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Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. It was written for the layman, but proved to be one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of DNA. What is Life? appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 364) Аннотация: Word order is one of the major properties on which languages are compared and its study is fundamental to linguistics. This comprehensive survey provides an up-to-date, critical overview of this widely debated topic, exploring and evaluating word order research carried out in four major theoretical frameworks — linguistic typology, generative grammar, optimality theory and processing-based…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 276) Аннотация: At the heart of generative phonology lies the assumption that the sounds of every language have abstract underlying representations, which undergo various changes in order to generate the 'surface' representations, that is, the sounds we actually pronounce. The existence, status and form of underlying representations have been hotly debated in phonological research since the introduction of the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 332) Аннотация: Theatre of the Rule of Law, first published in 2010, presents a sustained critique of global rule of law promotion — an expansive industry at the heart of international development, post-conflict reconstruction and security policy today. While successful in articulating and disseminating an effective global public policy, rule of law promotion has largely failed in its stated objectives of…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 396 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 275) Аннотация: Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to research on the origins of human communication. Written by one of the pioneers of the field, this is the first book to explain how speech and…

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