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Cambridge University Press Morpheme Order and Semantic Scope
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Cambridge University Press Parameters Morphosyntactic Change
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Cambridge University Press Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change
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Cambridge University Press Describing Morphosyntax A Guide for Field Linguists
Book SynopsisCurrent estimates are that around 3,000 of the 6,000 languages now spoken may become extinct during the next century. Some 4,000 of these existing languages have never been described, or described only inadequately. This book is a guide for linguistic fieldworkers who wish to write a description of the morphology and syntax of one of these many under-documented languages. It uses examples from many languages both well known and virtually unknown; it offers readers one possible outline for a grammatical description, with many questions designed to help them address the key topics. The appendices offer guidance on text and elicited data, and on sample reference grammars which readers might wish to consult.Trade Review"...a comprehensive field researcher's guide to the description of undocumented & near extinct languages." T. Rosenberg, LLBA"I would rate this book highly as an important part of a practical strategy for writing the description of the morphosyntax of a field language." Austin Hale, Notes on Linguistics"...Describing Morphosyntax is an excellent guide not only for field linguists but also for all linguists who are interested in fascinating aspects of grammar." WordTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Demographic and ethnographic information; 2. Morphological typology; 3. Grammatical categories; 4. Constituent order typology; 5. Noun and noun-phrase operations; 6. Predicate nominals and related constructions; 7. Grammatical relations; 8. Voice and valence adjusting operations; 9. Other verb and veb-phrase operations; 10. Pragmatically marked structures; 11. Clause combinations; 12. Conclusions: the language in use; Appendices; References; Index of languages, language families, and language areas; Subject index.
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Cambridge University Press Syntax
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Cambridge University Press Optimality Theory Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Conditionals and Prediction
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Icelandic
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Cambridge University Press The Dynamics of Focus Structure 84 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 84
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Cambridge University Press Syntax
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Cambridge University Press Language Contact and Grammatical Change Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
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Cambridge University Press Syntactic Relations
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Cambridge University Press The Grammar of Modern Hebrew
Book SynopsisA reference book on Modern Hebrew morphology and syntax, this describes the language as it is really spoken and written in Israel today. The author pays particular attention to functional distinctions, giving equal weight to colloquial and formal usage.Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations and conventions; 1. About Israeli Hebrew; 2. The data; 3. The description; 4. Pronunciation and spelling; 5. Definite and indefinite; 6. Constructs and possessives; 7. Pronouns and other pro-words; 8. Quantifiers; 9. Determiners; 10. Adjectives as modifiers; 11. Preposition phrases and adverbs as modifiers; 12. Agreement in the noun phrase; 13. Tense, modality and aspect; 14. Active and passive; 15. Object phrases; 16. 'Be' and 'have' constructions; 17. Ellipsis and subject-less clauses; 18. Agreement in the clause; 19. Preposition phrases; 20. Degree words and comparatives; 21. Adjunct adverbials; 22. Focus adverbs; 23. Disjunct adverbials; 24. Link adverbials; 25. Pro-adverbs; 26. Questions; 27. Exclamations; 28. Requests; 29. Negation; 30. Types of subordination; 31. Complement clauses; 32. Adverbial clauses; 33. Relative clauses; 34. Apposed clauses; 35. Coordination; 36. Apposition; 37. Topic, focus and word order; 38. Noun types; 39. Gender and number in the noun; 40. Verb types and their inflections; 41. Adjective types and their inflection; 42. Prepositions: form and inflection; Notes to chapters; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Syntax
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Syntax
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Cambridge University Press Number
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Cambridge University Press Number Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Book SynopsisNumber is the most underestimated of the grammatical categories. It is deceptively simple yet the number system which philosophers, logicians and many linguists take as the norm - namely the distinction between singular and plural (as in cat versus cats) - is only one of a wide range of possibilities to be found in languages around the world. Some languages, for instance, make more distinctions than English, having three, four or even five different values. Adopting a wide-ranging perspective, Greville Corbett draws on examples from many languages to analyse the possible systems of number. He reveals that the means for signalling number are remarkably varied and are put to a surprising range of special additional uses. By surveying some of the riches of the world's linguistic resources this book, first published in 2000, makes a major contribution to the typology of categories and demonstrates that languages are much more varied than is generally recognised.Trade Review'Number is an area of morphosyntactic typology that has often been taken for granted by linguistic researchers. In this comprehensive typological survey, Corbett convincingly shows that the complexity and diversity of number systems in the languages of the world far surpasses what is commonly assumed.' Thomas E. Payne, The LinguistTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Introduction; 2. Meaning distinctions; 3. Items involved in the Nominal Number System; 4. Integrating number values and the Animacy Hierarchy; 5. The expression of number; 6. The syntax of number; 7. Other uses of number; 8. Verbal number; 9. Conclusion and new challenges.
