Grammar, syntax books

Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded...  Read More >>

Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded...  Read More >>

This new Basics is aimed at anyone, but particularly students embarking on degree level work, who needs an overview...  Read More >>

This book explores person markers, the linguistic elements that provide points of reference to speech-act participants....  Read More >>

This book addresses recent developments in the study of quantifier phrases, nominalizations, and the linking definite...  Read More >>

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In this book leading scholars examine the intricate ways in which Merge and formal features, two factors in the...  Read More >>

This book introduces the analysis of natural language within the broader question of how language works - of how...  Read More >>

This book addresses recent developments in the study of quantifier phrases, nominalizations, and the linking definite...  Read More >>

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Introduces beginning university students of English to the study of English linguistics. This title includes a discussion...  Read More >>

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The first in-depth investigation of gapping and negation shows accepted accounts do not explain differences across...  Read More >>

The first in-depth investigation of gapping and negation shows accepted accounts do not explain differences across...  Read More >>

Based on the study of actual language use, this volume adopts a cross-linguistic point of view. It presents results...  Read More >>

Deals with pragmatic factors involved in the evolution of grammatical or lexical forms or in the emergence of complex...  Read More >>

The main focus of this collection is to explore the question of “representational deficits” in second language acquisition,...  Read More >>

"This volume is a collection of papers that highlights some recurring themes that have surfaced in the generative...  Read More >>

Offers a critical appraisal of a major component of the 'standard' version of SFL, that is, the account given by...  Read More >>

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From a synchronic point of view, the various accentuation systems found in the Baltic and Slavic languages differ...  Read More >>

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Offers a critical appraisal of a major component of the 'standard' version of SFL, that is, the account given by...  Read More >>

Non-standard varieties of English all over the world share a striking number of grammatical features which are hard...  Read More >>

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