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Современный английский язык
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Современный английский языкСовременный английский язык

В монографии рассматриваются вопросы функционального синтаксиса, в частности один из кардинальных факторов грамматического строя — порядок слов в английском языке; даются новые трактовки обусловленности того или иного вида словопорядка; анализируются закономерности его взаимодействия с логико-грамматическим членением предложения, интонацией, формально-грамматическими факторами, лингвистикой текста, стиля.
 
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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of DistractionThe Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way.
In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers.
 
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Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers
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Philosophy of Language: The Key ThinkersPhilosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers

This is an introduction and guide to the key thinkers in the study of the philosophy of language, from Gottlob Frege to Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jacques Derrida. Philosophers have raised and struggled with questions relating to human language for more than 2000 years. Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Thirteen specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein.
 
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Строй английского языка
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Строй английского языкаСтрой английского языка

В пособии дана системная характеристика строя английского языка как целостного единства трех подсистем — грамматической, лексической, фонетической; показана типологическая обусловленность строя английского языка как продукта исторической эволюции; проведено сопоставление строя английского языка с аналогичной характеристикой русского языка.
 
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Latin Language and Latin Culture: From Ancient to Modern Times
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Latin Language and Latin Culture: From Ancient to Modern TimesLatin Language and Latin Culture: From Ancient to Modern Times

The Latin language is popularly imagined in a number of specific ways: as a masculine language, an imperial language, a classical language, a dead language. This book considers the sources of these metaphors and analyzes their effect on how Latin literature is read. By reading with and more commonly against these metaphors, the book offers a different view of Latin as a language and as a vehicle for cultural practice. The argument ranges over a variety of texts in Latin and texts about Latin from antiquity to the twentieth century.
 
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