Grammar, syntax and morphology

A model of grammar using several independent, simultaneous modules, which allows each module to be simpler than the current theory.

A study of word structure using a specific theoretical framework known as ''Network Morphology''.

A study of word structure using a specific theoretical framework known as ''Network Morphology''.

An edited volume which addresses problems encountered in gathering and analysing data from early English.

An edited volume which addresses problems encountered in gathering and analysing data from early English.

This book surveys a wide variety of polarity items, both negative and positive, commonly found in English and other languages.

Synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use.

This book surveys a wide variety of polarity items, both negative and positive, commonly found in English and other languages.

Synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use.

An essential guide to Russian syntax, which examines major syntactic structures and grammatical puzzles of the language.

For the first time in English, a complete guide to the phenomena and analyses of Dutch syntax.

For the first time in English, a complete guide to the phenomena and analyses of Dutch syntax.

A lively, wide-ranging and original handbook on the structure of the French language.

A lively, wide-ranging and original handbook on the structure of the French language.

This book examines symmetric aspects of three core mechanisms in minimalist syntax: merge, move and labeling.

A cross-linguistic study of how objects are affected by information structure.

This book examines symmetric aspects of three core mechanisms in minimalist syntax: merge, move and labeling.

A study of grammatical categories, unifying morphology and syntax, and drawing on an unusually large amount of original dialect data.

A study of grammatical categories, unifying morphology and syntax, and drawing on an unusually large amount of original dialect data.

This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of modern syntactic analysis in a simple step-by-step fashion.

The most useful and rigorous overview of quantification to date.

This textbook on English syntax aims to give students a thorough grounding in the basics of sentence structure, and at the same time strives to acquaint them with the essentials of syntactic argument.

The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics.

In Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (1979), Syd Field first popularized the Three-Act Paradigm of Setup, Confrontation and Resolution for conceptualizing and creating the Hollywood screenplay.

This volume showcases recent sociolinguistic research about Wales and offers contributions from scholars working on Welsh, English and other languages spoken in the country.

This core textbook helps readers get to grips with the fundamentals of English grammar so that they can critically engage with a wide variety of texts.

The highly frequent word items TO and OF are often conceived merely as prepositions, carrying little meaning in themselves.

This book presents the latest work in the field of complementation studies.

This is an essential guide to using digital resources in the study of English language and linguistics.

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.

Do you want a deeper understanding of syntax and grammar?

This book explores speakers' intentions, and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ, in spoken Arabic - which is different in many essential respects from literary Arabic.

This book presents a comprehensive description of collocation, covering both the theoretical and practical background and the implications and applications of the concept as language model and analytical tool.

The authors explore some of the ways in which standardization, ideology and linguistics are interrelated.

This popular introductory textbook offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to current morphological theory and analysis, enabling beginners to approach current literature in the subject with confidence.

How does language work?

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you.

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you.

First Published in 1993.

First Published in 1993.

First Published in 2004.

First Published in 2004.

Mini-set D: Politics re-issues works originally published between 1920 & 1987 and examines the government, political system and foreign policy of Japan during the twentieth century.

This standard introductory textbook presents in systematic form an account of current English practice.

This standard introductory textbook presents in systematic form an account of current English practice.

Mini-set C: Language & Literature re-issues a century of publishing in 8 volumes originally published between 1896 and 1989 and covers phonetics, grammar and syntax of the Japanese language as well as some of its most iconic literature and drama.

This volume constitutes what is perhaps the most thorough description of a creole language to date.

This volume constitutes what is perhaps the most thorough description of a creole language to date.

Rapanui, the language of Easter Island, is in danger of extinction.

Rapanui, the language of Easter Island, is in danger of extinction.