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Syntax of Sentence and Text, The: A Festschrift for Franti Ek Dane

Syntax of Sentence and Text, The: A Festschrift for...

Author: Svetla Cmejrkova ,  Dr Frantisek Sticha
ISBN: 9781283327954
Format: Electronic book text
$496.32

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Combinatorial Morphology

Combinatorial Morphology

Author: Dr John T Stonham
ISBN: 9781283315807
Format: Electronic book text
$417.12

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Perspectives on Grammaticalization

Perspectives on Grammaticalization

Author: Dr William Pagliuca (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
ISBN: 9781283312899
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

This is the second of two volumes deriving from papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual UWM linguistics Symposium...  Read More >>

Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms

Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms

Author: E.M. Kirkpatrick ,  C. M. Schwarz
ISBN: 9781853263095
Format: Paperback
$15.71

English is particularly rich in idioms, those modes of expression which frequently defy logical and grammatical...  Read More >>

An Historical Dictionary of German Figurative Usage, Fascicle 53

An Historical Dictionary of German Figurative Usage,...

Author: Keith Spalding (University of North Wales, Bangor)
ISBN: 9780631188230
Format: Paperback
$218.99

Fascicles of this work have been appearing since 1952. The work presents information about German figurative speech...  Read More >>

The Oxford Guide to English Usage

The Oxford Guide to English Usage

Author: E. S. C. Weiner ,  Andrew Delahunty
ISBN: 9780198631378
Format: Hardback
$24.95

This helpful guide to correct English usage takes the reader through all aspects of English writing and conversation,...  Read More >>

Varieties of Questions in English Conversation

Varieties of Questions in English Conversation

Author: Elizabeth G. Weber
ISBN: 9781556193699
Format: Hardback
$435.60

Considers types of questions in English conversation, discussing the relationship between discourse and grammar,...  Read More >>

Scientific and Technical Translation

Scientific and Technical Translation

Author: Sue Ellen Wright (Kent State University) ,  Leland D. Wright, Jr. (Kent State University)
ISBN: 9789027231819
Format: Hardback
$409.20

Considers style and register in technical translation; special applications; training and autodidactic approaches...  Read More >>

Studien zum argentinischen Spanisch: Deverbale Substantivbildungen auf ""-ada/-ida, -miento"" und ""-dura""

Studien zum argentinischen Spanisch: Deverbale Substantivbildungen...

Author: Eva-Maria Guida ,  Eva-Maria Geuida
ISBN: 9783631458785
Format: Paperback
$160.17

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Universiteat Heidelberg, 1992.  Read More >>

The Rise of Functional Categories

The Rise of Functional Categories

Author: Elly Van Gelderen
ISBN: 9786613234308
Format: Electronic book text
$834.24

Considers the functional category T in English; languages without a special node for tense; the introduction of...  Read More >>

Scientific and Technical Translation

Scientific and Technical Translation

Author: Sue Ellen Wright (Kent State University) ,  Leland D. Wright, Jr. (Kent State University)
ISBN: 9781556196256
Format: Hardback
$456.72

Considers style and register in technical translation; special applications; training and autodidactic approaches...  Read More >>

The Middle Voice

The Middle Voice

Author: Suzanne Kemmer
ISBN: 9786613312914
Format: Electronic book text
$595.58

Approaches the middle voice from the perspective of typology and language universals research. The principal aim...  Read More >>

The Middle Voice

The Middle Voice

Author: Suzanne Kemmer (Rice University, Houston)
ISBN: 9781283312912
Format: Electronic book text
$595.58

This book approaches the middle voice from the perspective of typology and language universals research. The principal...  Read More >>

Causatives and Transitivity

Causatives and Transitivity

Author: Bernard Comrie ,  Maria Polinsky
ISBN: 9781556193750
Format: Hardback
$496.32

The increasingly syntactic approach to causatives has become an important element of modern linguistic thinking....  Read More >>

Grammar for Smart People

Grammar for Smart People

Author: Barry Tarshis ,  Julie Rubenstein
ISBN: 9780671750442
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Based on the revolutionary self-study program described by Forbes as ""superb"", this logically organized, easy-to-use...  Read More >>

Methoden Der Fachsprachendidaktik Und -Analyse: Deutsche Wirtschafts- Und Wissenschaftssprache

Methoden Der Fachsprachendidaktik Und -Analyse: Deutsche...

Author: Nils Ehnert ,  Klaus Morgenroth
ISBN: 9783631458969
Format: Paperback
$111.26

Papers from a conference sponsored by the Germanistisches Institut of the Universiteat Metz and the MAFPEN which...  Read More >>

Causatives and Transitivity.

Causatives and Transitivity.

Author: Professor Bernard Comrie (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Distinguished Professor of Linguistics University of California Santa Barbara) ,  Dr Maria Polinsky (Harvard University)
ISBN: 9781283092708
Format: Electronic book text
$595.58

This volume brings together 18 typological studies of causative and related constructions (transitivity, voice,...  Read More >>

German Grammar

German Grammar

Author: William Rowlinson
ISBN: 9780192116772
Format: Paperback
$18.35

A quick reference German grammar textbook for beginner to advanced learners. Short, easy-to-follow examples demonstrate...  Read More >>

The Ethnography of Reading

The Ethnography of Reading

Author: Jonathan Boyarin
ISBN: 9780520081338
Format: Paperback
$50.95

A collection of essays on reading, which analyze the long historical transformation of reading in the West from...  Read More >>

Directory of Language Training and Services for Business: A Guide to Resources in Further and Higher Education

Directory of Language Training and Services for Business:...

Author: Colin Mellors ,  David Pollitt
ISBN: 9780415099981
Format: Hardback
$252.00

A resource for anyone needing information on language training for business. In addition this directory also provides...  Read More >>

Machine Translation: View from the Lexicon

Machine Translation: View from the Lexicon

Author: Bonnie Jean Dorr
ISBN: 9780262041386
Format: Hardback
$198.00

This book describes a novel, cross-linguistic approach to machine translation that solves certain classes of syntactic...  Read More >>

Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions

Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions

Author: Carol Lord
ISBN: 9786613312907
Format: Electronic book text
$570.24

This work examines both historical and comparative evidence in documenting the sweep of diachronic change in the...  Read More >>

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
ISBN: 9781853263002
Format: Paperback
$15.71

This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the...  Read More >>

Paragraphs on Translation

Paragraphs on Translation

Author: Peter Newmark
ISBN: 9781853591914
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This volume is a collection of Peter Newmark's articles in The Linguist and covers a variety of topics: the force...  Read More >>

Das Sprachliche Ost-West-Problem: Untersuchungen Zur Sprache Und Sprachwissenschaft in Deutschland Seit 1945

Das Sprachliche Ost-West-Problem: Untersuchungen Zur...

Author: Dirk Bauer
ISBN: 9783631460870
Format: Paperback
$216.35

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Ruhr-Universiteat Bochum, 1993.  Read More >>

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