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Language Change
This is a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change. It discusses where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes... Les mer
English Words: History and Structure
English Words: History and Structure is concerned primarily with the learned vocabulary of English, the words borrowed from the classical languages.... Les mer
A Short History of Structural Linguistics
This concise history of structural linguistics charts its development from the 1870s to the present day. It explains what structuralism was and why... Les mer
Biolinguistics
This book investigates the nature of human language and its importance for the study of the mind. In particular, it examines current work on the... Les mer
Case
Case is an accessible introduction for students of linguistics to the ways relations between words in sentences are marked in languages. Case is... Les mer
A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory
This book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the central premises of OT and the results of their praxis.... Les mer
The Syntax of Early English
This book is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods. Beginning with an overview of the main features of... Les mer
The Korean Language
This book provides a detailed survey of the Korean language, covering its speakers, genetic affiliation, historical development, dialects, lexicon,... Les mer
Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development
Recent years have seen a revolution in our knowledge of how children learn to think and speak. In this volume, leading scholars from these rapidly... Les mer
Using Italian Synonyms
This is an essential reference for intermediate and advanced students of Italian as well as teachers and other professional linguists seeking access... Les mer
A Short History of Structural Linguistics
This concise history of structural linguistics charts its development from the 1870s to the present day. It explains what structuralism was and why... Les mer
Case
Case is an accessible introduction for students of linguistics to the ways relations between words in sentences are marked in languages. Case is... Les mer
A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory
This book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the central premises of OT and the results of their praxis.... Les mer
Regularity in Semantic Change
This important study of semantic change examines how new meanings arise through language use, especially the various ways in which speakers and... Les mer
Phonology and Language Use
A research perspective that takes language use into account opens up new views of old issues and provides an understanding of issues that linguists... Les mer
Morphological Productivity
Why are there more English words ending in -ness than ending in -ity? What is it about some endings that makes them more widely usable than others?... Les mer
Mood and Modality
Since the publication of F. R. Palmer’s first edition of Mood and Modality in 1986, when the topic of ‘modality’ was fairly unfamiliar, there... Les mer
The Syntax of Early English
This book is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods. Beginning with an overview of the main features of... Les mer
Inflectional Morphology
A new contribution to linguistic theory, this book presents a formal framework for the analysis of word structure in human language. It sets forth... Les mer
Using Italian Synonyms
This is an essential reference for intermediate and advanced students of Italian as well as teachers and other professional linguists seeking access... Les mer
Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development
Recent years have seen a revolution in our knowledge of how children learn to think and speak. In this volume, leading scholars from these rapidly... Les mer
The Syntax of Adjuncts
This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are few syntactic... Les mer
The Cambridge History of the English Language
Volume VI of The Cambridge History of the English Language traces the history of English in North America from its British background to its present... Les mer
The English Language
The English Language: A Historical Introduction covers the history of the English language from its prehistoric Indo-European origins to the present... Les mer