Grammar, syntax books

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Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond

Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond...

Author: Norbert Cyffer (University of Vienna) ,  Erwin Ebermann (University of Vienna)
ISBN: 9789027206688
Format: Hardback
$417.12

This volume deals with issues on negation patterns in languages of West Africa and the adjacent north and east....  Read More >>

Form and Function in Language Research: Papers in Honour of Christian Lehmann

Form and Function in Language Research: Papers in Honour...

Author: Johannes Helmbrecht ,  Yoko Nishina
ISBN: 9783110216127
Format: Hardback
$332.64

Language description enriches linguistic theory and linguistic theory sharpens language description. Based on this...  Read More >>

The Motivated Syntax of Arbitrary Signs: Cognitive constraints on Spanish clitic clustering

The Motivated Syntax of Arbitrary Signs: Cognitive constraints...

Author: Erica C. García
ISBN: 9789027215703
Format: Hardback
$417.12

This detailed study challenges the claim that syntax is arbitrary and autonomous, as well as the assumption that...  Read More >>

The Myth of the Zero Article

The Myth of the Zero Article

Author: Dr Leszek Berezowski
ISBN: 9781441185136
Format: Hardback
$220.00

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The Semantics of Clause Linking: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

The Semantics of Clause Linking: A Cross-Linguistic...

Author: R. M. W. Dixon (, Cairns Institute, James Cook University) ,  Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (, Cairns Institute, James Cook University)
ISBN: 9780199567225
Format: Hardback
$233.95

This book is a cross-linguistic examination of the grammatical means languages employ to represent a set of semantic...  Read More >>

Simplicity and Cemplexity in Creole and Pidgins

Simplicity and Cemplexity in Creole and Pidgins

Author: Nicholas Faraclas ,  Thomas B. Klein
ISBN: 9781903292150
Format: Paperback
$64.56

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Where's U're?

Where's U're?

Author: Barbara J Belisle
ISBN: 9781425778286
Format: Paperback
$26.40

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Cyclical Change

Cyclical Change

Author: Elly Gelderen (Arizona State University)
ISBN: 9789027255297
Format: Hardback
$214.76

Linguistic Cycles are ever present in language change and involve a phrase or word that gradually disappears and...  Read More >>

Cognitive Approaches to English: Fundamental, Methodological, Interdisciplinary and Applied Aspects

Cognitive Approaches to English: Fundamental, Methodological,...

Author: Mario Brdar ,  Marija Omazić
ISBN: 9781443811118
Format: Hardback
$197.97

The present volume contains a selection of papers presented at the conference Cognitive Approaches to English, an...  Read More >>

Analyzing English Grammar: United States Edition

Analyzing English Grammar: United States Edition

Author: Thomas P. Klammer ,  Muriel R. Schulz
ISBN: 9780205685943
Format: Hardback
$271.92

This advanced grammar text encourages students to think critically about grammar and exposes them to a variety of...  Read More >>

Information Structure in Spoken Arabic

Information Structure in Spoken Arabic

Author: Jonathan Owens (University of Maryland, USA) ,  Alaa Elgibali (University of Maryland, USA)
ISBN: 9780415778442
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Spoken Arabic is different in many respects from literary Arabic. This book is concerned with speakers’ intentions...  Read More >>

The Acquisition of Word Order: Micro-cues, information structure, and economy

The Acquisition of Word Order: Micro-cues, information...

Author: Marit Westergaard (University of Tromsø/CASTL)
ISBN: 9789027255280
Format: Hardback
$214.76

Within a new model of language acquisition, this book discusses verb second (V2) word order in situations where...  Read More >>

Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today

Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today

Author: John Corbett ,  Christian J. Kay
ISBN: 9780948877933
Format: Paperback
$38.68

'Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today' explains basic concepts and presents a method of analysis that is systematic...  Read More >>

A Typology of Verbal Borrowings

A Typology of Verbal Borrowings

Author: Jan Wohlgemuth
ISBN: 9783110219333
Format: Hardback
$369.60

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Describing and Modeling Variation in Grammar

Describing and Modeling Variation in Grammar

Author: Andreas Dufter ,  Jürg Fleischer
ISBN: 9783110205909
Format: Hardback
$401.28

Aims to bridge the 'cultural gap' between sociolinguistics and theoretical linguistics in the study of variation....  Read More >>

Investigations in Cognitive Grammar

Investigations in Cognitive Grammar

Author: Ronald W. Langacker
ISBN: 9783110214345
Format: Hardback
$274.47

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Deconstructing the English Passive

Deconstructing the English Passive

Author: Anja Wanner
ISBN: 9783110196320
Format: Hardback
$308.79

Presents an analysis of the form and function of the passive construction in English. This book examines the structural...  Read More >>

Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics

Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics

Author: Frank Brisard (University of Antwerp) ,  Jan-Ola Ostman (University of Helsinki)
ISBN: 9789027207821
Format: Paperback
$155.76

Looks at the field of linguistic pragmatics from a primarily grammatical angle. This title includes chapters that...  Read More >>

Japanese and Korean Linguistics

Japanese and Korean Linguistics

Author: Y. Takubo
ISBN: 9781575865799
Format: Hardback
$211.20

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Latin Grammar

Latin Grammar

Author: Dirk Panhuis
ISBN: 9780472033737
Format: Paperback
$63.23

A Latin reference combining traditional knowledge, linguistic innovation, and didactic clarity  Read More >>

Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar

Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar

Author: Klaus-Uwe Panther (Universität Hamburg) ,  Linda L. Thornburg (Independent reseacher)
ISBN: 9789027223791
Format: Hardback
$214.76

Proposes that grammar itself is metonymical in nature (Langacker) and that conceptual metonymy and metaphor leave...  Read More >>

Second Language Acquisition of Articles: Empirical findings and theoretical implications

Second Language Acquisition of Articles: Empirical findings...

Author: Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo (University of the Basque Country) ,  Roger Hawkins (University of Essex)
ISBN: 9789027253101
Format: Hardback
$207.00

The studies in this collection address a topic that has recently become the focus of considerable interest in second...  Read More >>

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