It is becoming increasingly clear that the standard approach to argument linking in terms of thematic roles , which are......more
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How Lexical Semantics Constrains Inflectional Allomorphy; A. Carstairs-McCarthy. Verbalizing Suffixes and the Structure ......more
Success in mastering any language requires knowledge in speaking, reading, and writing the language. The speaking compon......more
This accessible and lively introduction to semantics and the multi-faceted nature of language guides the non-specialist ......more
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In recent years, the study of events and their role as implicit arguments of predicates has been at the center of much i......more
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The answer to the question "How can we understand and use a definition?" provides new constraints on natural language an......more
This volume criticises current philosophy of language as having an altered focus without adjusting the needed conceptual......more
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Copublished with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Man and Message provides a practical method of analyzing texts bas......more
This is the first full-length study of sentential negation phenomena in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a generative......more
This is the first full-length study of sentential negation phenomena in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a generative......more
Faith and Fiction is a collection of essays which partly stems from the 25th LAUD-Symposium on ’Metaphor and Religion’ (......more
This up-to-date presentation of language use and communication skills in atypical populations addresses questions on the......more
During the last few years, a new approach to linguistic analysis has started to emerge. This approach, which has come to......more
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Twenty-three papers, which were given in October 1997 by the academic staff and postgraduates of the University of Sheff......more
Significant recent research in literacy learning casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of traditional phonics instruc......more
Presented in this book is a theory of concept formation and understanding that does not make use of a notion of an innat......more
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The papers collected in this volume apply principles of phonology and morphology to the Germanic languages. Phonological......more
Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar, so a linguistic phenomenon in one language often has a counterpart ......more
In this volume, five philosophers and a linguist debate issues which are of interest to anyone concerned with semantics ......more
This book offers a new and in-depth analysis of English conditional sentences. Dancygier classifies conditional construc......more
Reflections on Language brings together a collection of seventy-eight articles that examine language from many different......more
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Early formal specifications of natural language syntax were quite closely connected to the notion of abstract machines f......more
Early formal specifications of natural language syntax were quite closely connected to the notion of abstract machines f......more
This is the first comprehensive study of the intonation of different languages of the world, written by a team of leadin......more
This is the first comprehensive study of the intonation of different languages of the world, written by a team of leadin......more
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First Published in 1999. The main argument presented in this volume is that gradable adjectives like bright, dense and s......more
As delightful and playful as it is profound and serious, The Language of Names is an absolute original -- a fascinating ......more
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This book provides a simple but precise framework for describing complex predicates and related constructions, and appli......more
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English sentence prosody provides cues to both focus structure and speaker attitude. Taking the phonological model of in......more
First published in 1999. This book examines the interplay between the semantics of noun phrases and verbal predicates, w......more
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This work elucidates the nature of the notion of Locality in phonology, describing the minimal conditions under which so......more
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This book argues a fresh theory about the structure of tone. Bao investigates a wide range of tone sandhi data from vari......more
This volume brings together 17 papers resulting from the third conference on Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Languag......more
The work reported in this monograph was begun in the winter of 1967 in a graduate seminar at Berkeley. Many of the basic......more
This volume brings together 17 papers resulting from the third conference on Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Languag......more
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In this provocative book, Barwise and Perry tackle the slippery subject of meaning , a subject that has long vexed ling......more
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This textbook presupposes no knowledge of phonology or phonetics, and takes the learner step by step through the various......more
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The Phonology of English offers a new approach to English phonology. It focuses on the prosody of the language, i.e. syl......more
Hardbound. This volume examines explicitly the question of how the semantics and pragmatics of a number of expressions m......more
This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, widely used for over a century to transcribe ......more
This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions o......more
This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, widely used for over a century to transcribe ......more
Our knowledge about the world is often expressed by generic sentences, yet their meanings are far from clear. This book ......more
This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions o......more
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Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction is unlike any other introductory textbook on the market; it marks a return to ’g......more
Like the journal TOPOl, the TOPOl Library is based on the assumption that philosophy is a lively, provocative, delightfu......more
The focus of this book is on language maintenance and shift among both the sectarian and nonsectarian groups of the Penn......more
This book provides a detailed analysis of how the Spanish verbal paradigms - preterite, imperfect, subjunctive, etc. - c......more
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There are some 6,500 different languages in the world. This book investigates why diversity arose, how it relates to the......more
Can ghoti really be pronounced as fish? Why is "o" short in glove and love, but long in rove and cove? Why do English wo......more