Grammar, syntax and morphology

An analysis of the grammatical elements (''functional categories'') in language.

An examination of the relationship between structure and meaning in words.

This book looks at some central problems and questions in the study of ellipsis, whereby certain portions of a sentence are unspoken.

Develops a theory of the agreement processes found in language.

This book examines the relationship between the meaning of words and the structure of sentences.

The second in a three-volume 2007 survey exploring the syntactic and morphological structures of the world''s languages.

First in a three-volume survey exploring the syntactic and morphological structures of the world''s languages.

This 2007 book outlines the major syntactic characteristics of Welsh, including word order, agreement, tense and clause structure.

A guide to the structure of Icelandic, focusing on characteristics that have contributed greatly to syntactic research.

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

Third in a three-volume survey exploring the syntactic and morphological structures of the world''s languages.

Concise, accessible guide to the syntax of Modern French, showing its contribution to syntactic theory.

This book provides an account of the spread and diversification of postcolonial English worldwide.

Comparative linguistic survey of the full range of Germanic languages, providing a detailed account of their morphology, phonology and syntax.

The first comprehensive introduction to Auslan, exploring key aspects of its structure and use.

This book examines the ''subject'' of a sentence, and how it displays similarities across typologically different languages.

This new book provides a comprehensive description of the major syntactic structures of Chichewa.

This textbook provides a concise, clear, and accessible introduction to syntactic theory.

Rochelle Lieber discusses the lexical semantics of word formation in a systematic way, allowing the reader to explore the nature of affixal polysemy.

This textbook deals with the grammatical category of person, using data from over 700 languages.

This book treats aspects of grammar of Russian, from writing, phonology and morphology to syntax and aspect.

A lively introduction to the basic analysis of syntax (sentence structure) and morphology (word structure).

This pioneering book provides a full-length study of inflectional syncretism, presenting a typology of its occurrence across a wide range of languages.

This book looks at how syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact in different ways across human languages.

In this pioneering new study, Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality

Offers an interesting insight into how language contact affects grammatical forms and structures.

A general account of grammaticalization in terms of formal syntax.

This 2003 book covers the role of the syllable in Optimality Theory.

Provides a comprehensive, theoretical analysis of the semantics of English prepositions.

First ever textbook on Optimality Theory, a major new area of linguistic theory.

This book offers a formally coherent theory of the interaction of phonological and morphological processes.

This is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods.

This 1999 book is an explanation of the grammatical concept of definiteness (''the'', ''this'', ''that'') and how many languages express it.

This book offers a new and in-depth analysis of English conditional sentences.

This 2000 book provides an introduction to the grammatical category of number surveying many of the world''s languages.

Clearly organized and accessible, this comprehensive textbook provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure.

This 2002 book is the first overview in English of the structure, history, typology and dialects of Romani.

A concise historical survey of structural lingustics, charting its development from the 1870s to the 1990s.

This book presents a formal framework for the analysis of word structure in human language.

Proposes a theory which claims that adverbials adjoin freely to any projection.

A comprehensive study of the linguistic and cognitive nature of Chinese words.

Clearly written and comprehensive in scope, this is an essential guide to syntax in Hungarian.

Argues that biology plays a more central role in language acquisition than teaching or learning.

This 2002 book summarizes the most salient generalizations that have been made on grammatical forms and constructions.

A theoretical study of linguistic structure in literature focusing on verse and narrative.

This book deals with the problems surrounding the phenomenon of apparently variable productivity in morphology.

This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging 2002 guide to language and society in South Africa.

A step-by-step guide to creating and analyzing linguistic corpora.

A concise and accessible 2001 introduction to the ways in which relations between words in sentences are marked in languages.

This book investigates the fundamental nature of nouns, verbs, and adjectives.