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  • The English Noun Phrase

    The Nature of Linguistic Categorization

    by Evelien Keizer ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    English has an interesting variety of noun phrases, which differ greatly in structure. Examples are 'binominal' (two-noun) phrases ('a beast of a party'); possessive constructions ('the author's opinion'); and discontinuous noun phrases ('the review [came out yesterday] of his book'). How are these different noun phrases structured? How do we produce and understand them? These questions are ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

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  • Topics in Kwa Syntax

    Edited by Enoch O. Aboh, James Essegbey ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book grew out of a concern we have had that very many theoretical and descriptive work on the Kwa languages were not accessible to the general linguistic community. As a result, these languages were only referred to in the context of very specific discussions such as serial verb constructions. But as the reader of this book will notice, syntactic topics discussed in the context of Kwa range ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to Genetics for Language Scientists

    Current Concepts, Methods, and Findings

    by Dan Dediu ...
    During the last few decades we have discovered enormous amounts about our genomes, their evolution and, importantly for linguists and language scientists, the genetic foundations of language and speech. Accessible and readable, this introduction is designed specifically for students and researchers working in language and linguistics. It carefully focuses on the most relevant concepts, methods and ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Adjunct Adverbials in English

    by Hilde Hasselgård ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence. The description of the frequency of meaning types and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Experimental Syntax and Island Effects

    Edited by Jon Sprouse, Norbert Hornstein ...
    This volume brings together cutting-edge experimental research from leaders in the fields of linguistics and psycholinguistics to explore the nature of a phenomenon that has long been central to syntactic theory - 'island effects'. The chapters in this volume draw upon recent methodological advances in experimental methods in syntax, also known as 'experimental syntax', to investigate the ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Semantics of Complex Words

    Edited by Pavol Štekauer, Laurie Bauer, Lívia Körtvélyessy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers a valuable overview of recent research into the semantic aspects of complex words through different theoretical frameworks. Contributions by experts in the field, both morphologists and psycholinguists, identify crucial areas of research, present alternative and complementary approaches to their examination from the current level of knowledge, and indicate perspectives of ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics

    Edited by Raymond Hickey ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • The Grammar of Japanese Mimetics

    Perspectives from structure, acquisition, and translation

    Edited by Noriko Iwasaki, Peter Sells, Kimi Akita ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics
    Mimetic words, also known as ‘sound-symbolic words’, ‘ideophones’ or more popularly as ‘onomatopoeia’, constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon; we find them as well in the lexicons of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages. Mimetics play a central role in Japanese grammar and feature in children’s early utterances. However, this class of words is not considered as ... Read more

    $92.99 CAD

  • Speech Prosody in Speech Synthesis: Modeling and generation of prosody for high quality and flexible speech synthesis

    Edited by Keikichi Hirose, Jianhua Tao ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The volume addresses issues concerning prosody generation in speech synthesis, including prosody modeling, how we can convey para- and non-linguistic information in speech synthesis, and prosody control in speech synthesis (including prosody conversions). A high level of quality has already been achieved in speech synthesis by using selection-based methods with segments of human speech. Although ... Read more

    $128.09 CAD

  • The Function and Use of TO and OF in Multi-Word Units

    by Michael Pace-Sigge ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The highly frequent word items TO and OF are often conceived merely as prepositions, carrying little meaning in themselves. This book disputes that notion by analysing the usage patterns found for OF and TO in different sets of text corpora. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Objects and Other Subjects

    Grammatical Functions, Functional Categories and Configurationality

    Edited by William D. Davies, Stanley Dubinsky ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The papers in this volume examine the current role of grammatical functions in transformational syntax in two ways: (i) through largely theoretical considerations of their status, and (ii) through detailed analyses for a wide variety of languages. Taken together the chapters in this volume present a comprehensive view of how transformational syntax characterizes the elusive but often useful ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Welsh Syntax

    A Government-Binding Approach

    by Louisa Sadler ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Syntax
    This book, first published in 1988, proposes an analysis of Welsh syntax within the theory of Government and Binding (GB). The main focus of the study is the theory of empty elements and the role of agreement phenomena in relation to empty categories.The study of the Celtic family of languages has emerged as an increasingly fruitful area of research both inside and outside GB theory. Written ... Read more

    $229.99 CAD