Mortal Syntax

2008-03-25 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : June Casagrande
Release : 2008-03-25
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Mortal Syntax by : June Casagrande

Download or read book Mortal Syntax written by June Casagrande. This book was released on 2008-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only fun, friendly, and surefire defense against the grammar snobs Having already made a name for herself with Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, now in its fifth printing, June Casagrande returns with Mortal Syntax, taking on the 101 most frequently attacked usage choices. Dedicating one short chapter to each, Casagrande brings her subject to life, teaching English usage through lively and amusing personal anecdotes. Mortal Syntax includes such chapters as: ? "I wish I was taller" ? "I am continuously watching Simpsons reruns" ? "Was it Horton that heard the Who?" Casagrande's clear and concise lessons-with entertaining titles and themes-make a potentially prickly subject go down like a spoonful of sugar.

Mortal Syntax

2008-03-25 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : June Casagrande
Release : 2008-03-25
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Diachronic Syntax

2021-11-18 Grammar, Comparative and general

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Release : 2021-11-18
Genre : Grammar, Comparative and general
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Download or read book Diachronic Syntax written by . This book was released on 2021-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Ian Roberts's highly successful textbook on diachronic syntax has been fully revised and updated throughout to take account of the multiple developments in the field in the last decade. The book provides a detailed account of how standard questions in historical linguistics - including word order change, grammaticalization, and reanalysis - can be explored in terms of current minimalist theory and Universal Grammar. This new edition offers expanded coverage of a range of topics, including null subjects, the Final-over-Final Condition, the diachrony of wh-movement, the Tolerance Principle, and creoles and creolization, and explores further advances in the theory of parametric variation. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading, and the book concludes with a comprehensive glossary of key terms. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, the volume will remain an ideal textbook for students of historical linguistics and a valuable reference for researchers and students in related areas such as syntax, comparative linguistics, language contact, and language acquisition.

The Joy of Syntax

2018-07-24 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : June Casagrande
Release : 2018-07-24
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book The Joy of Syntax written by June Casagrande. This book was released on 2018-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language columnist June Casagrande presents a fun and breezy guide to everything a grown-up interested in grammar needs to know. When it comes to grammar, it seems like everyone—even die-hard word nerds—feel they "missed something" in school. The Joy of Syntax picks up where sixth grade left off, providing a fresh foundation in English syntax served up by someone with an impressive record of making this otherwise inaccessible subject a true joy. With simple, pithy information on everything from basic parts of speech and sentence structure to usage and grammar pitfalls, this guide provides everything you need to approach grammar with confidence.

Categorial Grammar

2010-09-22 Computers

Author : Glyn Morrill
Release : 2010-09-22
Genre : Computers
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Download or read book Categorial Grammar written by Glyn Morrill. This book was released on 2010-09-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to categorial grammar, a type of formal grammar which analyses expressions as functions or according to a function-argument relationship. The book's focus is on linguistic, computational, and psycholinguistic aspects of logical categorial grammar, i.e. enriched Lambek Calculus. Glyn Morrill opens with the history and notation of Lambek Calculus and its application to syntax, semantics, and processing. Successive chapters extend the grammar to a number of significant syntactic and semantic properties of natural language. The final part applies Morrill's account to several current issues in processing and parsing, considered from both a psychological and a computational perspective. The book offers a rigorous and thoughtful study of one of the main lines of research in the formal and mathematical theory of grammar, and will be suitable for students of linguistics and cognitive science from advanced undergraduate level upwards.

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