Grammar, Syntax & Morphology

This book is the first hands-on roadmap for conducting rigorous experimental research on second language speech processing and spoken word recognit...

This book is the first hands-on roadmap for conducting rigorous experimental research on second language speech processing and spoken word recognit...

Anger is one of the basic emotions of human emotional experience, informing and guiding many of our choices and actions. Although it has received ...

Metaphor studies is a vibrant and fascinating field. The present book brings together the work of influential researchers analyzing metaphor empir...

The monograph explores the semantic and morphosyntactic representation of affectedness, i.e., the property of an event participant to undergo chang...

Over the past 25 years, previously separate fields of linguistic research have moved closer together, resulting in constructive collaborations: Cog...

This volume makes accessible a substantial range of recent research in Cognitive Grammar. From disparate sources, it brings together a dozen innova...

Language Structure and Environment is a broad introduction to how languages are shaped by their environment. It makes the argument that the social,...

In research on Information Structure, there is an ongoing discussion about the role of contrast.While most linguists consider contrast to be compat...

This book teaches the basics of the structure of the English language with plentiful extracts from novels, poems and plays, so that literature stud...

The aim of this book is to provide a comparative analysis of intra- and inter- linguistic features, setting a benchmark for future typological stud...

Repetition is a well-studied phenomenon in morphology and lexicology but has received less attention on the syntactic level. The book sheds light o...

The book presents the results of an empirical study on the relationship between Afrikaans language, identity and ethnicity from the perspective of ...

This book presents a state-of-the-art study of variation that considers meaningin all its possible facetsas the key to scientific explanation. It b...

Theoretical studies of Latvian grammar have a great deal to offer to contemporary linguistics. Although traditionally Lithuanian has been the most ...

Word classes are linguistic categories serving as basis in the description of the vocabulary and grammar of natural languages. While important publ...

The topic of secondary predication has attracted much attention especially in the generative literature. The present volume distinguishes itself fr...

This book investigates selected aspects of the grammatical development of Emirati Arabic, the variety of Gulf Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emir...

This volume is intended as a celebration of Kristin Davidses work and its impact within the broad traditions of cognitive, functional and usage-bas...

This is the first book to present an account of literary meaning and effects drawing on our best understanding of mind and language in the form of ...

This is the first book to present an account of literary meaning and effects drawing on our best understanding of mind and language in the form of ...

This book contains an original collection of contributions that deal with the use of a methodology based on, driven, or assisted by corpora to anal...

The Gravitational Pull Hypothesis is an attempt to provide a cognitive account for features of translated language. It assumes that translated and ...

Scottish Gaelic: A Comprehensive Grammar is a definitive description of contemporary Gaelic.The volume presents an authoritative account of modern ...

Scottish Gaelic: A Comprehensive Grammar is a definitive description of contemporary Gaelic.The volume presents an authoritative account of modern ...

This book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammat...

This textbook introduces the main aspects of Minimalist syntax through the use of data from a number of varieties of English. In doing so it equips...

How does English work? What are the different elements? How do they all fit together? The fourth edition of this popular textbook takes the reader...

Malayala is the language spoken predominantly in the beautiful state of Kerala, an increasingly popular tourist destination on the tropical Malabar...

This book argues that the verbal aspect of the Greek Perfect is complex, involving not one but two aspects, where the perfective applies to events ...

Thoroughly revised and expanded, Introduction to Attic Greek, 2nd Edition gives student and instructors the most comprehensive and accessible prese...

This book implements a multidisciplinary approach in describing language both in its ontogenetic development and in its close interrelationship wit...