Grammar & Punctuation

In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a verb's meaning influences its syntactic behavior and develops it into a powerful tool for...

Collocations are word combinations that occur in natural speech more frequently than can be explained by chance. In English, we say, take a bath (or have a bath in British English), but in Japanese the equivalent is get in a bath, o-furo ni hairu. This...

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

Category mistakes are sentences such as 'Green ideas sleep furiously', 'Saturday is in bed', and The theory of relactivity is eating breakfast. Such sentences strike most speakers as highly infelicitous but it is a challenge to explain precisely why they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786188458635Author Maria Claudia PierinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ornimi EditionsPublisher Ornimi EditionsWeight(grams) 722g

This textbook on English syntax aims to give students a thorough grounding in the basics of sentence structure, and at the same time strives to acquaint them with the essentials of syntactic argument. The text is written in a user-friendly style with...

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 9781423248040Author Rachel Berg SchererPage 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 9780618382019Author Karen Elizabeth GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 147Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 177g

Few people can write with as much authority on the English language as Bryan A. Garner. The author of "The" "Chicago Manual of Style" s popular Grammar and Usage chapter, Garner is adept at explaining the vagaries of English with absolute precision and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013289644Author Laura R BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Once again available in paperback, Quirk and Wrenn's Old English Grammar is a convenient reference tool to complement readings in Old English. Appropriate for basic or advanced study of Old English language and literature, this brief modern grammar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982127404Author Gyles BrandrethFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 147mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900416354Author A.H. GardinerFormat HardbackPage Count 646Imprint Griffith InstitutePublisher Griffith Institute

Never make a grammatical mistake again with this essential, comprehensive resource for all your writing needs.Everyone wants to produce writing that is clear, concise, and grammatically accurate, but getting to that point is not always easy. If you've...

An indispensable guide to essential principles of English grammar and usageStellar English lays out the fundamentals of effective writing, from word choice and punctuation to parts of speech and common errors. Frank Cioffi emphasizes how formal written...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789979336990Author Gudrun TheodorsdottirFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Mal Og Menning,IcelandPublisher Mal Og Menning,IcelandWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615832432Author William Strunk JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Denton & WhitePublisher Denton & WhiteWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Category mistakes are sentences such as 'Green ideas sleep furiously', 'Saturday is in bed', and 'The theory of relativity is eating breakfast'. Such sentences strike most speakers as highly infelicitous but it is a challenge to explain precisely why...

Despite a history of hundreds of years of research analysing aspects of English grammar, there are still open problems which continue to baffle language researchers today. Such 'grammar mysteries' arise for a number of reasons: because the language is...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564147226Author Ann BatkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767920780Author Ben YagodaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A Division of...

'Punctuation is not only an important part of our language code; an advanced system of punctuation has been a driving force in our entire Western Civilisation. Nothing less.'With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act only...

Tense and aspect are means by which language refers to time-how an event takes place in the past, present, or future. They play a key role in understanding the grammar and structure of all languages, and interest in them reaches across linguistics. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786188458604Author Maria Angela CernigliaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Ornimi EditionsPublisher Ornimi EditionsWeight(grams) 563g

You ain't gonna like it: bad grammar's not so bad. - The TimesRemember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don't. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist and co-author of the 900-page Cambridge Grammar of English answers the awkward...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788360229491Author Anna SeretnyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PrologPublisher Prolog

Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past thirty years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical jargon. Analysing English Sentences continues in this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898159660Author Edith Hope FineFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 130gDimensions(mm) 228mm...

Joan Bybee and her colleagues present a new theory of the evolution of grammar that links structure and meaning in a way that directly challenges most contemporary versions of generative grammar. This study focuses on the use and meaning of grammatical...

An expanded and updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to linguistic morphology. The text guides the reader from the very first principles of the internal structure of words through to advanced issues of current controversy. The first part...

This core textbook helps readers get to grips with the fundamentals of English grammar so that they can critically engage with a wide variety of texts. Combining contemporary linguistic approaches with the familiar terminology of traditional grammar,...

This grammar provides a comprehensive overview of Middle Egyptian and illustrates its grammatical features with extensive examples from various sources. Exercises at the end of each chapter, along with a sign list and a hieroglyphic word list, provide...

Routledge's Modern Grammar series is an innovative reference guide combining traditional and function-focused grammar in a single volume, with an accompanying workbook.The aim of the Modern Korean Grammar Workbook is to strengthen the reader's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788074700057Author J. HarperovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Akropolis, NakladatelstviPublisher Akropolis, NakladatelstviWeight(grams) 457g

Making New Words provides a detailed study of the 200 or so prefixes and suffixes which create new words in today's English. Alongside a systematic discussion of these forms, Professor Dixon explores and explains the hundreds of conundrums that seem to...

This is the second of the two closely linked but self-contained volumes that comprise James Hurford's acclaimed exploration of the biological evolution of language. In the first book he looked at the evolutionary origins of meaning, ending as our distant...