| Description |
1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Overview of the Solar System -- Theories for the Origin of the Solar System -- Story of the Solar System -- Part 1 Genesis of the Sun and Solar Nebula -- Time zero Giant Molecular Cloud -- 2000000 years Solar Globule -- 2030000 years Protosun -- 2130000 years Solar Nebula -- 3 million years T-Tauri Phase -- 3 million years Outflow and Post-T-Tauri Phase -- 30-50 million years The Main Sequence -- Part 2 Emergence of the Sun's Family -- 2200000 years Planetesimals and Protoplanets |
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2-3 million years Gas Giants and Asteroids -- 3-10 million years Ice Giants and Comets -- 3-10 million years Regular Satellites -- 10-100 million years Terrestrial Planets -- 100-1300 million years The Heavy Bombardment -- 700-1300 million years Building the Atmospheres -- 4500 million years? Formation of the Ring Systems -- 4660 million years The Modern Solar System -- Part 3 Solar System Past and Present -- The Sun -- Local Star -- Anatomy of the Sun -- The Violent Sun -- The Changing Sun -- Mercury -- Iron Planet -- Physical Overview -- Cosmic Casualty -- Evolution of Mercury |
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Venus -- Hell Planet -- Atmosphere -- Beneath the Clouds -- Evolution of Venus -- Earth -- Goldilocks Planet -- Active Planet -- Dead Moon -- Formation of the Moon -- Evolution of the Moon -- Evolution of the Earth -- Mars -- Red Planet -- Physical Overview -- Atmosphere and Climate -- Evolution of Mars -- The Dogs of Mars: Phobos and Deimos -- Asteroids -- Vermin of the Skies -- The Asteroid Belt -- Other Asteroids -- History of the Asteroids -- Jupiter -- Giant among Giants -- Physical Overview -- Rings and Small Satellites -- The Galilean Satellites -- History of the Jovian System |
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Saturn -- Lord of the Rings -- Physical Overview -- Saturn's Rings -- Titan and Other Satellites -- History of the Saturnian System -- Uranus -- World on its Side -- Physical Overview -- Ring System -- Uranian Satellites -- History of the Uranian System -- Neptune -- Last Giant Outpost -- Physical Overview -- Rings -- Triton and Other Satellites -- History of the Neptunian System -- Pluto and Charon -- Binary Planet -- Pluto -- Charon -- History of Pluto and Charon -- Comets -- Dirty Snowballs -- Comets -- The Oort Cloud -- The Kuiper Belt -- History of the Comet Reservoirs -- Part 4 End of an Era |
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Present-day -10900 million years Main Sequence -- 10900-11600 million years Subgiant Phase -- 11600 -12233 million years Red Giant Phase -- 12233-12365 million years Helium Burning and Second Red Giant Phase -- 12365 million years Planetary Nebula Phase -- 12365 million years White Dwarf -- Hundreds of billions of years Black Dwarf -- Time unknown End of an Era Start of an Era -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
While the comparative method is concerned with regularities in phonological change, grammaticalization theory deals with regularities of grammatical change. In an A-Z format, this book summarizes the most salient generalizations that have been made on the unidirectional change of grammatical forms and constructions |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization -- Dictionaries
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kuteva, Tania
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| ISBN |
9780511048005 |
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0511048009 |
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051115710X |
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9780511157103 |
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