Archive for February 7th, 2009
The 'subject' of a sentence is a concept that presents great challenges to linguists. Most languages have something which looks like a subject, but subjects differ across languages in their nature and properties, making them an interesting phenomenon for those seeking linguistic universals. This pioneering volume takes a new approach to subjects, addressing their nature from a simultaneously formal and typological perspective. Dividing the subject into two distinct grammatical functions, it shows how the nature of these functions explains their respective properties, and argues that the split in properties shown in 'ergative' languages (whereby the subject of intransitive verbs is marked as an object) results from the functions being assigned to different elements of the clause. Drawing on data from a typologically wide variety of languages, including English, Hebrew, Tagalog, Inuit and Acehnese, it explains why, even in the case of very different languages, certain core properties can be found.
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This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and similar structures in languages from Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America, and the Pacific. Chapters on well-known languages such as Cantonese and Thai are set alongside the languages of small hunter-gatherer and slash-and-burn agriculturalist groups.
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Standard Double Room. Including breakfast.
The Darlington Hyde Park is located on Sussex Gardens in the Paddington Hyde Park area of London, within a 5-minute walk of Paddington Station Heathrow Express Terminal.
Once a stately Victorian terraced town house, The Darlington has high-standard accommodation with modern facilities to meet everyone's expectations.
The comfort and safety of all guests is key to every member of staff, from attention to detail on cleanliness and hygiene, to high levels of professional customer service.
The Darlington Hyde Park is always an enjoyable stay. It prides itself on being a strictly non-smoking establishment.
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Double Room. Including breakfast.
A haven of relaxation and calm amid the hectic bustle of London's West End, this hotel is bright, stylish and contemporary with a friendly, enthusiastic can-do approach.
Attractive, light, comfortable, modern and well designed accommodation is all en suite, equipped with LCD cable TVs and hospitality trays. We're continually improving the hotel to make your stay even better. The hotel was renovated in October 2006. We are now entirely a non-smoking property.
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Double. Excluding breakfast.
This beautiful, restored Georgian town house is next to the British Museum and close to the West End and the financial district.
The restaurant at the Clarendon overlooks the hotel’s private walled garden and offers 24-hour room service.
The nearby Russell Square Tube Station is served by the Piccadilly Line, which goes directly to Heathrow Airport terminals.
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Standard Double Room. Including breakfast.
The Darlington Hyde Park is located on Sussex Gardens in the Paddington Hyde Park area of London, within a 5-minute walk of Paddington Station Heathrow Express Terminal.
Once a stately Victorian terraced town house, The Darlington has high-standard accommodation with modern facilities to meet everyone's expectations.
The comfort and safety of all guests is key to every member of staff, from attention to detail on cleanliness and hygiene, to high levels of professional customer service.
The Darlington Hyde Park is always an enjoyable stay. It prides itself on being a strictly non-smoking establishment.
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Standard Double Room. Including breakfast.
The Darlington Hyde Park is located on Sussex Gardens in the Paddington Hyde Park area of London, within a 5-minute walk of Paddington Station Heathrow Express Terminal.
Once a stately Victorian terraced town house, The Darlington has high-standard accommodation with modern facilities to meet everyone's expectations.
The comfort and safety of all guests is key to every member of staff, from attention to detail on cleanliness and hygiene, to high levels of professional customer service.
The Darlington Hyde Park is always an enjoyable stay. It prides itself on being a strictly non-smoking establishment.
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Double Room. Excluding breakfast.
In the heart of Bloomsbury, The Beauchamp is an elegant and contemporary hotel with attentive service and easy access to financial areas, shopping and West End entertainment.
The Beauchamp has a range of business and leisure services and facilities. The London hotel overlooks private gardens and has a bar and a restaurant. Rooms have air conditioning and 24-hour room service.
The hotel is walking distance from the British Museum, British Library, Covent Garden and Oxford Street.
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Standard Room. Excluding breakfast.
With a superb location in the bustling heart of London’s St Pancras, opposite the spectacular Gothic façade of the train station, this 4-star hotel offers stylish, luxurious and contemporary accommodation.
The hotel boasts 49 comfortable en suite rooms, many of which overlook the impressive exterior of St Pancras station. All of the stylish and contemporary rooms have unique furnishings and bespoke fittings offering simple, perfect comfort. Every room boasts a range of facilities as standard. It is in the details that the hotel’s quality really shows through and you will find a high-quality espresso machine and a key-coded safe for your valuables. When you have settled in you can enjoy music and movies at any time via the media system.
The hotel offers sleek, well-equipped contemporary accommodation and great modern facilities and services in a prime location, opposite St Pancras train station and the new terminal area for Eurostar trains to continental Europe.
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Standard Double Room. Including breakfast.
The Darlington Hyde Park is located on Sussex Gardens in the Paddington Hyde Park area of London, within a 5-minute walk of Paddington Station Heathrow Express Terminal.
Once a stately Victorian terraced town house, The Darlington has high-standard accommodation with modern facilities to meet everyone's expectations.
The comfort and safety of all guests is key to every member of staff, from attention to detail on cleanliness and hygiene, to high levels of professional customer service.
The Darlington Hyde Park is always an enjoyable stay. It prides itself on being a strictly non-smoking establishment.
Tags: Booking