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The Galton Case

Author : Ross Macdonald

Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 29,86 MB

Release : 2011-02-23

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307759679

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Lew Archer returns in this gripping mystery, widely recognized as one of acclaimed mystery writer Ross Macdonald's very best, about the search for the long lost heir of the wealthy Galton family. Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. Now Anthony's mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Devious and poetic, The Galton Case displays MacDonald at the pinnacle of his form.



The Headless Cupid

Author : Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 40,79 MB

Release : 2012-10-23

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1416995404

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When the four Stanley children meet Amanda, their new stepsister, they’re amazed to learn that she studies witchcraft. They’re stunned to see her dressed in a strange costume, carrying a pet crow and surrounded by a pile of books about the supernatural. It’s not long before Amanda promises to give witchcraft lessons to David, Jamie, and the twins. But that’s when strange things start happening in their old house. David suspects Amanda of causing mischief, until they learn that the house really was haunted long ago. Legend has it that a ghost cut the head off of a wooden cupid on the stairway. Has the ghost returned to strike again?



Scooby-Doo! and You

Author : Jenny Markas

Publisher :

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 34,28 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Children's stories

ISBN : 9780439231626

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The reader is invited to solve a mystery with Scooby-Doo and friends. Can the gang catch the ghost and save Museum Village?



Grammatical gaps: definition, typology and theory

Author : Thomas Strobel

Publisher : Helmut Buske Verlag

Page : 232 pages

File Size : 14,50 MB

Release : 2023-12-11

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 3967692914

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Grammatiken sind (metaphorisch gesprochen) Anweisungen zum richtigen Gebrauch einer Sprache. Interessanterweise zeigen Grammatiken offenbar Lücken, die dadurch entstehen, dass für bestimmte Bereiche Regeln (bzw. Formen) ganz fehlen oder dass sich einzelne Regeln widersprechen und der daraus resultierende Konflikt deren Anwendung verhindert. Grammatische Lücken, auf deren Relevanz für eine 'realistische' Grammatiktheorie wohl zuerst Marga Reis hingewiesen hat, sind in den letzten Jahren schon vereinzelt in den Fokus der Forschung geraten. Das Sonderheft versammelt Arbeiten zu verschiedenen Arten von Lücken und zeigt damit, wie ertragreich und wichtig die Erforschung grammatischer Lücken sein kann. Grammars are (metaphorically speaking) instructions for the correct use of languages. One might expect that grammars are complete, i.e., that they provide an appropriate solution for each utterance context. Interestingly, however, grammars seem to show gaps, which are caused by the fact that rules (or forms) in certain domains are missing completely or that individual rules contradict each other and that the resulting conflict prevents their application. Grammatical gaps, whose relevance for a 'realistic' theory of grammar was probably first pointed out by Marga Reis, have come into the focus of research in recent years. The present special issue collects papers on different kinds of gaps and shows how fruitful and important the investigation of grammatical gaps can prove to be. Inhalt: Introduction – Ralf Vogel: Grammatical gaps, grammatical invention and grammatical theory – André Meinunger: Unexpected finite verb forms in German – cases of grammatical illusion? – Patrick Mächler, Anja Hasse: Gaps of definiteness. Marking of (in)definiteness in Swiss German, Norwegian, Faroese and Elfdalian – Elisabeth Scherr: Attraction of the void. The lack of aspect in German and its effect on language change – Oliver Schallert: Morphological gaps in verbal diminutive formation: Some observations on Alemannic – Julia Bacskai-Atkari: Syntactic paradigms, markedness and similative markers in comparative and relative clauses – Fenna Bergsma: A typology of case competition in headless relatives – Ewa Trutkowski: How sex and gender shape agreement in German relative clauses – Tabea Reiner: What counts as a gap? The case of typological hierarchies



Case and Grammatical Relations

Author : Greville G. Corbett

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 19,59 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027229945

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The papers in this volume can be grouped into two broad, overlapping classes: those dealing primarily with case and those dealing primarily with grammatical relations. With regard to case, topics include descriptions of the case systems of two Caucasian languages, the problems of determining how many cases Russian has and whether Hungarian has a case system at all, the issue of case-combining, the retention of the dative in Swedish dialects, and genitive objects in the languages of Europe. With regard to grammatical relations, topics include the order of obliques in OV and VO languages, the effects of the referential hierarchy on the distribution of grammatical relations, the problem of whether the passive requires a subject category, the relation between subjecthood and definiteness, and the issue of how the loss of case and aspectual systems triggers the use of compensatory mechanisms in heritage Russian.