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Cambridge University Press Studies in Contemporary Phrase Structure Grammar
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Cambridge University Press Biolinguistics
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Cambridge University Press Changing Valency
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Hungarian
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Hungarian
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Cambridge University Press Analysing English Sentences Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Agreement and Concord 115 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 115
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Cambridge University Press Word Order Research Surveys in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press English Words History and Structure
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Cambridge University Press Quantification Research Surveys in Linguistics
Book SynopsisQuantification forms a significant aspect of cross-linguistic research into both sentence structure and meaning. This book surveys research in quantification starting with the foundational work in the 1970s. It paints a vivid picture of generalized quantifiers and Boolean semantics. It explains how the discovery of diverse scope behaviour in the 1990s transformed the view of quantification, and how the study of the internal composition of quantifiers has become central in recent years. It presents different approaches to the same problems, and links modern logic and formal semantics to advances in generative syntax. A unique feature of the book is that it systematically brings cross-linguistic data to bear on the theoretical issues, covering French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Russian, Japanese, Telugu (Dravidian), and Shupamem (Grassfield Bantu) and points to formal semantic literature involving quantification in around thirty languages.Trade Review'Extraordinary scholarship. A superb technical exposition, and an invaluable resource on the nature of quantification cross-linguistically.' Christopher Potts, Stanford University'The discovery of a notation to represent reasoning with quantifiers was a Copernican moment in the history of logic. It led generations of scholars to seek some reflection of the quantifiers of the idealized notation in the vicissitudes of natural language. No one has done more to shake loose the simplifications and idealizations that have resulted than Anna Szabolcsi. Her long awaited volume is essential reading for any philosopher, logician, or linguist interested in the myriad ways in which natural languages express quantification.' Jason Stanley, Rutgers UniversityTable of Contents1. What this book is about and how to use it; 2. Generalized quantifiers and their elements: operators and their scopes; 3. Generalized quantifiers in non-nominal domains; 4. Some empirically significant properties of quantifiers and determiners; 5. Potential challenges for generalized quantifiers; 6. Scope is not uniform and not a primitive; 7. Existential scope versus distributive scope; 8. Distributivity and scope; 9. Bare numeral indefinites; 10. Modified numerals; 11. Clause-internal scopal diversity; 12. Towards a compositional semantics of quantifier words.
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Cambridge University Press Preposition Placement in English
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Cambridge University Press Parentheticals in Spoken English The SyntaxProsody Relation Studies in English Language
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Cambridge University Press Grammatical Categories Variation in Romance Languages 128 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 128
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Cambridge University Press Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
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Cambridge University Press Hyperbole in English A Corpusbased Study of Exaggeration Studies in English Language
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Cambridge University Press Coordination in Syntax 123 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 123
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Cambridge University Press Absolute Constructions in Early IndoEuropean Cambridge Classical Studies
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Cambridge University Press A Brief History of English Syntax
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Cambridge University Press Quantity Implicatures
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Adjuncts 96 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 96
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Cambridge University Press Person
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Cambridge University Press The Syllable in Optimality Theory
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Cambridge University Press Formulaic Language and the Lexicon
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Cambridge University Press Syntactic Change A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization 100 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 100
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Cambridge University Press Language in South Africa
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Cambridge University Press A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory
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Cambridge University Press Morphological Productivity 95 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 95
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Cambridge University Press The Grammar of Polarity Pragmatics Sensitivity and the Logic of Scales 127 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 127
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Cambridge University Press Language and Literary Structure
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