Grammar & Punctuation

This book provides a detailed account of verb movement across more than twenty standard and non-standard Romance varieties. Norma Schifano examines the position of the verb with respect to a wide selection of hierarchically-ordered adverbs, as laid out...

This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language, that is, utterances that express, rather than describe, the emotions and attitudes of the speaker. While the expressive function of natural language has been widely studied in...

Exploring Nanosyntax provides the first in-depth introduction to the framework of nanosyntax, which originated in the early 2000s as a formal theory of language within Principles and Parameters framework. Deploying a radical implementation of the...

This textbook provides a critical introduction to major research topics and current approaches in linguistic typology, the study of structural variation in human language and of the limits on that variation. Jae Jung Song draws on a wide range of...

This volume is the first handbook devoted entirely to the multitude of frameworks adopted in the field of morphology, including Minimalism, Optimality Theory, Network Morphology, Cognitive Grammar, and Canonical Typology. Following an introduction from...

The proceedings of FDSL 7, Leipzig 2007, offer current formal investigations into Slavic morphology, semantics, syntax and information structure. In addition to the main conference, FDSL 7 saw the first special Workshop on Slavic Phonology initiated by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783631385814Author Hannes KniffkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 637Imprint Peter Lang AGPublisher Peter Lang AGWeight(grams) 810g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566080637Author Tom ReadyFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 265g

This book provides an in-depth typological account of the forms, functions, and histories of serial verb constructions. Serial verbs, in which several verbs combine to form a single predicate, describe what is conceptualized as a single event. The verbs...

This textbook provides an innovative introduction to core areas of grammar: a systematic guide to the structure of English, arranged hierarchically from the word to the sentence to the paragraph level. Using a linguistic framework, activities and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782017152897Author HACHETTE FRANÇAIS LANGUE ETRANGÈREFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint HachettePublisher HachetteWeight(grams) 480g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786188458673Author Tina ZogopoulouFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Ornimi EditionsPublisher Ornimi EditionsWeight(grams) 407g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786188458642Author Maria Angela CernigliaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ornimi EditionsPublisher Ornimi EditionsWeight(grams) 712g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996786300Author George TrombleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Learn From ZeroPublisher Learn From ZeroWeight(grams) 365g

This book is a collection of papers on language processing, usage, and grammar, written to commemorate the career of Thomas Wasow on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. Wasow has been professor of linguistics and philosophy at Stanford University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825309472Author Joseph J. DiorioFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Beaufort BooksPublisher Beaufort BooksWeight(grams) 55g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423248088Author Candace CraigPage Count 6Imprint Quickstudy Reference GuidesPublisher Quickstudy Reference GuidesWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639364374Author Lane GreeneFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Economist Books, an Imprint of Pegasus BooksPublisher Economist Books, an Imprint of...

Whether you're a student or an adult looking to refresh your knowledge, Barron's Painless Grammar provides review and practice in an easy, step-by-step format.An essential resource for:Virtual LearningHomeschoolLearning podsSupplementing...

In Autolexical Syntax, Jerrold M. Sadock argues for a radical departure from the derivational model of grammar that has prevailed in linguistics for thirty years. He offers an alternative theory in which the various components of grammar—in particular...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063061248Author Michael ArndtFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The Core and the Periphery is a collection of papers inspired by the linguistics career of Ivan A. Sag (1949-2013), written to commemorate his many contributions to the field. Sag was professor of linguistics at Stanford University from 1979 to 2013;...

Principles of Grammar and Learning is concerned with the nature of linguistic competence and with the cognitive structures underlying its acquisition and use. During the past several decades many linguists and psychologists have come to the conclusion...

In this daring book, the author proposes that artistic and literary forms can be understood as modulations of wave forms in the physical world. By the phrase "natural syntax," he means that physical nature enters human communication literally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767922708Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318g

Parameters have lain at the core of linguistic research in the generative tradition for decades. The theoretical questions they have raised are deep and broad: this reference text investigates how contemporary linguistics has best tried to answer them. ...

This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language, that is, utterances that express, rather than describe, the emotions and attitudes of the speaker. While the expressive function of natural language has been widely studied in...

This book provides an in-depth typological account of the forms, functions, and histories of serial verb constructions. Serial verbs, in which several verbs combine to form a single predicate, describe what is conceptualized as a single event. The verbs...

Do you commit apostrophe atrocities? Are you tormented by the lie/lay conundrum? Do you find yourself stuck between floaters and danglers? Do your subjects and your verbs refuse to agree? If so, you're not alone. Some of the most prominent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781547165278Author Annabelle JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788467034264Author Real Academia de la Lengua EspanolaPage Count 745Imprint Planeta PublishingPublisher Planeta PublishingWeight(grams) 1220gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679418603Author Karen Elizabeth GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Pantheon Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542714648Author Major-General George CoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399581069Author June CasagrandeFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786188492745Author Maurizio TrifoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Ornimi EditionsPublisher Ornimi EditionsWeight(grams) 515g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630960414Author Todd DeLucaFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Onboard Academics, IncorporatedPublisher Onboard Academics, IncorporatedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900416859Author F. JungeFormat PaperbackPage Count 391Imprint Griffith InstitutePublisher Griffith Institute

Learn to get your ideas across clearly and correctly-the easy way English Grammar All-in-One For Dummies is packed with everything you need to know to communicate with confidence-in your writing, on standardized tests, at work, on social media, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812985719Author Benjamin DreyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography. Whether investigating the asterisk (*) and dagger ()-which alternately...