A thorough introduction to formal syntactic typology by a leader in the field, Comparing Syntax systematically covers syntactic variation across languages. The textbook covers word-order parameters, null subjects, polysynthesis, verb-movement,... Zobraziť viac
A new introduction exploring all aspects of the subject with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use. Zobraziť viac
This book is an introduction to psycholinguistics, the study of human language processing and suitable for any reader with an interest in the psychological foundations of human language. Zobraziť viac
This book is the second edition of a highly successful introduction to the study of word-formation, that is, the ways in which new words are built on the bases of other words (e.g. happy - happy-ness), focusing on English. The book's didactic aim is to... Zobraziť viac
Bernard Comrie introduces readers to the range of variation found in tense systems across the languages of the world. Zobraziť viac
An explanation of the grammatical concept of definiteness ('the', 'this', 'that') and how many languages express it. Zobraziť viac
This accessible introduction to formal, and especially Montague, semantics within a linguistic framework, presupposes no previous background in logic, but takes students step-by-step from simple predicate/argument structures and their interpretation to... Zobraziť viac
Lexical Semantics is about the meaning of words. Although obviously a central concern of linguistics, the semantic behavior of words has been unduly neglected in the current literature, which has tended to emphasize sentential semantics and its... Zobraziť viac
A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Zobraziť viac
Bringing together the results of sixty years of research in typology and universals, this textbook presents a comprehensive survey of Morphosyntax - the combined study of syntax and morphology. Languages employ extremely diverse morphosyntactic... Zobraziť viac
The way children learn their native language has been the subject of intense and widespread investigation in the last decades, stimulated by advances in theoretical linguistics and the behavioral sciences. For the student, this has meant a bewildering... Zobraziť viac
Clear and concise, this textbook is an introduction to phonology for students which assumes no prior knowledge of this area of linguistics and provides an overall view of the field which can be covered within one year. Zobraziť viac
