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Grammar, syntax & morphology

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Grammar, syntax & morphology

Hardback. This book significantly augments the academic literature on Cantonese verbal particles and their semantics, focusing on three affixal quantifiers, -saai, -hoi and -maai, and showing how these verbal suffixes display a unique interplay of syntax and semantics. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 254 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDCC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2012
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400743861
ISBN
9789400743861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.27

Hardback. This book provides a thorough, data-rich and theoretically informed treatment of compounding in Modern Greek. It compares Greek compounds with similar formations of languages that are genetically and typologically different. Series: Studies in Morphology. Num Pages: 302 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHM; CFF; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400749597
ISBN
9789400749597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.42

Hardback. Shedding new light on this perplexing object-case alternation in Russian, this book analyzes two variants of genitive objects that alternate with accusative complements: the genitive of negation and the intensional genitive. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400752245
ISBN
9789400752245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; CFG; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401060981
ISBN
9789401060981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.58

Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401077187
ISBN
9789401077187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 185.26

paperback. Shedding new light on this perplexing object-case alternation in Russian, this book analyzes two variants of genitive objects that alternate with accusative complements: the genitive of negation and the intensional genitive. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CFG; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401781954
ISBN
9789401781954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.49

paperback. This volume studies Old French as it is practiced today, in all of its forms, with topics ranging from corpus-based studies to theoretical approaches to Old French. It provides an insight into both diachronic and synchronic linguistics. Editor(s): Arteaga, Deborah L. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AD; CFF; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401782159
ISBN
9789401782159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.95

paperback. This book provides a thorough, data-rich and theoretically informed treatment of compounding in Modern Greek. It compares Greek compounds with similar formations of languages that are genetically and typologically different. Series: Studies in Morphology. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFH; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401782722
ISBN
9789401782722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 199 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811028809
ISBN
9789811028809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.91

paperback. Describes the historical emergence and spread of the to-infinitive in English. This book shows that to + infinitive emerged from a reanalysis of the preposition to plus a deverbal nominalization, which spread first to purpose clauses, then to nonfinite environments. It challenges the reasoning that infinitives must have been nouns in Old English. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199208739
ISBN
9780199208739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Sandra, Dominiek; Taft, Marcus. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138994218
ISBN
9781138994218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.94

James Joyce never used quotation marks. This book springs from that aversion, tracing Joyce's transgressive relation to that history from "Memorabilia" to "Finnegan's Wake". The author argues Joyce's rejection of the mark signals a wider and deeper rejection of the system it implements. Series: Florida James Joyce Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813016108
ISBN
9780813016108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.26
€ 64.13

Paperback. Aims to provide the basic information necessary to be able to understand a meaning, decipher a pronunciation, make a correct syllable break, and employ appropriate vocabulary. This dictionary includes the vocabulary most of us use every day in ordinary writing and encounter in reading a newspaper, novel, magazine, or online article. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CBD; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Checkmark Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816063802
ISBN
9780816063802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. This volume presents a description of the language that is currently spoken on the island of Erromango, in southern Vanuatu in the southwestern part of the Pacific. Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; 2PGP; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824819354
ISBN
9780824819354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.75

Paperback. This volume focuses on problems in the morphological and syntactic analysis of certain Asian and Pacific languages, bringing to bear alternative theories of grammar, including relational, categorical, and lexicase dependency grammar, and a whole-word approach to morphology. Editor(s): De Guzman, Videa P.; Bender, Byron W. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824821050
ISBN
9780824821050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.77

Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive examination of a frequently discussed yet much misunderstood aspect of the Japanese language, this book looks at Keigo, or "polite language". It argues that modern keigo consciousness and keigo grammar merged out of Japan's encounter with Western trends. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; CFA; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824826024
ISBN
9780824826024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.98
€ 50.86

Paperback. Presents topics in the grammar of South Efate, an Oceanic language of Central Vanuatu as spoken in Erakor village on the outskirts of Port Vila. This book describes the process of developing an archivable textual corpus that is used to make example sentences citable and playable, using software (Audiamus) developed in the course of the research. Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2PGP; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824830618
ISBN
9780824830618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.77

Paperback. Describes the grammar of Kokota, an endangered Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands, spoken by about nine hundred people on the island of Santa Isabel. This book examines the phonology of the language and includes a section on stress assignment. It contains chapters on nouns and noun phrases, minor participant types, and argument structure. Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2P; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824832513
ISBN
9780824832513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.69

Hardcover. Looks at the history and ideology behind the construction of kokugo (national language). This book discusses the contributions of Ueda Kazutoshi (1867-1937) and Hoshina Koichi (1872-1955) in the creation of kokugo and moves us one step closer to understanding how the ideology of kokugo cast a spell over linguistic identity in modern Japan. Translator(s): Hubbard, Maki Hirano. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824833053
ISBN
9780824833053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.92
€ 62.08

Paperback. Provides a functional and empirically-based study of the morphology of Tungho Saisiyat in an attempt to clarify the morphological units, morphological processes, major lexical categories of this language and further discuss its nominal and verbal morphology. Editor(s): Zeitoun, Elizabeth; Tai-Hwa, Chu. Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 2PGB; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824850425
ISBN
9780824850425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.75

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