Grammar, syntax & morphology
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Grammar, syntax & morphology
Paperback. Fredric Jameson's survey of Structuralism and Russian Formalism is, at the same time, a critique of their basic methodology. He lays bare the presuppositions of the two movements, clarifying the relationship between the synchronic methods of Saussurean linguistics and the realities of time and history. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature S. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013169
- ISBN
- 9780691013169
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Condition: New
€ 44.39
€ 44.39
Hardback. This timely book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2JN; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806251
- ISBN
- 9780774806251
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Condition: New
€ 163.43
€ 163.43
Paperback. This 22-chapter text explores the structure of language and the meaning of words within a given structure. The text/workbook combination gives students both the theory and practice they need to understand this complex topic. It features the personalized system of instruction (PSI) approach. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913580912
- ISBN
- 9780913580912
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.83
€ 38.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Paul, Frank A.; Klagholz, Thomas. Series: The original green books. Num Pages: 487 pages, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, bibliography, glossary, index. BIC Classification: CFK; CFZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XT) Teacher text. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 885.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 487
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930323844
- ISBN
- 9780930323844
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.83
€ 38.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Explains the principles which underlie the structure and appropriate use of sentence in a language. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 265.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575860060
- ISBN
- 9781575860060
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.05
€ 23.99
€ 19.05
Hardback. This book provides a descriptive and analytical account of the behaviour of coverbs in Wagiman. Series: CSLI - Stanford Monographs in Linguistics. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2PB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 39.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575861739
- ISBN
- 9781575861739
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Condition: New
€ 59.84€ 50.30
€ 59.84
€ 50.30
Paperback. This aims to provide the most straightforward definitions of the constructions present in human languages. Num Pages: 152 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575861883
- ISBN
- 9781575861883
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.57
€ 21.99
€ 18.57
Hardback. A spirited account of the life and times of one of the seminal figures in history of English grammar which dispels the myth of Lowth as the icon of prescriptivism, and establishes him as a key figure in the history of English grammar. It will appeal to everyone interested in the history of English the long-running debate on linguistic correctness. Num Pages: 360 pages, Figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 702.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199579273
- ISBN
- 9780199579273
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Condition: New
€ 176.01
€ 176.01
Paperback. In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author of this work argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather reduces to patterns for the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content. Num Pages: 540 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738514
- ISBN
- 9780804738514
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Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 50.75
€ 51.69
€ 50.75
Paperback. Central Hill Nisenan was spoken in the hills northeast of Sacramento, California, but like many other California languages, it is no longer spoken. This monograph includes texts recorded by the late Richard Smith, a brief description of the language and a short word list. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 135 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2JN; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 8. Weight in Grams: 262.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098060
- ISBN
- 9780520098060
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes, and clause structure. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 183 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098411
- ISBN
- 9780520098411
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.79
€ 41.99
€ 29.79
hardcover. This book is the most influential work ever published on Nahuatl grammar and remains an essential work of reference for the student of the language. This new edition presents the original Spanish and an English translation on facing pages, along with explanatory commentary. Editor(s): Lockhart, James. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 2JNN; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 872.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742818
- ISBN
- 9780804742818
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Condition: New
€ 107.36
€ 107.36
hardcover. A sourcebook of grammatical constructions in the Creek (Muskogee) language. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 504 pages, 1 Illustrations, 2 maps, 60 tables, 13 figures, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 857.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803211063
- ISBN
- 9780803211063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31
€ 90.31
Paperback. At present, the Sibe language is the only still-active oral variety of Manchu, the language of the indigenous tribe of Manchuria. With some 20,000 to 30,000 speakers it is also the most widely spoken of the Tungusic languages, which are found in both Manchuria and eastern Siberia. This ttile offers a study of this historically important language. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2FWM; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024621036
- ISBN
- 9788024621036
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.41
€ 24.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody, nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199567270
- ISBN
- 9780199567270
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Condition: New
€ 85.35
€ 85.35
Paperback. Presents an account of meaning in many linguistic and cultural phenomena that is based on cognitive capacities that human understanders and producers of language possess independently of their ability to use language. This book also suggests that cognitive linguistics is a much more comprehensive enterprise than is commonly accepted. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; CFK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195187205
- ISBN
- 9780195187205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.88
€ 49.88
Paperback. Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to natural selection. The book provides a specific framework for studying the evolution of syntax, combining the fields of evolutionary biology, theoretical syntax, typology, neuroscience, and genetics. Series: Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; CFK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198736554
- ISBN
- 9780198736554
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Condition: New
€ 53.39
€ 53.39
hardcover. Employs the properties of Chinese script to focus on morphological analyses during the character and word recognition process. This title covers syntactic and pragmatic processes during sentence reading and three chapters that examine on-line processes. It is suitable for those studying reading and visual symbol processing. Editor(s): Wang, Jian; Chen, Hsuan-Chih; Radach, Ralph; Inhoff, Albrecht. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780805824780
- ISBN
- 9780805824780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.53
€ 160.53
Hardcover. This reader is organized into sections dealing with different topics: fundamental results about the theory per se; phonology; syntax; learnability and acquisition; and variation and change. It draws on works from the Optimality Archive, works from journals and other publications. Num Pages: 624 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1242.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226888
- ISBN
- 9780631226888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.02
€ 214.02
Paperback. Introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling. The contributions, from some of the leading authorities in the field, explore major questions and cover typologically diverse languages. Editor(s): Karimi, Simin. Series: Explaining Linguistics S. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233282
- ISBN
- 9780631233282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.82
€ 68.82