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  • Non-Projecting Words

    A Case Study of Swedish Particles

    by I. Toivonen ...
    Series Book 58 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    Focusing primarily on Swedish, a Germanic language whose particles have not previously been studied extensively, Non-Projecting Words: A Case Study on Swedish Particles develops a theory of non-projecting words in which particles are morphologically independent words that do not project phrases.Particles have long constituted a puzzle for Germanic syntax, as they exhibit properties of both ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Saving our Prepositions

    A Guide for the Perplexed

    by David Thatcher ...
    Prepositions (words like above, from, in, of and with which relate one part of a sentence to another) are, though few in number, among the most frequently used words in English. They are also among the most frequently misused: writers and speakers alike seem to have endless trouble in choosing the right or acceptable preposition. The sad result is widespread uncertainty, confusion and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • 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

  • 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

  • Scandinavian Object Shift and Optimality Theory

    by E. Engels, S. Vikner ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book presents an account of object shift, a word order phenomenon found in most of the Scandinavian languages where an object occurs unexpectedly to the left and not to the right of a sentential adverbial. With new and original observations, it is an important addition to the fields of phonology, optimality theory and theoretical syntax. ... Read more

    $49.49 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

  • Noun Phrases and Nominalizations

    The Syntax of DPs

    by T. Siloni ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Noun Phrases and Nominalizations: The Syntax of DPs is a theoretical study of nominal expressions which covers central aspects of their syntax that have not been approached with concurrent tools in recent years. The study examines the functional structure, offers a structural definition of syntactic nominalization, and carefully draws the border line between the lexical nominalizing mechanism and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Subject Clitics in the Northern Italian Dialects

    A Comparative Study Based on the Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory

    by Cecilia Goria ...
    Series Book 60 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    0 INTRODUCTION This book provides an encompassing analysis of Subject Clitics (SCLs) by giving a detailed description of these elements in two varieties of Piedmontese, a Northern Italian Dialect: Astigiano and Turinese spoken in the areas of Asti and Turin respectively. It accounts for the structural position and function of these elements inside the computational system and for their ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Yearbook of Morphology 2003

    Edited by Jaap van Marle, G.E. Booij ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    A revival of interest in morphology has occurred during recent years. The Yearbook of Morphology series, published since 1988, has proven to be an eminent support for this upswing of morphological research, since it contains articles on topics which are central in the current theoretical debates, and which are frequently referred to. Thus it has set a standard for morphological research.In the ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Inner Aspect

    The Articulation of VP

    by Lisa deMena Travis ...
    Series Book 80 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    Finishing this book was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. It took far too long from original idea to page proofs and suffered from being relegated to small corners of my life. It was very rarely on the front burner. Since I started working on this topic in 1991, there has been a lot of interesting work done on the areas of the articulation of VP, phrase structure mirroring event ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • The Acquisition of Scrambling and Cliticization

    Edited by S.M. Powers, C. Hamann ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This collection of papers investigates two specific linguistic phenomena from the point of view of first- and second-language acquisition. While observations on the acquisition of scrambling or pronominal clitics can be found in the literature, up until the recent past they were sparse and often buried in other issues. This volume fills a long-existing gap in providing a collection of articles ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Sociolinguistics in England

    Edited by Natalie Braber, Sandra Jansen ...
    This book presents an overview of sociolinguistic research in England. Showcasing developments in sociolinguistic theory, method and application, the chapters examine sociolinguistic topics on different linguistic levels and in different geographical areas across the country. Allowing the reader to engage with contemporary research in the field, each chapter is unique in the topic or geographical ... Read more

    $143.09 USD