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“sidney greenbaum”

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  • An Introduction to English Grammar

    by Gerald Nelson, Sidney Greenbaum ...
    An Introduction to English Grammar provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of English grammar. The first part of the book (‘The Grammar’) provides a step-by-step introduction to the key topics in English grammar. The second part (‘The Applications’) shows how a grasp of these topics can be helpful in resolving usage problems, in developing a clear writing style, and in mastering ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Essential English Grammar: Teach Yourself

    A Complete Introduction

    by Brigitte Edelston, Ron Simpson ...
    Essential English Grammar is packed with easy-to-follow explanations and summaries, practical tips on how to avoid common grammar mistakes, interesting facts about the historical and regional use of English and a special section on punctuation. This clear, straightforward guide to modern English grammar will help you to improve your knowledge of the language and perfect your grammar.NOT GOT MUCH ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Clause Structure

    by Elly van Gelderen ...
    Series series Key Topics in Syntax
    Clause structure is the most widely-studied phenomenon within syntactic theory, because it refers to how words and phrases are embedded within a sentence, their relationships to each other within a sentence, and ultimately, how sentences are layered and represented in the human brain. This volume presents a clear and up-to-date overview of the Minimalist Program, synthesizes the most important ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Change in Contemporary English

    A Grammatical Study

    by Marianne Hundt, Christian Mair, Nicholas Smith, Geoffrey Leech ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected and previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' of corpora, supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and spoken, drawn mainly from the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Word Order

    by Jae Jung Song ...
    Series series Research Surveys in Linguistics
    Word order is one of the major properties on which languages are compared and its study is fundamental to linguistics. This comprehensive survey provides an up-to-date, critical overview of this widely debated topic, exploring and evaluating word order research carried out in four major theoretical frameworks – linguistic typology, generative grammar, optimality theory and processing-based ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Disappearing Dictionary

    A Treasury of Lost English Dialect Words

    by David Crystal ...
    Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little.In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dialect words that either provide an insight into an older way of life, or simply have an ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • The Acquisition of Syntax

    Studies in Comparative Developmental Linguistics

    Edited by Marc-Ariel Friedemann, Luigi Rizzi ...
    Series series Longman Linguistics Library
    This volume contains a collection of studies that survey recent research in developmental linguistics, illustrating the fruitful interaction between comparative syntax and language acquisition. The contributors each analyse a well defined range of acquisition data, aiming to derive them from primitive differences between child and adult grammar. The book covers cross-linguistic and cross ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • English Language

    Description, Variation and Context

    Edited by Dr Jonathan Culpeper, Paul Kerswill, Professor Ruth Wodak, Professor Anthony McEnery, Francis Katamba ...
    The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research.It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Learning Vocabulary Strategically in a Study Abroad Context

    by Isobel Kai-Hui Wang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on case studies of vocabulary strategy use and presents an in-depth account of the vocabulary learning experiences of Chinese students in the UK. It challenges the view that vocabulary strategies result only from learners’ cognitive choices, and provides insightful analysis of the interplay between learner characteristics, agency and context in the process of strategic learning. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Syntactic Change in Medieval French

    Verb-Second and Null Subjects

    by Barbara S. Vance ...
    Series Book 41 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    V2 AND NULL SUBJECTS IN THE HIS TORY OF FRENCH The prototypical Romance null subject language has certain well known characteristics: verbal inflection is rich, distinguishing six per sonlnumber forms; subject pronouns are generally emphatic; and, when there is no need to emphasize the subject, the pronoun is not expressed at all. Spanish and Italian, for example, fit this description rather weIl. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Anatomy of Language

    Saying What We Mean

    by Marjorie Boulton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology
    First published in 1959, this book aims to provide a practical introduction to semantics, relating the critical study of language to real-life situation, with a wealth of anecdotes and numerous illustrations drawn from everyday personal predicaments. This book provides much information and much material for profitable discussion, helping to make accessible what can be a highly academic subject ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Skeptical Linguistic Essays

    by Paul M. Postal ...
    This volume consists of an introduction and two groups of essays by Paul M. Postal, each with a connecting theme. The first, positive group of papers, contains five previously unpublished studies of English syntax. These include a long study of so-called "locative inversion," two investigations related to raising to non-subject status, an argument for the existence of a hitherto ignored nominal ... Read more

    $76.49 USD