Grammar, syntax books

Providing a systematic guide to construction grammar, this textbook is unique in focusing on foundational constructions...  Read More >>

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This book aims at a systematic analysis of linguistic phenomena in the poetry of Emily Dickinson by combining the...  Read More >>

This pioneering research brings a new insight into derivational processes in terms of theory, method and typology....  Read More >>

This volume offers a wide-range of case studies on variation and change in the Gallo-Romance sub-family. It draws...  Read More >>

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This book provides an account of the structure of A-bar constructions, focusing on wh-questions and fragment answers...  Read More >>

Combining research with practical classroom strategies and activities, it aims to satisfy the needs of new and experienced...  Read More >>

Locating the subjunctive at the interface of mood and modality, this book presents a systematic description of the...  Read More >>

This volume provides the most exhaustive and comprehensive treatment available of the Verb Second property, which...  Read More >>

Using empirical evidence from linguistic theory and psycholinguistics, López argues that bilingual linguistic competence...  Read More >>

This book accounts for later re-workings of early English and Scottish texts, arguing for a new interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

This book investigates the lexico-grammatical complementarity in language in its construal of person as a semantic...  Read More >>

Modern Chinese Grammar provides a comprehensive coverage of Chinese grammar through the clause-pivot theory and...  Read More >>

This book has become influential in its exposition of how to use functional grammar to study the Chinese language....  Read More >>

This book has become influential in its exposition of how to use functional grammar to study the Chinese language....  Read More >>

First published in 1991. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of both morphology and phonology....  Read More >>

First published in 1988. This title explores the phonology of Sekani, a northern Athabaskan language, within the...  Read More >>

First published in 1984. This study is designed as an introductory course in phonology for linguistics students....  Read More >>

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First published in 1994. This study aims to provide evidence for the natural class of sounds comprised of front...  Read More >>

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First published in 1995. This investigation shows that cliticization is not a totally unified phenomenon. The study...  Read More >>

First published in 1986. This book presents studies of intonation undertaken from within a number of different traditions:...  Read More >>