Grammar, syntax books

This book provides much detail on the changes involving the grammaticalization of personal and relative pronouns,...  Read More >>

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This alphabetic guide introduces terms used in the study of linguistic morphology, the study of the structure of...  Read More >>

This work describes the grammar of Old Turkic. The language is documented in inscriptions in the runic script in...  Read More >>

Serial verbs and complex predicates have a long history of research, yet there is comparatively little documentation...  Read More >>

The primary goal of this book is to provide an analysis of the several positions where the subject may surface in...  Read More >>

Hindi-Urdu: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh, accessible and thorough description of Hindi-Urdu grammar....  Read More >>

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Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese illuminates how studies of language development and change provide...  Read More >>

This volume attempts to offer a new architecture for functional grammar, bringing together many contemporary discoveries....  Read More >>

(ii) the Tibetan system of RELATIVE TENSE and aspectual values, with main sections on Old and Classical Tibetan,...  Read More >>

Adriana Belletti here collects work by scholars presented at the University of Siena in connection with a visit...  Read More >>

This book explores the gap that has developed between two sides in linguistics: the formal tradition and the functional...  Read More >>

Aims to study the structure of the inflectional field and the left peripheral field of clauses, often described...  Read More >>

Examines analyses across a range of theoretical frameworks from Rosenbaum's classic ""Standard Theory"" analysis...  Read More >>

Examines analyses across a range of theoretical frameworks from Rosenbaum's classic ""Standard Theory"" analysis...  Read More >>

Morley (modern languages, U. of Strathclyde) offers a syntactic framework that takes account of semantic concepts...  Read More >>

Variation is a prerequisite of change ...without synchronic variation, change would not have a launching pad.” Thus...  Read More >>

This is the first book on coordinating constructions that adopts a broad cross-linguistic perspective. Coordination...  Read More >>

Provides an introduction to functional grammar, while offering material on strengthening the grammar through the...  Read More >>

This is an accessible introduction to the most fully developed functional approach to grammar currently available....  Read More >>

Until now, an extensive semantic description of communication verbs in German - in particular, speech act verbs...  Read More >>

This collection of essays treat Ralph Ellison's body of work, including his novel 'The Invisible Man'. It confronts...  Read More >>

n account of the grammar of Bislama as it is used by ordinary Ni-Vanuatu. It does not aim to describe any kind of...  Read More >>