Grammar, syntax books

This book presents a novel semantic account of weak islands, structures that block the displacement of certain elements...  Read More >>

This book examines sentence structure in Plains Cree, an Algonquian language of western Canada. Its detailed discussion...  Read More >>

This book presents a novel semantic account of weak islands, structures that block the displacement of certain elements...  Read More >>

This book investigates the processes by which novel words in English are coined, adopted, and adapted, such as affixation,...  Read More >>

Eloise Jelinek was a leading authority on syntactic and semantic theory, information structure, and several Native...  Read More >>

Presents a research monograph that investigates the cross linguistic distribution of multiple determiners. This...  Read More >>

Suitable for students and researchers interested in the morphology-syntax and syntax-semantics interfaces, this...  Read More >>

Aims to map the differences and similarities in syntactic behavior, morphology, and meaning of the Germanic and...  Read More >>

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

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Negation in Arawak Languages presents detailed descriptions of negation constructions in nine Arawak languages (Apurina,...  Read More >>

This book presents a corpus-based syntactic, semantic and pragmatic analysis of free adjuncts and absolutes in present-day...  Read More >>

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

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Locality offers a range of new perspectives on an important aspect of syntactic movement. The papers collected here...  Read More >>

K. Ackermann proposes a new systematic account of the paradigmatic organization of the Proto-Slavic finite verb...  Read More >>

Explores how linguistic theories inform the ways in which languages are described. This title includes chapters...  Read More >>

"A volume that aims at a universal definition of modality or ""illocutionary/speaker's perspective force"" that...  Read More >>

The imperative clause is one of three major sentence types that have been found to be universal across the languages...  Read More >>

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This book investigates the use of constructions such as 'make an accusation against' or 'give one's approval of'...  Read More >>

This book provides a series of snapshots of current English slang usage around the world, both in countries where...  Read More >>

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"First published in 1492, this title was the first comprehensive grammatical reference for a romance language. If...  Read More >>

Rules and Dispositions in Language Use explains how correct language use is governed by both rules and general human...  Read More >>