Exploring the many moods of the Danish capital. From the narrow twisting streets of the old town centre to the shady docklands, this rich anthology captures the essence of Copenhagen and its many faces. Through seventeen tales by some of the very best of Denmark's writers past and present, we travel the length and breadth of the Danish capital examining famous sights from unique perspectives. A guide book usefully informs a new visitor to Copenhagen but these stories allow the reader to experience the city and its history from the inside.
Remember the third-grade teacher you learned never to hang prepositions from? Well, it turns out that some are now acceptable while others are not, and Takami, in a revised version of his 1990 doctoral dissertation for Tokyo Metropolitan University, explains some of the linguistic theories for which is which, and why. He considers preposition stranding in verb and noun phrases, pseudo- passives, tough-movement, the violin-sonata paradox, displaced prepositions, and analogies in Danish and Swedish. Among the linguists he reviews are Chomsky, Tuyn, Cureton, and Fodor. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This book investigates the intricate interplay between language and food in natural conversations among people eating and talking about food in English, Japanese, Wolof, Eegimaa, Danish, German, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish.
This book, which appeared first in a Danish version in 1980 and subsequently in an English translation in 1986, reverses the history of the English language: it takes present-day English ‘irregularities’ in grammar and spelling as its point of departure, providing historical explanations only to the extent that they illustrate modern forms. A number of comparisons with developments in other Germanic languages are given, not only with Danish phenomena as in the original Danish edition, but also with Dutch and German ones.
