This book treats the faculty of language as part of the Universe subject to physical laws. It presents phenomena from syntax and semantics in the interdisciplinary context. The author analyses the ori
Informed by detailed analysis of data from large-scale diachronic corpora, this book is a comprehensive account of changes to the expression of negation in English. Its methodological approach brings together up-to-date techniques from corpus linguistics and minimalist syntactic analysis to identify and characterise a series of interrelated changes affecting negation during the period 800–1700. Phillip Wallage uses cutting-edge statistical techniques and large-scale corpora to model changes in English negation over a period of nine hundred years. These models provide crucial empirical evidence which reveals the specific processes of syntactic and functional change affecting early English negation, and identifies diachronic relationships between these processes.
This volume contains a selection of recent theoretical studies on the organization of morphological paradigms, and the application of information theory and discriminative learning models to the analy
Learn the rules of the English language with this easy and engaging style guide.Grammar is complicated. But many textbooks and style guides are often so long and tedious that even English teachers use
Improving speaking and writing skills helps in everyday situations, such as writing a paper or report, delivering a winning presentation, or communicating effectively with family and friends. English
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
Get kids excited about learning! The Know Nonsense Guide to Grammar is a hilariously illustrated, quirky, and fun guide that kids will love!Turn each page in this book to learn a new basic grammar con
A Grammar of Nungon is the comprehensive reference grammar of Nungon, a previously-undescribed Papuan language of northeast Papua New Guinea. Hannah Sarvasy provides a rich description of the language
A hilarious, informative guide to language and grammar inspired by America’s favorite maverick.It would seem to go without saying that a strong understanding of how to use language properly and effect
The world's most trusted grammar source for clear, direct, and comprehensive instruction, the Azar-Hagen Grammar Series — including Basic English Grammar for beginning English language learners — bl
This is the International edition of Basic English Grammar. It is NOT to be sold in the United States. The world's most trusted grammar source for clear, direct, and comprehensive instruction, the
The world's most trusted grammar source for clear, direct, and comprehensive instruction, the Azar-Hagen Grammar Series – including Fundamentals of English Grammar for lower-intermediate and interme
This is the International edition of Fundamentals of English Grammar. It is NOT to be sold in the United States. The world's most trusted grammar source for clear, direct, and comprehensive instruc
The world's most trusted grammar source for clear, direct, and comprehensive instruction, the Azar-Hagen Grammar Series – including Basic English Grammar for beginning English language learners – bl
This is the International edition of Fundamentals of English Grammar. It is NOT to be sold in the United States. The world's most trusted grammar source for clear, direct, and comprehensive instruc
