Grammar, Syntax & Morphology

Books in this series provide readers with a detailed description and explanation of key areas of English Language study. The authors presuppose a b...

The linker introduces (links) a variety of expressions into the verb phrase, including locatives, the second object of a double object construction...

This volume is devoted to the syntax and semantics of various languages, studied with models based on constraints. Both French and international li...

The processes of gemination, lenition, and vowel lengthening are central to the study of phonology, as they reveal much about the treatment of quan...

Using a concise and clear style, this book highlights insights from current syntactic theory and minimalism. Chapter 1 starts with the general idea...

Using a concise and clear style, this book highlights insights from current syntactic theory and minimalism. Chapter 1 starts with the general idea...

This volume is the first handbook devoted entirely to the multitude of frameworks adopted in the field of morphology, including Minimalism, Optimal...

This book offers a diachronic and synchronic account of the verb morphology and phonology of Aramaic from its initial appearance early in the first...

This book investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective...

This book offers a systematic study of the emergence and early development of compound nouns in first language acquisition from a cross-linguistic ...

The contributions to this volume honor Joan Bybee''s 2005 LSA Presidential address Grammar is Usage and Usage is Grammar, as a cumulative articul...

Are compounds words or phrases - or are they neither or both? How should we classify compounds? How can we deal with the fact that the relationship...

This handbook deals with research into the nature of events, and how we use language to describe events. The study of event structure over the past...

Zoulei is an endangered language spoken by several hundred speakers in Chinas Guizhou Province and adjacent areas. It is a variety of the Ahou dial...

This volume brings together the eight papers presented by a panel on Arabic linguistics organized on the occasion of the 14th Italian Meeting of Af...

This monograph studies stative predicates from a neo-constructionist perspective and integrates them in a comprehensive theory of event and argumen...

In this book, the traditional definition of grammaticalization is challenged in the light of current developments in grammar theory. The main innov...

This is a textbook introduction to morphological theory in the context of English. This introduction to morphology offers graduate students and adv...

The last few years have seen a steadily increasing interest in constructional approaches to language contact. This volume builds on previous constr...

This book examines how speakers of Ibero-Romance 'do things' with conversational units of language, paying particular attention to what they do wit...

This is the long-awaited second edition of this widely-referenced work on the substantive law principles of investment treaty arbitration. It forms...

Practice makes perfect - and helps deepen your understanding of English grammar Establishing good grammar habits will set you up for success. From ...

This book offers fresh perspectives on shared grammaticalization, a state whereby two or more languages have the source and the target of a grammat...

In syntactic analysis, as in linguistics generally, the skills required to first identify, and then make sense of, complex patterns in linguistic d...