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1	English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French more books like this by Jacqueline Morton add to wishlist To assist in mastering French grammar, this text explains a concept as it applies to English and presents the same concept as it applies to French. It illustrates the differences between the two languages and guides the selection of the correct form. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.11!
2	English Grammar for Students of Italian more books like this by Jacqueline Morton (Editor), Sergio Adorni, Karen Primorac add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! new only from $12.98!
3	Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language more books like this by Steven Pinker add to wishlist In this accessible scientific work, a cognitive scientist and best-selling author of THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT and HOW THE MIND WORKS investigates human language evolution through the ages and tells how the developing mind processes, learns, and modifies language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric more books like this by Miriam Joseph (Sister), Marguerite McGlinn (Editor), Miriam add to wishlist Opening the door for beginners who seek a thorough grounding in the first arts of human understanding, this book explains the nature of logic, grammar, and rhetoric - the three of the seven liberal arts - and how they relate to one another. In Renaissance universities, the trivium (literally, the crossing of three part way) formed the essence of ... see all copies from $7.94! new only from $10.99! \| SVS
5	English Grammar for Students of Spanish: The Study Guide for Those Learning Spanish more books like this by Emily Spinelli add to wishlist To assist in mastering Spanish grammar, this text explains a concept as it applies to English and presents the same concept as it applies to Spanish. It illustrates the differences between the two languages and guides the selection of the correct form. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.92!
6	English Grammar for Students of German more books like this by Jacqueline Morton (Editor), Cecile Zorach add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.15!
7	Syntax: A Generative Introduction more books like this by Andrew Carnie add to wishlist Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, the second edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major issues in Principles and Parameters syntactic theory, including phrase structure, the lexicon, case theory, movement, and locality conditions. This title includes new and extended problem ... see all copies from $37.99! new only from $37.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Aspects of the Theory of Syntax more books like this by Professor Noam Chomsky add to wishlist Chomsky proposes a reformulation of the theory of transformational generative grammar that takes recent developments in the descriptive analysis of particular languages into account. see all copies from $6.95! new only from $18.45! \| first editions \| SVS
9	English Grammar for Students of Spanish more books like this by Emily Spinelli add to wishlist ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR STUDENTS OF SPANISH explains the grammatical terms that are in Spanish textbooks and shows students how they relate to English grammar. Once students have understood the terms and concepts in their own language, it is easier for them to understand their textbook. With simple explanations and numerous examples, this brief ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99!
10	Philosophical Grammar more books like this by Ludwig Wittgenstein add to wishlist Wittgenstein wrote the Philosophical Grammar during the years 1931 to 1934 - the period just before he began to dictate the Blue Book. Although it is close to the Investigations in some points, and to the Phiosophische Bemerkungen at others, the Philosophical Grammar is an independent work which covers new ground. It is Wittgenstein's fullest ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Syntactic Structures more books like this by Professor Noam Chomsky add to wishlist Noam Chomsky's first book on syntactic structures is one of the first serious attempts on the part of a linguist to construct within the tradition of scientific theory-construction a comprehensive theory of language which may be understood in the same sense that a chemical, biological theory is understood by experts in those fields. It is not a ... see all copies from $9.85! new only from $33.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Language more books like this by Leonard Bloomfield add to wishlist The present book is an English version of Laghukaumudi together with comments, references and index. One of the important objects of this version is to explain each term and each process on its first occurance with the fullness of illustration. This edition supplies references so that the student should know the steps the root has taken before it ... see all copies from $2.07! new only from $19.29! \| first editions
13 view cover	Domine Lo Basico Ingles/Master The Basics Of English For Spanish Speakers more books like this by Jean Yates add to wishlist Revised and updated, this self-teaching book covers the fundamentals of English grammar for Hispanic students who have intermediate-to-advanced knowledge of English. The text deftly deals with parts of speech, rules for capitalization and punctuation, and correct usage for Spanish speakers learning English as a second language. Special features ... see all copies from $4.77! new only from $4.77! \| SVS
