Grammar, Syntax & Linguistic Structure

The English Verb..

Mimetic words, also known as ‘sound-symbolic words’, ‘ideophones’ or ‘onomatopoeia’, constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon as well as that of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages. It plays a central role in Japanese grammar and feature in children’s early utteranc..

The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the ex..

The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the ex..

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics is a much needed resource for researchers on Arabic and comparative linguistics, syntax, morphology, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics and applied linguistics, and also to undergraduate and graduate students studying Arabic or Linguistics...

This Routledge Handbook provides a comprehensive account of the English Writing System, both in its current iteration and highlighting the developing trends that will influence its future. Thirty chapters written by specialists from around the world cover core linguistic and psychological aspects, a..

First published in 1980, this book provides a clear and practical introduction to a wide variety of English structures. It concentrates on a large and crucial area of English grammar, which covers units of higher rank than words, and structures that have verbs rather than nouns as their nuclear elem..

A selection of significant essays and articles from one of the most influential theoretical linguists, brought together for the first time. This is a collection of many formative theories, representing a substantial contribution to the linguistics...