Grammar, syntax and morphology

A comprehensive survey and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects.

A comprehensive survey and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects.

The first areal-typological exploration of agreement systems in the world''s languages.

Considers how medieval English and Scots texts were re-worked in later centuries, and the implications for philological theory and practice.

Considers how medieval English and Scots texts were re-worked in later centuries, and the implications for philological theory and practice.

Written by a team of experts, this handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the central issues in Chinese linguistics.

The interrelationship between three major quantity changes in the history of the Germanic languages: gemination, lenition, and open syllable lengthening.

This is a detailed diachronic study of a set of English pragmatic markers, providing insights concerning their syntactic and semantic development.

This is a detailed diachronic study of a set of English pragmatic markers, providing insights concerning their syntactic and semantic development.

Explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of English, both past and present, methodologically and theoretically.

Discusses a special case of syntax-morphology mismatch that puzzles current traditional morphological theories – the case of relational adjectives across languages.

Explores two important phenomena in natural language - recursion and embedding - integrating current linguistic theory, cross-linguistic fieldwork, and specific acquisition and experimental techniques.

This book presents an overview and analysis of negation in early English, using corpus data to track its development over time.

This book presents an overview and analysis of negation in early English, using corpus data to track its development over time.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

This book takes the reader on a journey through the structure of everyday spoken English, providing a fresh look at the relation between language and the mind.

Establishing the inseparability of grammar and gesture, this book explains what determines when, how, and why we gesture.

Explores the Korean language from both a syntactic and semantic perspective, combining mainstream ideas from minimalist syntax and formal semantics.

Based on data from a wide range of languages, the book discusses the ways in which case interacts with meaning.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

This controversial new book addresses the linguistic problems around compounds: words which sit on the borderline of syntax and morphology.

Explores English grammar through three real-world applications of language development, language disorders and dialects.

Analysis of bilinguals'' use of two languages reveals highly adept code-switching: alternating between languages while keeping intact the separate grammars.

Uses an explicit formal framework to explore and model cross-linguistic variation, in constructions where a noun modifies another noun.

This controversial new book addresses the linguistic problems around compounds: words which sit on the borderline of syntax and morphology.

Explores English grammar through three real-world applications of language development, language disorders and dialects.

An entirely new, comprehensive reference grammar of Classical Greek that reflects the state of the art of Greek linguistics.

This book characterises the diverse morphological complexity we find in the languages of the world.

This unique book examines how children learn to read across seventeen languages and their orthographies.

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

This book characterises the diverse morphological complexity we find in the languages of the world.

This unique book examines how children learn to read across seventeen languages and their orthographies.

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

An original study of the formation of compounds, and what syntactic, structural and semantic criteria determine their spelling and usage.

This lively textbook introduces readers to the formal theory of syntax, presenting contemporary insights without unnecessary technical detail.

This lively textbook introduces readers to the formal theory of syntax, presenting contemporary insights without unnecessary technical detail.

This book traces the evolution of the Indo-European verbal system from the early proto-language to the period of the first Greek texts.

Written in Spanish, this textbook introduces the syntax of Spanish, showing how words are put together to form complex expressions.

Written in Spanish, this textbook introduces the syntax of Spanish, showing how words are put together to form complex expressions.

Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.

An advanced-level introductory textbook taking a critical, practical approach to the analysis of syntactic structures.

An advanced-level introductory textbook taking a critical, practical approach to the analysis of syntactic structures.

Thoroughly-revised edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults.

Thoroughly-revised edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults.

Leading linguists and psycholinguists use cutting-edge experimental techniques to investigate one of the central phenomena of linguistics, ''island effects''.

Leading linguists and psycholinguists use cutting-edge experimental techniques to investigate one of the central phenomena of linguistics, ''island effects''.

This book provides a detailed comparative overview of an array of elaborate grammatical resources used in Southeast Asian languages.

This book provides a detailed comparative overview of an array of elaborate grammatical resources used in Southeast Asian languages.

An examination of the structure of language and how it obeys physical and mathematical laws.

This book provides an accessible and original account of null subject phenomena, and encompasses the most recent findings and developments.