context of other quantifiers, negation, attitude verbs, and intensional/modal operators.

Free Download Helaina Gaspard, "Canada’s Official Languages: Policy Versus Work Practice in the Federal Public Service"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0776623354 | EPUB | pages: 162 | 0.5 mb
Canada’s official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions. With legislative change, Canada’s public service has achieved the equitable representation of its two official languages groups, provided services to the public in both official languages, and has codified rights for public servants to work in their official language of choice. On paper, the regime is robust. In practice, there is a persistent divergence between policy and practice, as English dominates as the regular language of work in the federal public service.

Free Download Roland J-L Breton, "Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of South Asia"
English | ISBN: 0803993676 | | 236 pages | PDF | 26 MB
This geographical atlas constitutes the first systematic presentation of the spatial and quantitative characteristics of the distribution of languages in the seven countries of South Asia. This atlas enables readers to actually see the geographical location, extension, and linguistic affinities of any of the numerous languages spoken in South Asia by combining and comparing language data from various national censuses. Part I introduces the reader to the relationship between language and the complex ethnocultural structure of the subcontinent. Professor J. L. Breton stresses both the importance of and difficulties in analyzing the vitality of South Asian language groups and examines the similarities and differences in language use and various ethnic traits among similar population groups. The second part-which comprises 60 plates along with supporting text-is devoted to graphically analyzing various aspects including regional distribution of language and ethnic communities; the relationship between language and race, tribe, caste, and religion; the main linguistic minorities; and ethno-political factors. Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of South Asia, Second Edition will be an indispensable reference and resource tool to academics, students, and researchers interested in linguistics, geography, cultural studies, reference, anthropology, ethnology, and political science.

Free Download John Kirk, "United Islands? The Languages of Resistance (Poetry and Song in the Age of Revolution)"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1848933401, 1138662038 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 0.8 mb
This is the first title in a new series called Poetry and Song in the Age of Revolution. This series will appeal to those involved in English literary studies, as well as those working in fields of study that cover Enlightenment, Romanticism and Revolution in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

Free Download Dany Adone, "The Acquisition of Creole Languages: How Children Surpass their Input"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1107499852, 0521199654 | PDF | pages: 245 | 1.9 mb
How do children acquire a Creole as their first language? This relatively underexplored question is the starting point for this first book of its kind; it also asks how first language acquisition of a Creole differs from that of a non-Creole language. Dany Adone reveals that in the absence of a conventional language model, Creole children acquire language and go beyond the input they receive. This study discusses the role of input, a hotly debated issue in the field of first language acquisition, and provides support for the nativist approach in the debate between nativism and input-based models. The Acquisition of Creole Languages will be essential reading for those in the fields of first language acquisition and Creole studies. Adone takes an interdisciplinary approach, using insights from non-verbal language acquisition, which makes this of great interest to those in the field of sign linguistics.

Free Download Endangered Languages (MIT Press Essential Knowledge) by Evangelia Adamou
English | August 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 0262548704 | 264 pages | True EPUB | 0.44 MB
A concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent challenges of our times.

Free Download Marianne Nikolov, "Early Learning of Modern Foreign Languages: Processes and Outcomes "
English | ISBN: 1847691463 | 2009 | 264 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Modern languages are offered to young learners at an increasingly early age in many countries; yet few publications have focused on what is available to children in different contexts. This volume fills this gap by documenting the state-of-the-art in researching young language learners using a variety of research methods. It demonstrates how young children progress and benefit from an early exposure to modern languages in different educational contexts, and how affective, cognitive, social, linguistic and classroom-related factors interact in the processes. A special strength is the range of languages: although English is the most widely learnt language, chapters focus on various target languages: Croatian, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish and Ukrainian and the contexts include China, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Poland, the Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.