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Between Syntax and Semantics

Between Syntax and Semantics

Author: C T James Huang (Harvard University, USA)
ISBN: 9781282315723
Format: Electronic book text
$364.32

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Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts

Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts

Author: Markku Filppula (University of Joensuu, Finland) ,  Juhani Klemola (University of Tampere, Finland)
ISBN: 9781281932532
Format: Electronic book text
$430.85

<p>In this book, contributors have been brought together to discuss the role of two major factors shaping the grammars...  Read More >>

Kinds, Things, and Stuff: Mass Terms and Generics

Kinds, Things, and Stuff: Mass Terms and Generics

Author: Francis Jeffry Pelletier ,  Francis Jeffry Pelletier
ISBN: 9781282335660
Format: Electronic book text
$285.12

With philosophical and linguistic semanticists on the one side and cognitive and developmental psychologists on...  Read More >>

Typology of Verbal Borrowings

Typology of Verbal Borrowings

Author: Jan Wohlgemuth
ISBN: 9781282296657
Format: Electronic book text
$480.48

The present work is the first in-depth cross-linguistic study on loan verbs and the morphological, syntactic and...  Read More >>

Modality and Ellipsis

Modality and Ellipsis

Author: Remus Gergel
ISBN: 9781282425897
Format: Electronic book text
$480.48

The book offers a detailed analysis of modal syntax and examines its grammatical interaction with the process of...  Read More >>

More Support for More-Support. the Role of Processing Constraints on the Choice Between Synthetic and Analytic Comparative Forms.

More Support for More-Support. the Role of Processing...

Author: Britta Mondorf (Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz)
ISBN: 9781282395503
Format: Electronic book text
$377.52

This book provides the most comprehensive account so far of novel and hitherto unexplained factors operative in...  Read More >>

Improve Your Punctuation and Grammar 3e

Improve Your Punctuation and Grammar 3e

Author: Marion Field
ISBN: 9781282244955
Format: Electronic book text
$47.39

Master the essentials of the English language and write with greater confidence.  Read More >>

Degrammaticalization

Degrammaticalization

Author:
ISBN: 9781282336568
Format: Electronic book text
$382.22

Grammaticalization is a well-attested process of linguistic change in which a lexical item becomes a function word,...  Read More >>

Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English: From Representation to Reference

Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English: From Representation...

Author: Walter Hirtle
ISBN: 9781282866874
Format: Electronic book text
$250.80

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Constituent Structure

Constituent Structure

Author:
ISBN: 9781282465725
Format: Electronic book text
$315.03

This book explores the empirical and theoretical aspects of constituent structure in natural language syntax. It...  Read More >>

Derivati Da Nomi Geografici (M-Q)

Derivati Da Nomi Geografici (M-Q)

Author: Wolfgang Schweickard
ISBN: 9781282716551
Format: Electronic book text
$1586.64

The Deonomasticon Italicum provides a systematic historical treatment of, and commentary on, the lexemes of Italian...  Read More >>

On Inflection

On Inflection

Author: Manfred Krifka
ISBN: 9781282425729
Format: Electronic book text
$480.48

Deals with German linguist Wolfgang Ullrich 'Gustav' Wurzel's work and thinking, who in his theoretical writings...  Read More >>

Investigations in Cognitive Grammar

Investigations in Cognitive Grammar

Author: Professor Emeritus Ronald W Langacker (UC San Diego)
ISBN: 9781282296527
Format: Electronic book text
$480.48

This volume makes accessible a substantial range of recent research in Cognitive Grammar. Building from fundamentals,...  Read More >>

Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language Acquisition

Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language...

Author: Ursula Stephany ,  Maria D Voeikova (University of Vienna)
ISBN: 9781282296602
Format: Electronic book text
$480.48

The crosslinguistic studies of the early developmental stages of number, case, and gender in twelve typologically...  Read More >>

Reign of Truth and Faith

Reign of Truth and Faith

Author: Helen Bromhead
ISBN: 9781282187986
Format: Electronic book text
$443.52

The book explores the semantics and pragmatics of epistemic expressions in 16th and 17th century English: verily,...  Read More >>

Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages. Papers Presented at the Workshop on Indo-European Linguistics at the Xviiith International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 2007.

Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages. Papers...

Author: Dr Vit Bubenik (Memorial University of Newfoundland) ,  Professor John Hewson (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
ISBN: 9781282245259
Format: Electronic book text
$417.12

The product of a group of scholars who have been working on new directions in Historical Linguistics, this book...  Read More >>

Historical Syntax and Linguistic Theory

Historical Syntax and Linguistic Theory

Author: Paola Crisma
ISBN: 9781282235090
Format: Electronic book text
$356.40

This book of new work by leading international scholars considers developments in the study of historical linguistics...  Read More >>

Doing Optimality Theory

Doing Optimality Theory

Author: John McCarthy (WASHINGTON UNIV-ST LOUIS)
ISBN: 9781282034419
Format: Electronic book text
$306.11

Doing Optimality Theory brings together examples and practical, detailed advice for undergraduates and graduate...  Read More >>

How Words Mean: Lexical Concepts, Cognitive Models, and Meaning Construction

How Words Mean: Lexical Concepts, Cognitive Models,...

Author:
ISBN: 9781282730663
Format: Electronic book text
$472.77

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English Verb Drills

English Verb Drills

Author: Ed Swick
ISBN: 9781282031586
Format: Electronic book text
$28.91

Combining the features of aworkbook and reference manual, this book clearly andsystematically explains how the verb...  Read More >>

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2: Grammatical Topics

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2: Grammatical Topics...

Author: R M Dixon
ISBN: 9781299313521
Format: Electronic book text
$392.04

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human...  Read More >>

Theory of Syntax, A: Minimal Operations and Universal Grammar

Theory of Syntax, A: Minimal Operations and Universal...

Author: Professor Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland at College Park)
ISBN: 9781281982568
Format: Electronic book text
$437.18

Human language seems to have arisen roughly within the last 50-100,000 years. In evolutionary terms, this is the...  Read More >>

New Applications of Role & Reference Grammar: Diachrony, Grammaticalization, Romance Languages

New Applications of Role & Reference Grammar: Diachrony,...

Author: Rolf Kailuweit ,  Bj Wiemer
ISBN: 9781299647336
Format: Electronic book text
$214.32

The first part is comprised of seven articles dealing with possible applications of RRG to diachronic syntax and...  Read More >>

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