Author: R. L. Trask
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: linguistics, terms, grammatical, dictionary
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0415086280
ISBN-13: 9780415086288

This dictionary of grammatical terms covers both current and traditional terminology in syntax and morphology. It includes descriptive terms, the major theoretical concepts of the most influential grammatical frameworks, and the chief terms from mathematical and computational linguistics. It contains over 1500 entries, providing definitions and examples, pronunciations, the earliest sources of terms and suggestions for further reading, and recommendations about competing and conflicting usages. The book focuses on non-theory-bound descriptive terms, which will remain current for some years.

Author: M. H. Klaima
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: linguistics, studies, cambridge, voice, grammatical
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 1991-11-29
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0521360013
ISBN-13: 9780521360012

Categories of the verb in natural languages include tense, aspect, modality (mood), and voice. Among these, voice, in its rich and diverse manifestations, is perhaps the most complex. But most prior research concentrates on only certain types, predominantly passives. Voice expresses relations between a predicate and a set of nominal positions - or their referents - in a clause or other structure. Grammatical voice is the first typological study of voice systems based on a multi-language survey. It introduces a threefold classification of voice types, in the first place distinguishing passivisa

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Keywords: linguistic, theory, issues, current, metaphor, grammatical
Number of Pages: 461
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 902724748X
ISBN-13: 9789027247483

Author: Frederick J. Newmeyer
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: possibilities, limits, theory, grammatical
Number of Pages: 201
Published: 1983-09-15
List price: $19.00
ISBN-10: 0226577198
ISBN-13: 9780226577197

Newmeyer persuasively defends the controversial theory of transformational generative grammar. Grammatical Theory is for every linguist, philosopher, or psychologist who is skeptical of generative grammar and wants to learn more about it. Newmeyer’s formidable scholarship raises the level of debate on transformational generative grammar. He stresses the central importance of an autonomous formal grammar, discusses the limitations of "discourse-based" approaches to syntax, cites support for generativist theory in recent research, and clarifies misunderstood concepts associated with genera

Author: Ian Michael
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: tradition, categories, grammatical, english
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2010-06-10
List price: $43.00
ISBN-10: 0521143268
ISBN-13: 9780521143264

First published in 1970, this book examines the traditional grammar, very briefly for its Greek and Latin origins, and fully during its first two hundred years as ’English’ grammar. It asks when the application of Latin grammar to English was made; how far it was made knowingly; whether anyone protested that English needed a a grammar of its own. The two hundred and seventy-two English grammars known up to 1800 are studied. Dr Michael shows that the old grammatical tradition is much less unanimous and authoritative than is often supposed, and describes a previously unknown movement

Author: R. M. W. Dixo
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: grammatical, topics, volume, theory, linguistic, basic
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2009-12-13
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0199571082
ISBN-13: 9780199571086

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the most satisfactory and profitable ways to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first volume he addresses the methodology for recording, analysing, and comparing languages. He argues that grammatical structures and rules should be worked out inductively on the basis of evidence, explaining in detail the step

Author: David E. Watters
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: descriptions, grammatical, cambridge, kham, grammar
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2002-12-23
List price: $183.99
ISBN-10: 0521812453
ISBN-13: 9780521812450

This is a comprehensive grammatical documentation of Kham, a previously undescribed language from west-central Nepal, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family. The language has an unusual structure, containing a number of characteristics that are of immediate relevance to current work on linguistic theory, including split ergativity and its demonstrative system. Its verb morphology has implications for the understanding of the history of the entire Tibeto-Burman family. The book, based on extensive fieldwork, provides copious examples throughout the exposition. It will be a valuable reso