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  • Adverbs and Modality in English

    by Leo Hoye ...
    This new study on modality in English represents a departure from more traditional approaches to the subject, where the modal auxiliaries have been the usual focus of attention, by examining in detail the nature of their association with different categories of modal adverb. Modality is notoriously complex but the present work offers an accessible introduction to the topic, a comprehensive account ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • English Grammar

    Understanding the Basics

    by Evelyn P. Altenberg, Robert M. Vago ...
    Looking for an easy-to-use guide to English grammar? This handy introduction covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Students will find the book's step-by-step approach easy to follow and be encouraged by its non-technical language. Requiring no prior knowledge of English grammar, the information is presented in small steps, with objective techniques to help ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, several hundred emails, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on the reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage, style and grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

    Edited by Julia Herschensohn, Martha Young-Scholten ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    What is language and how can we investigate its acquisition by children or adults? What perspectives exist from which to view acquisition? What internal constraints and external factors shape acquisition? What are the properties of interlanguage systems? This comprehensive 31-chapter handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Grammatical Variation in British English Dialects

    A Study in Corpus-Based Dialectometry

    by Benedikt Szmrecsanyi ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Variation within the English language is a vast research area, of which dialectology, the study of geographic variation, is a significant part. This book explores grammatical differences between British English dialects, drawing on authentic speech data collected in over thirty counties. In doing so it presents a new approach known as 'corpus-based dialectometry', which focuses on the joint ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Null Subjects

    by José A. Camacho ...
    Series Book 137 - Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
    The null subject has always been central to linguistic theory, because it tells us a great deal about the underlying structure of language in the human brain, and about the interface between syntax and semantics. Null subjects exist in languages such as Italian, Chinese, Russian and Greek where the subject of a sentence can be tacitly implied, and is understood from the context. In this systematic ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Word Meaning

    by Richard Hudson ...
    Series series Language Workbooks
    In Word Meaning, Richard Hudson introduces readers to the techniques of lexical semantic analysis.Word Meaning:* is based on a problem-solving approach to language* introduces readers to the technical terminology and basic principles associated with the analysis of word meaning* shows students how to apply these terms and principles to English* includes suggestions for further work ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Hyperbole in English

    A Corpus-based Study of Exaggeration

    by Claudia Claridge ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Non-literal language is ubiquitous in everyday life, and while hyperbole is a major part of this, it has so far remained relatively unexplored. This volume provides the first investigation of hyperbole in English, drawing on data from genres such as spoken conversation, TV, newspapers, and literary works from Chaucer to Monty Python. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, it uses ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism

    A Matrix Language Frame Account

    by Kelechukwu Ihemere ...
    Codeswitching occurs when multilingual speakers embed elements of more than one language into the dominant (or Matrix) language within individual utterances of conversation. Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism explores the syntax of bilingual codeswitching between the Benue-Congo African language of Igbo and English. Within the framework of Myers-Scotton's highly influential Matrix Language ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice

    by John Baugh ...
    As a black child growing up in inner-city neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, John Baugh witnessed racial discrimination at a young age and began to notice correlations between language and race. While attending college he worked at a Laundromat serving African Americans who were often subjected to mistreatment by the police. His observations piqued his curiosity about the ways that ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • 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

    $56.59 USD