formal studies in slavic linguistics

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm]: Adverbs and Adverbials: Categorial Issues (Hardcover)

Adverbs seem to raise unsolvable issues for theories of word-classes both crosslinguistically and language-internally. The contributions in this volume all address this categorial problem from a variety of formal and functional points of view. In... more

Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax Movement and Silence (Hardcover)

This volume collects important recent articles by Richard Kayne one of the top formal linguists in the world. Although the articles range widely in topic and theme they hang together in that they illustrate the power of the comparative approach and... more

Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy: Quantification and Syntactic Theory (Hardcover)

The format of this book is unusual especially for a book about linguistics. The book is meant primarily as a research monograph aimed at linguists who have some background in formal semantics e. g. Montague Grammar. However I have two other... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: The Mathematics of Syntactic Structure (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Case and Agreement in Inuit (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Consequences of Antisymmetry (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Formal Linguistics: Studies in Formal Historical Linguistics (Hardcover)

These separate but related essays owe their existence to a combined concern for the workings of text criticism and historical linguistics and for the history of scholarship in these fields. On earlier occasions I have suggested certain views on the... more

Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory: Formal Issues in Austronesian Linguistics (Hardcover)

Austronesian languages have long raised interesting questions for generative theories of syntax and morphology. The papers in this volume encompass some of these traditional questions and place them in newer theoretical contexts. Some of the papers... more

Routledge Studies in Linguistics Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume II: Southeast Asia (Hardcover)

This volume is the second in a two-part collection of research on discourse particles focusing exclusively on the languages of Asia from the perspective of formal as well as non-formal semantics and pragmatics. Despite increasing interest in... more

Trends in Logic: Towards Mathematical Philosophy: Papers from the Studia Logica Conference Trends in Logic IV (Paperback)

area and in applications to linguistics formal epistemology and the study of norms. The second contains papers on non-classical and many-valued logics with an eye on applications in computer science and through it to engineering. The third concerns... more

Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy: From Discourse to Logic: Introduction to Modeltheoretic Semantics of Natural Language Formal Logic and Discourse Representation Theory (Paperback)

Preface This book is about semantics and logic. More specifically it is about the semantics and logic of natural language; and even more specifically than that it is about a particular way of dealing with those subjects known as Discourse... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Cyclic and Lexical Phonology: The Structure of Polish (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Generative Studies on Creole Languages (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Anaphora in Norwegian and the Theory of Grammar (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Generative Studies in Spanish Syntax (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Configurationality: The Typology of Asymmetries (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Levels of Representation in the Lexicon and in the Syntax (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Parameters in the Grammar of Basque: A GB Approach to Basque Syntax (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Syntactic Modularity (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm]: The Grammaticalization of Give + Infinitive (Hardcover)

Verbs denoting to give have developed grammatical meanings in many languages of the world. The present study analyses the grammaticalization of give in causative and modal constructions in the closely related Slavic languages Russian Polish and... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Parametric Syntax: Case Studies in Semitic and Romance Languages (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: On the Content of Empty Categories (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Topics in Romance Syntax (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese: A formal view (Hardcover)

This innovative study on the phenomenon of grammaticalization and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Grammaticalization occurs in all of the world s languages.... more

Introducing Functional Grammar (Paperback)

Introducing Functional Grammar third edition provides a user-friendly overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of the systemic functional grammar (SFG) model. No prior knowledge of formal linguistics is required as the book provides: An... more

Introducing Functional Grammar (Hardcover)

Introducing Functional Grammar third edition provides a user-friendly overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of the systemic functional grammar (SFG) model. No prior knowledge of formal linguistics is required as the book provides: An... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Connectedness and binary branching (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Gapping: A Contribution to Sentence Grammar (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Generalized Binding: The Syntax and Logical Form of Wh-Interrogatives (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese: A Formal View (Paperback)

This innovative study on the phenomenon of grammaticalization and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Grammaticalization occurs in all of the world s languages.... more

Germanic Linguistics Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English: Problems of Control and Interpretation (Paperback)

Free adjuncts and absolutes typically function as adverbial clauses which are not overtly specified for any particular adverbial relation. The book is a non-formal corpus based study of their current use in English. Its particular focus is on a... more

Studies in Cognitive Systems: Partitioned Representations: A Study in Mental Representation Language Understanding and Linguistic Structure (Paperback)

Cognitive science is a field that began with the realization that researchers in varied disciplines-psychology artificial intelligence linguistics philosophy formal semantics neuroscience and others-had taken on a common set of problems in... more

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monog It-Clefts: Empirical and Theoretical Surveys and Advances Book 362 (Hardcover)

Clefts are intricate objects which starting with Jespersen (1937) have motivated much work in descriptive and formal linguistics. Nonetheless almost a century later their exact internal structure and status are still widely debated therefore a... more

Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy: A Reader s Guide to Classic Papers in Formal Semantics (Paperback)

This volume contains 21 new and original contributions to the study of formal semantics written by distinguished experts in response to landmark papers in the field. The chapters make the target articles more accessible by providing background... more

Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Studies in Discourse Analysis (Rle Linguistics B: Grammar) (Hardcover)

The book explores ways in which the formal methods of linguistics can cast light on the structure of verbal interaction and in particular considers how successive utterances cohere together in continuous spoken discourse. Beginning with an earlier... more

Studies in Linguistics Anglophone Literatures and Cultures: Dictionaries of LSP Collocations: The Process of Compilation Based on Polish English and Italian Banking Law (Hardcover)

The work is intended as an aid for those who aspire to create multilingual LSP collocational dictionaries. Apart from extensive theoretical background and formal advice for lexicographers it encompasses a model dictionary i.e. a Polish English and... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Current Issues in Spanish Syntax and Semantics (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more

Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]: Gapping: A Contribution to Sentence Grammar (Hardcover)

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics broadly known as Generative Grammar is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal... more