(Paperback, 5th edition)

(Paperback)

Anxious about the apostrophe Confused by the comma Stumped by the semicolon Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.

(Paperback, 6th edition)

(Paperback, New edition)

First published in 1879 and later revised and enlarged, this work includes an introduction to the language and its dialects, and five major sections dealing with the complexities of Greek grammar; letters, syllables, morphology, syntax, and the metrics of Greek verse are included.

(Paperback)

An entertaining and practical guide to the English language, The Kings English will teach anyone how to write and use English correctly.

(Hardback)

Introduces, analyzes and critiques the main areas of debate within the field of syntax. This book analyzes the major themes in syntactic research, focusing on overlooked non-generative theories and the adoption of the same concepts across different models of grammar. It also analyzes the difference between spoken and written syntax.

(Paperback)

Introduces, analyzes and critiques the main areas of debate within the field of syntax. This book analyzes the major themes in syntactic research, focusing on overlooked non-generative theories and the adoption of the same concepts across different models of grammar. It also analyzes the difference between spoken and written syntax.

(Hardback)

Alan Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse ended at "A Grammar Of Speech" (1995) due to his untimely death. In this title, the author picks up the baton and tests the description of used language against a conversational corpus. It is of interest to researchers in applied linguistics, discourse analysis and also EFL/ESL.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

David Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse ended at "A Grammar Of Speech" (1995) due to his untimely death. This title develops David Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse, testing theory against a corpus.

(Hardback)

Presents an analysis of Chinese grammar from a systemic functional perspective. This book focuses on the clausal grammar of Chinese, and provides an analysis of Chinese clauses according to their constituent parts. It also extends this examination into an analysis of Chinese discourse and text analysis.

(Hardback)

Presenting an analysis of French grammar using the Hallidayan approach, this title looks at what constitutes language, and how it is used in life. This grammar has been developed as a resource for discourse analysis, and for understanding how French grammar makes meaning in different textual and contextual environments.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback)

An argument that agreement and agreementless languages are unified under an expanded view of grammatical features including both phi-features and certain discourse configurational features.

(Hardback)

Presents a study of various important aspects of Tamazight Berber syntax within the generative tradition. The author looks at three seemingly disparate ranges of syntactic phenomena, namely Subject-verb agreement, Clitic-doubling, and Negative Concord.

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This book presents a study of various important aspects of Tamazight Berber syntax within the generative tradition. >

(Hardback, 5th edition)

(Hardback)

Provides an introduction to syntactic theory. This book includes theories such as transformational generative grammar, relational grammar, word grammar, functional grammar, and optimality theory. It also includes chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, exercises, a glossary of terms, and an appendix for analysis or reference.

(Paperback)

Provides an introduction to syntactic theory. This book includes theories such as transformational generative grammar, relational grammar, word grammar, functional grammar, and optimality theory. It also includes chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, exercises, a glossary of terms, and an appendix for analysis or reference.

(Paperback)

Presents the basic goals and tools of syntactic analysis. This book's framework is theory-neutral, presenting a scientific introduction to the field and to synchronic description. It examines variation and change, syntactic typology, language acquisition, and possible explanations from structural, evolutionary and functional perspectives.

(Hardback)

Presents the basic goals and tools of syntactic analysis. This book's framework is theory-neutral, presenting a scientific introduction to the field and to synchronic description. It examines variation and change, syntactic typology, language acquisition, and possible explanations from structural, evolutionary and functional perspectives.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Providing a basic descriptive terminology for prose style, this handbook supplies detailed, carefully charted answers to questions such as: what is a noun style A verb style A hypotactic or a paratactic style

(Paperback, 50th Anniversary Edition)

The fiftieth anniversary edition of a landmark work in generative grammar that continues to be influential, with a new preface by the author.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Indispensable grammar support for ages 7+ , this lively handbook provides short, clear definitions of all key grammatical concepts plus lots of examples, tips on spelling, and dictionary and thesaurus work.