14 view cover	Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics more books like this by John Lyons add to wishlist This is a comprehensive introduction to theoretical linguistics. It presupposes no previous knowledge and terms are defined as they are introduced; but it gives a rigorous and technical treatment of a wide range of topics, and brings the reader to an advanced level of understanding. Since its first publication in 1968 Introduction to Theoretical ... see all copies from $2.42! new only from $47.56! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar more books like this by Lydia White add to wishlist This authoritative textbook provides an overview and analysis of current second language acquisition research conducted within the generative linguistic framework. Lydia White argues that second language acquisition is constrained by principles and parameters of Universal Grammar. The book focuses on characterizing and explaining the underlying ... see all copies from $18.98! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Subjects, Expletives, and the Epp more books like this by Peter Svenonius (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of previously unpublished articles examines Noam Chomsky's "Extended Projection Principle" and its relationship to subjects and expletives (words like "it" that stand for other words). Re-examining Chomsky's preposition that each clause must have a subject, these articles represent the state of the debate, particularly with respect ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Philosophy of Grammar more books like this by Otto Jespersen add to wishlist This study grew out of a series of lectures Jespersen gave at Columbia University in 1909-10, called "An Introduction to English Grammar." It is the connected presentation of Jespersen's views of the general principles of grammar based on years of studying various languages through both direct observation of living speech and written and printed ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $16.77! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction more books like this by Andrew Radford add to wishlist This textbook provides a concise, readable introduction to contemporary work in syntactic theory, particularly to key concepts of Chomsky's minimalist programme. Andrew Radford gives a general overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive devices used in 1990s work. The discussion is largely based on data from a range of varieties of ... see all copies from $8.49! new only from $25.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Introductory Phonology more books like this by Bruce Hayes add to wishlist Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features, this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time. It provides an ideal first course book in phonology, written by a renowned phonologist. Developed and tested in the classroom through years of experience ... see all copies from $30.77! new only from $30.77! \| SVS
20 view cover	Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution more books like this by Ray Jackendoff add to wishlist Already hailed as a masterpiece, Foundations of Language offers a brilliant overhaul of the last thirty-five years of research in generative linguistics and related fields. "Few books really deserve the cliche 'this should be read by every researcher in the field'," writes Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct, "but Ray Jackendoff's ... see all copies from $9.97! new only from $17.82! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Introducing Phonology more books like this by David Arnold Odden add to wishlist This accessible textbook provides a clear and practical introduction to phonology, the study of sound patterns in language. Designed for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics, it teaches in a step-by-step fashion the logical techniques of phonological analysis and the fundamental theories that underpin it. Through over sixty graded ... see all copies from $17.98! new only from $31.17! \| first editions
22 view cover	Understanding Syntax more books like this by Maggie Tallerman add to wishlist Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, it discusses and illustrates all the major terms and concepts essential to the study of sentence structure in the world's languages. 'Noun' and 'verb' are explained, and the properties of these categories are discussed. The reader discovers what a finite verb is, what 'first person singular' means and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.69! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Syntactic Theory more books like this by Geoffrey Poole add to wishlist This text emphasizes theory building and hypothesis testing as it develops and motivates Chomsky's "Principles and Parameters" framework. Initial chapters guide the student through introductory topics such as X' Theory, Transformations and elementary Binding Theory. For students needing a bridge to the primary literature, later chapters cover more ... see all copies from $9.40! new only from $10.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	Spanish/English Contrasts: A Course in Spanish Linguistics more books like this by Melvin Stanley Whitley add to wishlist A text in language and linguistics which is a one-volume description of the Spanish language and its differences from English, it ranges from pronunciation and grammar to word meaning, language use, and social and dialectical variation. Designed for survey courses in Spanish linguistics with technical concepts explained in context for beginners in ... see all copies from $9.22! new only from $22.84! \| SVS
25 view cover	Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction more books like this by V J Cook add to wishlist This text provides an integrated account of Chomsky's ideas about language, based chiefly on the current version of his theory - the government/binding theory of linguistics. It starts from the fundamental concept of universal grammar as a property of the human mind, consisting of universal principles of language and parameters that vary within ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.98! \| SVS

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