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  • Evidence for Multiattachment in K'ekchi Mayan

    by Ava Berinstein ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Syntax
    This study, first published in 1985, analyses aspects of the syntax of K’ekchi, a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala. Working in the framework of Relational Grammar, the author finds evidence for the constructions of Passive, Antipassive and 2-3 Retreat and provides formulations for the principles of Personal Agreement, Number Agreement, Nominal Case, and Aspect Marking. This title will be of ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

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    A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication

    by Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson ...
    An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs.With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage. ... Read more

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  • Advanced English Grammar

    A Linguistic Approach

    by Ilse Depraetere, Dr Chad Langford ...
    With more than 50 years of teaching experience between them, Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford present a grammar pitched precisely at advanced learners of English who need to understand how the English language really works without getting lost in the complex specifics.Now fully updated and revised throughout, the second edition of this book pulls from linguistic theory all the relevant notions ... Read more

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  • English for Writing Research Papers

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of over 1000 manuscripts and reviewers' reports revealing why papers written by non-native researchers are often rejected due to problems with English usage and poor structure and content.With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and examples taken from published and unpublished papers ... Read more

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  • The History of Modern Chinese Grammar Studies

    by Peter Peverelli ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses the way Chinese scholars developed a national grammar. Chinese didn’t develop grammar until China’s contact with Western grammar books in the 19th Century. The first indigenous grammar was published in 1889. It included some traditional notions, but mainly imitated European grammar. It was followed by a number of other similar works. To move away from this imitation, a group of ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Grammar, Philosophy, and Logic

    by Bruce Silver ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book argues that a basic grasp of philosophy and logic can produce written and spoken material that is both grammatically correct and powerful. The author analyses errors in grammar, word choice, phrasing and sentences that even the finest writers can fail to notice; concentrating on subtle missteps and errors that can make the difference between good and excellent prose. Each chapter ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Conjunctions and Other Parts of Speech

    by Alan Reed Libert ...
    The classification of words in terms of parts of speech is frequently problematic. This book examines the classification of conjunctions and similar words of other classes. It reviews work done from the 19th century to the present on a wide range of languages, including English, German, French, Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Ute, and Abun. Most chapters treat conjunctions ... Read more

    $51.79 USD

  • Elements of Grammar

    Handbook in Generative Syntax

    Edited by Liliane Haegeman ...
    Series series International Handbooks of Linguistics
    The aim of this Handbook is to provide a forum in which some of the generative syntacticians whose work has had an impact on theoretical syntax over the past 20 years are invited to present their views on one or more aspects of current syntactic theory.The following authors have contributed to the volume: Mark Baker, Michael Brody, Jane Grimshaw, James McCloskey, Jean-Yves Pollock, and Luigi Rizzi ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Verb Phrase Syntax: A Parametric Study of English and Spanish

    A Parametric Study of English and Spanish

    by Karen Zagona ...
    Series Book 13 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    This study is concerned with the structure of verb phrases in English and Spanish, and with syntactic processes involving VP and Vo. A primary focus of attention is auxiliary verbs. It is argued that the structure dominating these verbs is essentially the same in English and Spanish, as is the structure dominating auxiliaries and 'main' verbs in each language. It must be concluded that the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • On the Semantics of Wh-Clauses

    by Stephen Berman ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology
    First published in 1994, this book is concerned with certain kinds of wh-clauses, whose interpretations are easily and, the author argues, plausibly rendered by a logicosemantic analysis on which *wh-*phrases translate as open sentences, that is, as expressions of the semantically interpreted representation which contain free variables. After a review of influential contemporary analyses of the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • From Words to Grammar

    Discovering English Usage

    by Roger Berry ...
    From Words to Grammar is a different introduction to grammar for students. Taking a word-based approach to grammar, this innovative book introduces the subject through the analysis of over a hundred of the most commonly used English words.Each unit focuses on a different word class, using an analysis of specific words which includes:an introduction to the grammar of each word;examples of real ... Read more

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  • Text, Time, and Context

    Selected Papers of Carlota S. Smith

    Edited by Richard P. Meier, Helen Aristar-Dry, Emilie Destruel ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Carlota S. Smith was a key figure in linguistic research and a pioneering woman in generative linguistics. This selection of papers focuses on the research into tense, aspect, and discourse that Smith completed while Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin.Smith’s early work in English syntax is still cited today, and her early career also yielded key research on language ... Read more

    $287.09 USD