What a big brain we have for all the small talk we make. It's an evolutionary riddle that at long last makes sense in this intriguing book about what gossip has done for our talkative species. Psychologist Robin Dunbar looks at gossip as an instrument of social order and cohesion--much like the endless grooming with which our primate cousins tend to their social relationships.
Изучение словарного состава современного английского языка является одной из важных задач отечественного и зарубежного языкознания. Пополнение лексики языка, как известно, происходит по различным моделям собственной системы образования новых слов, путем заимствования готовых единиц из других языков, а также за счет расширения объема значений уже существующих слов. Этот процесс происходит постоянно, отражая изменения в окружающем нас мире, отвечая потребностям носителей языка.
Originally published as the Continuum Companion to Historical Linguistics, this book brings together a number of leading scholars who provide a combination of different approaches to current and new issues in historical linguistics, while supplying an exhaustive and up-to-date coverage of sub-fields traditionally regarded as central to historical linguistics research. The editors aim to build a solid background for further discussion and to indicate directions for new research on relevant open questions.
A collection of approaches to reading in a foreign language. The contributors to the volume all place reading at the heart of learning a foreign language and entering a foreign culture, and they consider issues and methods of language education from such diverse perspectives as cognitive theory, applied linguistics, technology as hermeneutic, history, literary theory and cross-cultural analysis. The contributors - teachers of French, German, Greek, Japanese, and Spanish - call for language teachers and theorists to refocus on the importance of reading skills.
With the skill of a forensic scientist, Dr. Mallory traces the immediate origins of each of the Indo-European peoples of Europe and Asia. By comparing their languages he demonstrates their common cultural heritage, and through the technique of comparative mythology he examines their earliest beliefs.
