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  • Flexible Syntax

    A Theory of Case and Arguments

    by A. Neeleman, F. Weerman ...
    Series Book 47 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. Neeleman and Weerman take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. In-depth analyses of word order phenomena as well as diachronic and typological ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Storage and Computation in the Language Faculty

    Edited by S.G. Nooteboom, F. Weerman, F.N.K Wijnen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Every now and again I receive a lengthy manuscript from a kind of theoretician known to psychiatrists as the "triangle people" - kooks who have independently discovered that everything in the universe comes in threes (solid , liquid, gas; protons, neutrons, electrons; the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost ; Moe, Larry, Curly; and so on) . At the risk of sounding like a triangle person, let me ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Saving our Prepositions

    A Guide for the Perplexed

    by David Thatcher ...
    Prepositions (words like above, from, in, of and with which relate one part of a sentence to another) are, though few in number, among the most frequently used words in English. They are also among the most frequently misused: writers and speakers alike seem to have endless trouble in choosing the right or acceptable preposition. The sad result is widespread uncertainty, confusion and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Understanding and Overcoming Misophonia

    A Conditioned Aversive Reflex Disorder

    by Thomas H Dozier ...
    Does the sound of other people chewing fill you with rage? Do certain sights and sounds make you crazy when they don’t bother anyone else? If so, you are not alone. Although rarely known, misophonia is quite common, and there is hope.Are you tired of misophonia ruining your life? Are you ready to tackle your misophonia (or help a loved one)? If so, this book is for you.Misophonia is a neurological ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The History of Modern Chinese Grammar Studies

    by Peter Peverelli ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses the way Chinese scholars developed a national grammar. Chinese didn’t develop grammar until China’s contact with Western grammar books in the 19th Century. The first indigenous grammar was published in 1889. It included some traditional notions, but mainly imitated European grammar. It was followed by a number of other similar works. To move away from this imitation, a group of ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Different Kinds of Specificity Across Languages

    Edited by Cornelia Ebert, Stefan Hinterwimmer ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This anthology of papers analyzes a range of specificity markers found in natural languages. It reflects the fact that despite intensive research into these markers, the vast differences between the markers across languages and even within single languages have been less acknowledged. Commonly regarded specific indefinites are by no means a homogenous class, and so this volume fills a gap in our ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children

    Visuoperceptive and Visuocognitive Disorders

    by Josef Zihl, Gordon N. Dutton ...
    Cerebral visual disorders have far-reaching consequences for child development. These have profound adverse effects on children’s education and success in school and also in later life, but, unfortunately, cerebral visual disorders often remain undiagnosed and untreated in the pediatric population. This book provides a state-of-the-art account of what is known about the development and disorders ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Subject Clitics in the Northern Italian Dialects

    A Comparative Study Based on the Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory

    by Cecilia Goria ...
    Series Book 60 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    0 INTRODUCTION This book provides an encompassing analysis of Subject Clitics (SCLs) by giving a detailed description of these elements in two varieties of Piedmontese, a Northern Italian Dialect: Astigiano and Turinese spoken in the areas of Asti and Turin respectively. It accounts for the structural position and function of these elements inside the computational system and for their ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • A Brain for Speech

    A View from Evolutionary Neuroanatomy

    by Francisco Aboitiz ...
    This book discusses evolution of the human brain, the origin of speech and language. It covers past and present perspectives on the contentious issue of the acquisition of the language capacity. Divided into two parts, this insightful work covers several characteristics of the human brain including the language-specific network, the size of the human brain, its lateralization of functions and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts

    by Anna M. Borghi, Ferdinand Binkofski ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    How are abstract concepts and words represented in the brain? That is the central question addressed by the authors of “Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts”. First, they focus on the difficulties in defining what abstract concepts and words are, and what they mean in psycholinguistic research. Then the authors go on to describe and critically discuss the main theories on ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Non-Projecting Words

    A Case Study of Swedish Particles

    by I. Toivonen ...
    Series Book 58 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
    Focusing primarily on Swedish, a Germanic language whose particles have not previously been studied extensively, Non-Projecting Words: A Case Study on Swedish Particles develops a theory of non-projecting words in which particles are morphologically independent words that do not project phrases.Particles have long constituted a puzzle for Germanic syntax, as they exhibit properties of both ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Varieties of Orthographic Knowledge

    II: Relationships to Phonology, Reading, and Writing

    Edited by V.W. Berninger ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The role of orthography in reading and writing is not a new topic of inquiry. For example, in 1970 Venezky made a seminal contribution with The Structure of English Orthography in which he showed how both sequential redundancy (probable and permissible letter sequences) and rules of letter-sound correspondence contribute to orthographic structure. In 1972 Kavanagh and Mattingly edited Language by ... Read more

    $143.99 USD