Grammatical Change

Origins, Nature, Outcomes
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Hardback, Dec 2011
ISBN13: 9780199582624ISBN10: 0199582629
This book advances research on grammatical change and shows the breadth and liveliness of the field


John M. Anderson: The Substance of Language

Three-volume pack
$375.00
Quantity Pack, Oct 2011
ISBN13: 9780199696024ISBN10: 0199696020
The three linked but independent volumes of The Substance of Language collectively overhaul linguistic theory from phonology to semantics and syntax to pragmatics and offer a full account of how linguistic related to function


Possible and Probable Languages

A Generative Perspective on Linguistic Typology
$65.00
Paperback, Nov 2005
ISBN13: 9780199274345ISBN10: 0199274347
This pioneering book throws light on typology and variation, provides new insights into the principles of Universal Grammar, and tackles the very question of language variety


Chinese Grammar

Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives
$74.00
Paperback, Apr 2004
ISBN13: 9780199272136ISBN10: 0199272131
The first paperback edition of Chappell's Sinitic Grammar


The Syntax of Aspect

Deriving Thematic and Aspectual Interpretation
$64.99
Paperback, Jul 2005
ISBN13: 9780199280445ISBN10: 0199280444
Confronts issues at the lexicon-syntax interface


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