Taalwetenschappen

1. Teil. Elementar-, Formen- und Wortlehre - ( Nachdruck der 2. Auflage) 2. Teil. Satzlehre (5. Auflage) (Zusammen zwei Bande)

An original and profound reflection on the many uses of the language. For almost three centuries, Latin dominated the civic and sacred worlds of Europe and, arguably, the entire western world. From the moment in the sixteenth century when it was adopted by the Humanists as the official language for schools and by the Catholic Church as the common liturgical language, it was the way in which millions of children were taught, people prayed to God, and scholars were educated. Francoise Waquet's history of Latin between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries is a highly original and accessible exploration of the institutional contexts in which the language was adopted. It goes on to consider what this conferring of power and influence on Latin meant in practice. Among the questions Waquet investigates are: What privileges were, and are still, accorded to those who claim to have studied Latin? Can Latin as a subject for study be anything more than purely linguistic or does it reveal a far more complex heritage? Has Latin's deeply embedded cultural legacy already given way to a nostalgic exoticism? Latin: A Symbol's Empire is a valuable work of reference, but also an important piece of cultural history: the story of a language that became a symbol with its own, highly significant empire.

How language evolved has been called the hardest problem in science. In Adam’s Tongue, Derek Bickerton—long a leading authority in this field—shows how and why previous attempts to solve that problem have fallen short. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores, and the construction of ecological niches, Bickerton produces a dazzling new alternative to the conventional wisdom. Language is unique to humans, but it isn’t the only thing that sets us apart from other species—our cognitive powers are qualitatively different. So could there be two separate discontinuities between humans and the rest of nature? No, says Bickerton; he shows how the mere possession of symbolic units—words—automatically opened a new and different cognitive universe, one that yielded novel innovations ranging from barbed arrowheads to the Apollo spacecraft. Written in Bickerton s lucid and irreverent style, this book is the first that thoroughly integrates the story of how language evolved with the story of how humans evolved. Sure to be controversial, it will make indispensable reading both for experts in the field and for every reader who has ever wondered how a species as remarkable as ours could have come into existence.

Veel mensen maken zich zorgen over de kwaliteit van het Nederlands. 'w8 ff' en 'suc6' zijn uit de sms-taal afkomstige vormen die in het geschreven Nederlands doordringen. En ook in de spreektaal komen we ingekorte vormen tegen, zoals bij Balkenende die sprak over 'nasjonale vranwoordekeden', of in het telegram Nederlands waarin we tegen buitenlanders praten. Maar het is een schijnbare anarchie, betoogt Hans Bennis in Korterlands. Er zit namelijk een systeem in de manier waarop kortere vormen van het Nederlands worden gemaakt en gebruikt, niet alleen in moderne media, maar ook in telegrammen, krantenkoppen en advertentieteksten, zoals 'Nederland: crisis op komst' of 'aantr. m. zkt bl. vr.'. Bennis is op zoek naar de regelmaat die aan de vorming van het 'Korterlands' ten grondslag ligt. Hoe werkt het Korterlands, wie gebruikt het en wanneer? Op speelse wijze neemt hij de lezer mee in de fascinerende, altijd veranderende wereld van de taal.

Aanwijzingen bij het rijmen en dichten in diverse stijlen en moeilijkheidsgraden, ook het schrijven van gelegenheidspoëzie.

Verklaring van de persoonsnamen die voorkomen in bekende Nederlandse spreekwoorden, rijmpjes en uitdrukkingen.

Verklarend woordenboek van politiek en ambtelijk vakjargon.

Wanneer is er sprake van een poes op de surfplank? 

Bundel korte, populaire stukjes over diverse aspecten van de Nederlandse taal.

Korte bijdragen van hedendaagse Nederlandse auteurs over woorden die te maken hebben met het begrip familie.

Overzicht per decennium in essays en interviews van ontwikkelingen in de Nederlandse taal in de twintigste eeuw.