Danko Šipka: 2 books
Lexical Layers of Identity
Words, Meaning, and Culture in the Slavic Languages
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
Focusing on Slavic languages, Danko Šipka provides a systematic approach to lexical indicators of cultural identity. In contrast to existing research, which focuses heavily on syntactic and phonological approaches, Šipka's approach is novel, more systematic and encompassing, and postulates three...
Lexical Conflict
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
The first practical study of its kind, Lexical Conflict presents a taxonomy of cross-linguistic lexical differences, with thorough discussion of zero equivalence, multiple equivalence and partial equivalence across languages. Illustrated with numerous examples taken from over one hundred world languages,...