Mechanisms of Syntactic Change (9780292741287)

Historical linguistics, the oldest field in linguistics, has been traditionally dominated by phonological and etymological investigations. Only in the late twentieth century have linguists begun to focus their interest and research on the area of syntactic change and the insight it provides on the nature of language. This volume represents the first major contribution on the mechanisms of syntactic change.

The fourteen articles that make up this volume were selected from the Symposium on the Mechanisms of Syntactic Change held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1976, one of a series of three conferences sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

These papers clearly demonstrate that the generative approach to the study of language does not explain diachronic processes in syntax. This collection is enlightening, provocative, and carefully documented with data drawn from a great variety of language families.

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• Format Paperback | 640 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 32.77mm | 1,134g
• Publication date 25 Jan 2012
• Publisher University of Texas Press
• Publication City/Country Austin, TX, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note black & white illustrations
• ISBN10 0292741286
• ISBN13 9780292741287

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Savage Cinema : Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies (9780292765825)

More than any other filmmaker, Sam Peckinpah opened the door for graphic violence in movies. In this book, Stephen Prince explains the rise of explicit violence in the American cinema, its social effects, and the relation of contemporary ultraviolence to the radical, humanistic filmmaking that Peckinpah practiced.

Prince demonstrates Peckinpah's complex approach to screen violence and shows him as a serious artist whose work was tied to the social and political upheavals of the 1960s. He explains how the director's commitment to showing the horror and pain of violence compelled him to use a complex style that aimed to control the viewer's response.

Prince offers an unprecedented portrait of Peckinpah the filmmaker. Drawing on primary research materials-Peckinpah's unpublished correspondence, scripts, production memos, and editing notes-he provides a wealth of new information about the making of the films and Peckinpah's critical shaping of their content and violent imagery. This material shows Peckinpah as a filmmaker of intelligence, a keen observer of American society, and a tragic artist disturbed by the images he created.

Prince's account establishes, for the first time, Peckinpah's place as a major filmmaker. This book is essential reading for those interested in Peckinpah, the problem of movie violence, and contemporary American cinema.

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• Format Paperback | 304 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 18.8mm | 822g
• Publication date 01 Sep 1998
• Publisher University of Texas Press
• Publication City/Country Austin, TX, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 82 b&w photos
• ISBN10 0292765827
• ISBN13 9780292765825
• Bestsellers rank 1,905,197

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Elites, Masses, and Modernization in Latin America, 1850-1930 (9780292739963)

The interactions between the elites and the lower classes of Latin America are explored from the divergent perspectives of three eminent historians in this volume. The result is a counterbalance of viewpoints on the urban and the rural, the rich and the poor, and the Europeanized and the traditional of Latin America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. E. Bradford Burns advances the view that two cultures were in conflict in nineteenth-century Latin America: that of the modernizing, European-oriented elite, and that of the "common folk" of mixed racial background who lived close to the earth. Thomas E. Skidmore discusses the emerging field of labor history in twentieth-century Latin America, suggesting that the historical roots of today's exacerbated tensions lie in the secular struggle of army against workers that he describes. In the introduction, Richard Graham takes issue with both authors on certain basic premises and points out implications of their essays for the understanding of North American as well as Latin American history.

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• Format Paperback | 166 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 9.65mm | 249.48g
• Publication date 15 Dec 2014
• Publisher University of Texas Press
• Publication City/Country Austin, TX, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Reprint
• ISBN10 0292739966
• ISBN13 9780292739963

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America's Neighborhood Bats : Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them (9780292781481)

Since its publication in 1988, America's Neighborhood Bats has changed the way we look at bats by underscoring their harmless and beneficial nature. In this revised edition, Merlin Tuttle offers bat aficionados the most up-to-date bat facts, including a wealth of new information on attracting bats and building bat houses and a revamped key to the identification of common North American species. The easy-to-understand text, clear illustrations, and spectacular color photographs make this the perfect bat book for the general reader, as well as an invaluable resource for professionals who field questions from the public. Those who provide advice at health and animal control departments, museums, zoos, and nature centers will find it especially useful.

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• Format Paperback | 106 pages
• Dimensions 152.4 x 215.9 x 12.7mm | 249.48g
• Publication date 01 Oct 1997
• Publisher University of Texas Press
• Publication City/Country Austin, TX, United States
• Language English
• Edition Revised
• Edition Statement Second Revised Edition
• Illustrations note 35 Colour, 17 b&w, 9 Maps
• ISBN10 0292781482
• ISBN13 9780292781481

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Bats : Rain Forest Allies (9780292708426)

The importance of bats to tropical ecosystems has been largely ignored by conservation planners. This video will bring the bat's seed dispersal and pollination activities to light and inform a new generation of educators and decision makers about the need for bat conservation.

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• Format Hardback
• Publication date 30 Jun 1995
• Publisher University of Texas Press
• Publication City/Country Austin, TX, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 0292708424
• ISBN13 9780292708426

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