This volume makes accessible a substantial range of recent research in Cognitive Grammar. Building from fundamentals, it brings fresh insight to the analysis of varied grammatical phenomena. Topics considered in depth include constructions, grounding, clause structure, and complex sentences. The book is of interest to anyone concerned with the conceptual basis of meaning and linguistic structure.
Atoms in Chemistry: From Dalton's Predecessors to Complex Atoms and Beyond
"Atoms in Chemistry: From Dalton's Predecessors to Complex Atoms and Beyond" - the 1044th volume of the ACS Symposium Series contains presentations from a symposium titled "200 Years of Atoms in Chemistry: From Dalton's Atoms to Nanotechnology," held at the 236th national meeting of ACS in Philadelphia in August 2008.
Lessons from Good Language Learners (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
Although many teachers and texts give a strong nod in the direction of learner-centered learning, changing the paradigm and providing the neces sary knowledge and skills for teachers has proven to be quite daunting. Perhaps the task is larger and more complex than many of us realized 30 years ago This volume attempts to take Rubin’s initiative further by investigating a wide range of variables, any one of which has the potential to affect how students learn, and which, in combination, present an extremely complex picture.
Complex Predicates: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Event Structure
Complex predicates are multipredicational, but monoclausal structures. They have proven problematic for linguistic theory, particularly for proposed distinctions between the lexicon, morphology, and syntax. This volume focuses on the mapping from morphosyntactic structures to event structure, and in particular, the constraints on possible mappings. The volume showcases the 'coverb construction' a complex predicate construction which, though widespread, has received little attention in the literature.
Physics is a complex, even daunting topic, but it is also deeply satisfying even thrilling. And liberated from its mathematical underpinnings, physics suddenly becomes accessible to anyone with the curiosity and imagination to explore its beauty. Science without math? It's not that unusual. For example, we can understand the concept of gravity without solving a single equation.
"Absolutely Small" presents (and demystifies) the world of quantum science like no book before.
