Grammar, syntax & morphology
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Grammar, syntax & morphology
Paperback. Aims to explore the question of whether the notion of periphery has any real theoretical bite. This volume contains 16 papers by researchers in this area. It is useful for academics and graduate students interested in syntax and its interfaces with semantics and prosody, acquisition of syntax, cross-linguistic comparison. Editor(s): Adger, David; De Cat, Cecile (University of York); Tsoulas, George. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402019098
- ISBN
- 9781402019098
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Condition: New
€ 191.83
€ 191.83
Paperback. Non-Projecting Words Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACSW; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402015328
- ISBN
- 9781402015328
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Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Paperback. A book exploring the relation between culture and syntax at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The analysis of particular syntactic features in novels of the time shows clear differences of usage which may be seen to reflect current social upheaval. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349094042
- ISBN
- 9781349094042
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Condition: New
€ 57.51
€ 57.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Demers, Patricia. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349079568
- ISBN
- 9781349079568
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Condition: New
€ 68.24
€ 68.24
Hardback. Series: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse. Num Pages: 158 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; CFK; JFFK; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 339.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137598424
- ISBN
- 9781137598424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. This book documents changes and trends in English predicate complementation. In-depth case studies of grammatical patterns presented here uncover new links between form and meaning in these constructions, offering fresh insights into explanatory principles to account for variation and change in the system of English predicate complementation. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509482
- ISBN
- 9781137509482
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Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Hardcover. This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject-predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's unusual grammatical and discourse properties. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483287
- ISBN
- 9781137483287
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Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431639
- ISBN
- 9781137431639
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. This study considers the use of they and he for generic reference in post-2000 written British English. The analysis is framed by a consideration of language-internal factors, such as syntactic agreement, and language-external factors, which include traditional grammatical prescriptivism and the language reforms resulting from second-wave feminism. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332721
- ISBN
- 9781137332721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.56
€ 121.56
Paperback. Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. The authors take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371991
- ISBN
- 9780792371991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.13
€ 125.13
hardcover. This series is devoted to topics which are central to the theoretical debates which underpin the subject of morphology. This particular volume examines the ways in which morphological features can be expressed in the grammar of natural languages, both by morphological and syntactic devices. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370826
- ISBN
- 9780792370826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.44
€ 245.44
Hardback. This volume focuses on diachronic morphology, and shows, in a number of articles by specialists, how complicated morphological systems develop in the course of time. In addition, this volume deals with a number of issues in theoretical morphology and discusses morphology in sign language. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366317
- ISBN
- 9780792366317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.22
€ 192.22
Hardback. Presents a study of the syntax-semantics interface focusing on the structure of the subject-predicate relation. This book argues that there is syntactic constraint that clauses (small and tensed) are constructed out of a one-place unsaturated expression, the predicate, which must be applied to a syntactic argument, its subject. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2CSJ; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792364092
- ISBN
- 9780792364092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.99
€ 192.99
Hardback. Represents a case study in the study of the prosody and syntax interactions. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362401
- ISBN
- 9780792362401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Hardback. Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. This book argues for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360582
- ISBN
- 9780792360582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardback. Focuses on the position of inflection in the grammar, and the interaction of morphology with phonology, in particular the problem of allomorphy. This book is suitable for theoretical, descriptive, and historical linguists, morphologists, phonologists, and psycholinguists. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360353
- ISBN
- 9780792360353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.72
€ 190.72
Hardback. This work investigates the phenomenon of verb-second in Kashmiri, a language outside the Germanic family, unique in that it exhibits both the German/Dutch type of verb-second as well as the Yiddish/Icelandic type. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2BMK; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360339
- ISBN
- 9780792360339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.84
€ 191.84
Hardback. These papers canvas a variety of topics central to the current development of syntactic theory. These include new analyses of critic inversion constructions in French and critic doubling constructions drawn from Arabic. Editor(s): Johnson, Kyle; Roberts, Ian. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354987
- ISBN
- 9780792354987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardback. Containing 13 studies on various aspects of Greek syntax, this text demonstrates how much the field of Greek syntax has grown both in range and depth. Topics covered include the phrase structure of clauses and nominal phrases, and clitics in standard Greek and in dialects. Editor(s): Alexiadou, Artemis; Horrocks, G. C. (University of Cambridge, UK); Stavrou, Melita. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2AHM; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352907
- ISBN
- 9780792352907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.93
€ 180.93
Hardback. Addresses three central issues in the study of plurality and quantification in natural languages. This collection sheds light on the question of how many readings have to be assigned to plural sentences and on the respective consequences for the architecture of the syntax-semantics interface. Editor(s): Hamm, Fritz; Hinrichs, Erhard W. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 391 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348412
- ISBN
- 9780792348412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.43
€ 193.43
hardcover. This study investigates the syntax of incomplete category fronting in German, carried out from a cross-linguistic perspective. It provides an empirical underpinning for the Minimalist Programme and presents a powerful argument for a derivational theory of grammar. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348375
- ISBN
- 9780792348375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.85
€ 192.85
Hardback. Considers the synchronic and diachronic syntax of finite clauses in Medieval French from a generative point of view. This book argues that V2 in (late) Old French is triggered by topicalization in root clauses. It also addresses such questions as the position of postverbal subjects from the grammar of French. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346692
- ISBN
- 9780792346692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.61
€ 193.61
Hardback. Presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. This title combines syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and offers linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGR; 2GDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346579
- ISBN
- 9780792346579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.12
€ 246.12
Hardback. Offers a study of nominal expressions which covers central aspects of their syntax. This work examines the functional structure, offers a structural definition of syntactic nominalization, and draws the border line between the lexical nominalizing mechanism and its syntactic counterpart. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346081
- ISBN
- 9780792346081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82