Grammar, syntax and morphology

Explores how comparative correlative constructions behave in English and how these change over time and space.

A survey of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, covering the history and structures of languages in this unique area.

Introduces students to the scientific study of language, using the basic principles of complexity theory.

Presents an exploration of human language from the perspective of the natural sciences.

Explores and provides situational and linguistic descriptions of the full range of registers found on the searchable web.

Explains universal concepts of language structure to help students preparing to study a foreign language.

A fine-grained qualitative and quantitative analysis of phrasal verbs covering almost 400 years, based on large amounts of empirical evidence.

Introduces students to the scientific study of language, using the basic principles of complexity theory.

Using corpus data and insights from current research, this book introduces students to syntactic patterns motivated by discourse and genre.

A concise introduction to the languages of mainland Southeast Asia that provides a new look at this unique area.

A cutting-edge work, this book analyses the grammar of interactional language with a focus on discourse markers and their typology.

Provides non-native students and heritage speakers with the necessary tools to write effectively in Spanish.

Using a unified methodological and theoretical framework, this book compares interpersonal grammar systems across different languages.

Using a unified methodological and theoretical framework, this book compares interpersonal grammar systems across different languages.

The first of its kind, this Handbook provides an in-depth overview of all current issues and trends in experimental syntax.

Explores the fascinating phenomenon of indirect speech acts, highlighting the situations they are used in, and how they are understood.

Explores the role of linguistics in promoting justice and equality with regard to ethnic minorities, legal matters and civil rights.

A brilliant analysis of colloquial English, both its syntax and its variations, using novel data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts and the internet.

A comprehensive overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today: systemic-functional linguistics.

Provides non-native students and heritage speakers with the necessary tools to write effectively in Spanish.

The first systematic, comprehensive description of the evolution of Greek at the crucial transitional stage from medieval to modern.

With exercises based on real language data, this volume gives a comprehensive introduction to construction grammar, focusing on English.

A sophisticated analysis of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English, using novel data from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet.

A concise introduction to the languages of mainland Southeast Asia that provides a new look at this unique area.

A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

A cutting-edge work, this book analyses the grammar of interactional language with a focus on discourse markers and their typology.

An extended argument that bilingual speakers have an integrated linguistic competence, rather than two separate grammatical systems.

A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and change.

An extended argument that bilingual speakers have an integrated linguistic competence, rather than two separate grammatical systems.

Using corpus data and insights from current research, this book introduces students to syntactic patterns motivated by discourse and genre.

A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and change.

Provides a dynamic network model of grammar that explains how linguistic structure is shaped by language use.

A sophisticated analysis of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English, using novel data from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet.

A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

A brilliant analysis of colloquial English, both its syntax and its variations, using novel data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts and the internet.

Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

Provides a dynamic network model of grammar that explains how linguistic structure is shaped by language use.

A comprehensive overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today: systemic-functional linguistics.

An innovative exploration of the interface between grammar, meaning and form.

An accessible introduction to lexical structure and design, and the relation of the lexicon to grammar as a whole.

Revised edition of a seminal introduction to language contact, providing an overview of the field and its most recent developments.

An innovative exploration of the interface between grammar, meaning and form.

Explains universal concepts of language structure to help students preparing to study a foreign language.

This book proposes that the fundamental building blocks of syntax are relations between words rather than constituents formed from words.

A critical survey of key issues in the analysis of propositional attitude reports, a central topic in natural language semantics.

A critical survey of key issues in the analysis of propositional attitude reports, a central topic in natural language semantics.

This book places binomials - word pairs - in the context of phonology, stylistics, semantics, translation theory and practice in various periods.

This book explores a much-debated area of language acquisition: the omission by young children of direct objects in a sentence.

This book places binomials - word pairs - in the context of phonology, stylistics, semantics, translation theory and practice in various periods.

This book explores a much-debated area of language acquisition: the omission by young children of direct objects in a sentence.