The Lexical Basis of Sentence Processing

Author : Paola Merlo

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 47,19 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Computers

ISBN : 9781588111562

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This volume highlights current theories of the lexicon from the perspective of its use in sentence understanding. It includes work from researchers in psycholinguistic studies on sentence comprehension.



A Grammar of Hup

Author : Patience Epps

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter

Page : 1009 pages

File Size : 50,73 MB

Release : 2008-08-27

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 3110199076

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This work is a reference grammar of Hup, a member of the Nadahup family (also known as Makú or Vaupés-Japura), which is spoken in the fascinatingly multilingual Vaupés region of the northwest Amazon. This detailed description and analysis is informed by a functional-typological perspective, with particular reference to areal contact and grammaticalization. The grammar begins with an introduction to the cultural and linguistic background of Hup speakers, gives an overview of the phonology, and follows this with chapters on morphosyntax (nominal morphology, verbs and verb compounding, tense, aspect, modality, evidentiality, etc.); it concludes with discussions of negation, the simple clause, and clause combining. A number of features of Hup grammar are typologically significant, such as its strategy of inversion in question formation, its system of Differential Object Marking, and its treatment of possession. Hup also exhibits several highly unusual paths of grammaticalization, such as the development of a verbal future suffix from the noun ‘stick, tree’. The book also includes a selection of texts and a CD-ROM with audio files.



Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas

Author : Bernard Comrie

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 322 pages

File Size : 49,38 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 902720683X

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Patterns of relative clause formation tend to vary according to the typological properties of a language. Highly polysynthetic languages tend to have fully nominalized relative clauses and no relative pronouns, while other typologically diverse languages tend to have relative clauses which are similar to main or independent clauses. Languages of the Americas, with their rich genetic diversity, have all been under the influence of European languages, whether Spanish, English or Portuguese, a situation that may be expected to have influenced their grammatical patterns. The present volume focuses on two tasks: The first deals with the discussion of functional principles related to relative clause formation: diachrony and paths of grammaticalization, simplicity vs. complexity, and formalization of rules to capture semantic-syntactic correlations. The second provides a typological overview of relative clauses in nine different languages going from north to south in the Americas.



Dr Thorndyke Intervenes

Author : R. Austin Freeman

Publisher : House of Stratus

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 16,35 MB

Release : 2012-09-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0755143663

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What would you do if you opened a package to find a man’s head? What would you do if the headless corpse had been swapped for a case of bullion? What would you do if you knew a brutal murderer was out there, somewhere, and waiting for you? Some people would run. Dr Thorndyke intervenes.



Odoo Development Cookbook

Author : Husen Daudi

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 774 pages

File Size : 13,52 MB

Release : 2024-05-31

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1805129473

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Take your Odoo development skills to the next level by following real-world examples to solve complex business problems with this trusted community edition book, officially endorsed by Odoo Key Features Create web client components using the latest features in the Odoo Web Library Discover new widgets for display screens, fields, and attributes in Odoo 17 Build apps and websites with confidence with the help of this trusted community edition Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionThe latest version of the powerful Odoo framework uncovers a wide variety of features for rapid application development. Written by seasoned Odoo experts, this updated Odoo Development Cookbook will help you explore Odoo 17’s new features and use them to develop applications from scratch. You'll learn about website development concepts and get to grips with the Odoo Web Library (OWL), as well as create a new Odoo module from the ground up before progressing to advanced framework concepts. The book also shows you how to modify existing applications, including Point of Sale (POS) applications. Going beyond backend development, you'll discover advanced JavaScript recipes for creating new views and widgets. You'll get a clear understanding of website development and be on your way to becoming a proficient Odoo developer by studying performance optimization, debugging, and automated testing. By the end of this book, you'll have the knowledge you need to build impressive applications and be well-versed in Odoo development best practices.What you will learn Build intuitive websites with Odoo CMS using dynamic building blocks Get to grips with advanced concepts such as caching, prefetching, and debugging Modify backend JavaScript components and POS applications with the updated OWL framework Connect and access any object in Odoo via Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) Manage, deploy, and test an Odoo instance with Odoo.sh Configure IoT Box to add and upgrade Point of Sale (POS) hardware Find out how to implement in-app purchase services Who this book is for This book is for developers who are new to the Odoo framework and want to develop effective business applications. Experienced Odoo developers looking to revisit specific topics or discover new features in Odoo 17 may also benefit from this book. Basic knowledge of Python programming and JavaScript programming is necessary to get the most out of this book.