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Text In The Natural World: Topics Of Evolutionary Theory Of Literature, Laurence A. Gregorio
Text In The Natural World: Topics Of Evolutionary Theory Of Literature, Laurence A. Gregorio
Gettysburg College Faculty Books
The study of literature has expanded to include an evolutionary perspective. Its premise is that the literary text and literature as an overarching institution came into existence as a product of the same evolutionary process that gave rise to the human species. In this view, literature is an evolutionary adaptation that functions as any other adaptation does, as a means of enhancing survivability and also promoting benefits for the individual and society. Text in the Natural World is an introduction to the theory and a survey of topics pertinent to the evolutionary view of literature. After a polemical, prefatory chapter …
A Diachronic Analysis Of Schwa In French, Joshua M. Griffiths
A Diachronic Analysis Of Schwa In French, Joshua M. Griffiths
Student Publications
Since the beginning of the formal study of language, linguists have struggled with the phonological problems posed by the mid-central vowel sound schwa. Schwa poses a series of challenges for linguists who study many languages, and this is particularly true for phonologists and phoneticians who specialize in French. Most of the challenges that come from analyzing the articulations of schwa in French arise from the overlap it has with mid- and open-mid-front-rounded vowels in French such as in the second vowel in the word “atelier” (workshop) and the second vowel in the word “appeler” (to call.) In this study a …