Syntax

This book studies the properties of imperative clauses in the context of a theory of Universal Grammar. Daniela Isac argues that the specificity of imperative clauses cannot be the result of a unique imperative Force feature; instead, the `type' of...

For decades, a small set of major world languages have formed the basis of the vast majority of linguistic theory. However, minoritized languages can also provide fascinating contributions to our understanding of the human language faculty. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783752006940Author Dorian PastorFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Dr Ludwig Reichert VerlagPublisher Dr Ludwig Reichert VerlagWeight(grams) 644g

This edited book seeks to bridge a gap in the existing literature on nouns, by exploring the exact relationship between their formal and semantic characteristics. The introductory chapter offers a thorough state of the art on the morphosyntactic...

Proposing a new approach to the study of language, this book argues for the need to consider syntax in context and to engage with a wider variety of perspectives that better reflect the modern world and the changes to our language prompted by increased...

This book combines in-depth grammatical analysis with dialectology and typology. It presents important features of Jewish Neo-Aramaic from Dohok (Iraqi Kurdistan), a previously undocumented dialect that is now on the verge of extinction. The first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781698715445Author Gerald-Johan VanoiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 826g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788194290308Author Vennelakanti PrakasamFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Allied Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher Allied Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781698715438Author Gerald-Johan VanoiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 717g

Surveying over 300 languages, this typological study presents new theoretical insights into the nature of agreement, as well as empirical findings about the distribution of agreement patterns in the world's languages. Focussing primarily on agreement in...

This book examines psycholinguistic elements of irregular verb morphology in English, using two empirical studies of young language learners in Austria to make evidence-based didactic recommendations for classroom use. The author first provides an...

The order and behaviour of the premodifier (an adjective, or other modifying word that appears before a noun) has long been a puzzle to syntacticians and semanticists. Why can we say 'the actual red ball', but not 'the red actual ball'? And why,...

The notion of light verb constructions has been traditionally related to the ‘insignificance’ of the verb, which is described as a grammatical item only codifying TAM system and ϕ-features, whereas the whole predicative content is thought to be conveyed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556712968Author Janet L AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Sil International, Global PublishingPublisher Sil International, Global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798227111203Author Alex EmanuilidisFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Alex EmanuilidisPublisher Alex EmanuilidisWeight(grams) 322g

Paradigmatic gaps ('missing' inflected forms) have traditionally been considered to be the random detritus of a language's history and marginal exceptions to the normal functioning of its inflectional system. Arguing that this is a misperception,...

What is the trigger for displacement phenomena in natural language syntax? And how can constraints on syntactic movement be derived from interface conditions and so-called Third Factor principles? Within the Minimalist Program a standard answer to the...

In Case, Mark Baker develops a unified theory of how the morphological case marking of noun phrases is determined by syntactic structure. Designed to work well for languages of all alignment types - accusative, ergative, tripartite, marked nominative, or...

Paradigmatic gaps ('missing' inflected forms) have traditionally been considered to be the random detritus of a language's history and marginal exceptions to the normal functioning of its inflectional system. Arguing that this is a misperception,...

This book is a current and comprehensive study that incorporates constructional frameworks to inquire grammatical metaphor of modality (MM) for more adequate description and explanation of grammatical metaphor. It conducts semantic analysis of MM via a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781698714615Author Gerald-Johan VanoiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 481g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789785412772Author Ogbonna Ndubuisi AnyanwuFormat PaperbackImprint M & J Grand Orbit CommunicationsPublisher M & J Grand Orbit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789350578360Author Shrikant PrasoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint V & S PublishersPublisher V & S Publishers

For the first time, proper names are made the topic of a cross-linguistic account of morphosyntactic properties which formally distinguish place names, personal names, and common nouns. It is shown that the behaviour of place names and personal names in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798224615674Author John EdwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint John EdwardPublisher John EdwardWeight(grams) 236g

This book, using Malayalam as a case study, provides an in-depth exploration of how inflectional suffixes should be separated from the verb and the implications this has for the syntax and semantics. Past work has proposed that Malayalam lacks a Tense...

Hands-on, theory-neutral and non-technical, this textbook is a basic introduction to the structure of English words and sentences. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistic analysis, it presents the facts in a straightforward manner and offers a...

This book approaches the field of contrastive linguistics from a comparative and robust perspective that combines the tenets of construction grammar and cognitive linguistics. In doing so, it shows how their integration can help to successfully enhance...

In both Romance and English literature, relational adjectives have received special attention due to their apparently idiosyncratic behaviour, as both nouns and adjectives at the same time. Stepping away from the usual analyses that concentrates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781698714639Author Gerald-Johan VanoiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647848187Author Frank SitFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint EhgbooksPublisher EhgbooksWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947373051Author Arthur James BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Lexingford PublishingPublisher Lexingford PublishingWeight(grams) 216g

This book discusses existential and possessive constructions in two important, yet under-studied, language families, Slavic and Finno-Ugric. Using data from the Slavic languages of Polish, Belarusian and Russian, and the Finno-Ugric languages of Finnish,...

Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics: A Practical Guide provides an engaging, accessible and practically-focused introduction to cognitive grammar outlining how central principles of the field can be used in stylistic analyses. Assuming no prior knowledge,...

Examining a key issue in second language acquisition (SLA) research, this book explores the relation between second language (L2) production and comprehension at the level of processing. The central question underlying this interface is the relationship...

Using different theoretical approaches and frameworks, this book addresses a broad range of themes in contrastive linguistics, including inflection, derivation and compounding, tense, wh-questions, post-verbal subjects, focus and clitics, among others...

Examining a key issue in second language acquisition (SLA) research, this book explores the relation between second language (L2) production and comprehension at the level of processing. The central question underlying this interface is the relationship...

Winner: AEDEAN Leocadio Martin Mingorance Book Award for Theoretical and Applied English Linguistics 2020 This book investigates the syntactic phenomenon of ellipsis and the linguistic forces that trigger it. It presents the results of a corpus-based...

The class of verbs of Desire comprises verbs whose syntax and semantics have undergone important changes in the course of their histories. Their argument structure involves a Desirer and a Desired, and in earlier English they could be used impersonally...

This work is the first comprehensive description of Sumerian constructions involving a copula. Using around 400 fully glossed examples, it gives a thorough analysis of all uses of the copula, which is one of the least understood and most frequently...