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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “claire halpert”
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  • Argument Licensing and Agreement

    by Claire Halpert ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
    The strikingly unrestricted syntactic distribution of nouns in many Bantu languages often leads to proposals that syntactic case does not play an active role in the grammar of Bantu. This book offers a different conclusion that the basis of Zulu that Bantu languages have not only a system of structural case, but also a complex system of morphological case that is comparable to systems found in ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

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  • Topics in Kwa Syntax

    Edited by Enoch O. Aboh, James Essegbey ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book grew out of a concern we have had that very many theoretical and descriptive work on the Kwa languages were not accessible to the general linguistic community. As a result, these languages were only referred to in the context of very specific discussions such as serial verb constructions. But as the reader of this book will notice, syntactic topics discussed in the context of Kwa range ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • 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English usage and poor structure and content.With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and examples taken from published and unpublished papers ...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

    $31.49 USD

  • English for Presentations at International Conferences

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This guide provides examples taken from real presentations given both by native and non-native academics covering a wide variety of disciplines.The easy-to-follow guidelines and tips will teach you how to:plan, prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentationavoid errors in English by using short easy-to-say ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Test Your Personality

    Have Fun and Learn Useful Phrases

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Personality tests are relatively quick and easy to read, and are thus great for improving your English vocabulary and knowledge of idiomatic expressions.These quizzes were designed primarily to enable you to:learn some useful English vocabulary (of the type that is often not taught in a language course)have fun doing something in English that you might equally well have done in your own ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Pragmatic Syntax

    by Ms Jieun Kiaer ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
    Jieun Kiaer puts forward an argument in this book that the grammar of a language directly underpins the processing of the language, in real time. This is a view that runs against the orthodoxy of linguistic theorizing for the last 50 years, which has insisted that languages have to be characterized in terms that make little or no reference to the dynamics of language use.This orthodox view fails ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Formal Models in the Study of Language

    Applications in Interdisciplinary Contexts

    Edited by Cristina Grisot, Christopher Laenzlinger, Joanna Blochowiak, Stephanie Durrleman ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume presents articles that focus on the application of formal models in the study of language in a variety of innovative ways, and is dedicated to Jacques Moeschler, professor at University of Geneva, to mark the occasion of his 60th birthday. The contributions, by seasoned and budding linguists of all different linguistic backgrounds, reflect Jacques Moeschler’s diverse and visionary ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Misadventures in the English Language

    by Caroline Taggart ...
    Misadventures in the English Language looks at some of the controversial aspects of English usage – grammar, vocabulary and punctuation – and tries to assess what matters and what doesn’t.Looking at why it pays to be precise in your punctuation – the hackneyed examples of ‘Let’s eat Grandma’ and ‘Eats, Shoots and Leaves’ show how a comma can make all the difference – why tautologies are simply ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English

    Structure and Use

    by Christine Günther ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
    This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Günther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on the (oft-neglected) parallels between the two. She also examines the use of noun ellipsis with ... Read more

    $68.99 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

    $61.99 USD

  • Semantics of Complex Words

    Edited by Pavol Štekauer, Laurie Bauer, Lívia Körtvélyessy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers a valuable overview of recent research into the semantic aspects of complex words through different theoretical frameworks. Contributions by experts in the field, both morphologists and psycholinguists, identify crucial areas of research, present alternative and complementary approaches to their examination from the current level of knowledge, and indicate perspectives of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Sociolinguistics in Wales

    Edited by Jonathan Morris, Mercedes Durham ...
    This volume showcases recent sociolinguistic research about Wales and offers contributions from scholars working on Welsh, English and other languages spoken in the country. The chapters present a range of frameworks and methodologies used in sociolinguistics and apply them to the Welsh linguistic context. This context is very distinctive compared to the rest of the UK and represents a prime ... Read more

    $89.09 USD