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  • Perspectives on Complementation

    Structure, Variation and Boundaries

    Edited by M. Höglund, P. Rickman, J. Rudanko, J. Havu ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book presents the latest work in the field of complementation studies. Leading scholars and upcoming researchers in the area approach complementation from various perspectives and different frameworks, such as Cognitive Grammar and construction grammars, to offer a broad survey of the field and provide thought-provoking reading. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Pattern and Meaning in History (RLE Social Theory)

    Wilhelm Dilthey's Thoughts on History and Society

    Edited by H.P. Rickman ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    'One may state Dilthey's significance in most general fashion by characterizing his work as the first thorough-going and sophisticated confrontation of history with positivism and natural science. Dilthey's sweep was universal: he strove to reduce to order the multifarious realms of knowledge, the conflicting traditions of cultural study, that he had embraced. Thus Dilthey laid out a program that ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • Grammar, Philosophy, and Logic

    by Bruce Silver ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book argues that a basic grasp of philosophy and logic can produce written and spoken material that is both grammatically correct and powerful. The author analyses errors in grammar, word choice, phrasing and sentences that even the finest writers can fail to notice; concentrating on subtle missteps and errors that can make the difference between good and excellent prose. Each chapter ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Formal Models in the Study of Language

    Applications in Interdisciplinary Contexts

    Edited by Cristina Grisot, Christopher Laenzlinger, Joanna Blochowiak, Stephanie Durrleman ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume presents articles that focus on the application of formal models in the study of language in a variety of innovative ways, and is dedicated to Jacques Moeschler, professor at University of Geneva, to mark the occasion of his 60th birthday. The contributions, by seasoned and budding linguists of all different linguistic backgrounds, reflect Jacques Moeschler’s diverse and visionary ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Misadventures in the English Language

    by Caroline Taggart ...
    Misadventures in the English Language looks at some of the controversial aspects of English usage – grammar, vocabulary and punctuation – and tries to assess what matters and what doesn’t.Looking at why it pays to be precise in your punctuation – the hackneyed examples of ‘Let’s eat Grandma’ and ‘Eats, Shoots and Leaves’ show how a comma can make all the difference – why tautologies are simply ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Pragmatic Syntax

    by Ms Jieun Kiaer ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
    Jieun Kiaer puts forward an argument in this book that the grammar of a language directly underpins the processing of the language, in real time. This is a view that runs against the orthodoxy of linguistic theorizing for the last 50 years, which has insisted that languages have to be characterized in terms that make little or no reference to the dynamics of language use.This orthodox view fails ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Montague Semantics

    by D. R. Dowty, S. Peters, R. Wall ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In this book we hope to acquaint the reader with the fundamentals of truth conditional model-theoretic semantics, and in particular with a version of this developed by Richard Montague in a series of papers published during the 1960's and early 1970's. In many ways the paper 'The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English' (commonly abbreviated PTQ) represents the culmination of ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Text, Time, and Context

    Selected Papers of Carlota S. Smith

    Edited by Richard P. Meier, Helen Aristar-Dry, Emilie Destruel ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Carlota S. Smith was a key figure in linguistic research and a pioneering woman in generative linguistics. This selection of papers focuses on the research into tense, aspect, and discourse that Smith completed while Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin.Smith’s early work in English syntax is still cited today, and her early career also yielded key research on language ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Semantics of Complex Words

    Edited by Pavol Štekauer, Laurie Bauer, Lívia Körtvélyessy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers a valuable overview of recent research into the semantic aspects of complex words through different theoretical frameworks. Contributions by experts in the field, both morphologists and psycholinguists, identify crucial areas of research, present alternative and complementary approaches to their examination from the current level of knowledge, and indicate perspectives of ... Read more

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  • Describing Verb Valency

    Practical and Theoretical Issues

    by Mário Alberto Perini ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The elaboration of linguistic theories depends on the existence of adequate descriptions of particular languages; otherwise theories will be poorly grounded on empirical data. This book starts from theoretical points of wide acceptance among linguists and goes on to present a descriptive metalanguage, able to express the facts of verb valency, which constitute one of the core areas in linguistic ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Learning Vocabulary Strategically in a Study Abroad Context

    by Isobel Kai-Hui Wang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on case studies of vocabulary strategy use and presents an in-depth account of the vocabulary learning experiences of Chinese students in the UK. It challenges the view that vocabulary strategies result only from learners’ cognitive choices, and provides insightful analysis of the interplay between learner characteristics, agency and context in the process of strategic learning. ... Read more

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  • The Function and Use of TO and OF in Multi-Word Units

    by Michael Pace-Sigge ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The highly frequent word items TO and OF are often conceived merely as prepositions, carrying little meaning in themselves. This book disputes that notion by analysing the usage patterns found for OF and TO in different sets of text corpora. ... Read more

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