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1	Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language more books like this by Steven Pinker add to wishlist From the author of the bestselling The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works comes an engaging, often hilarious, always insightful look at the philosophy of language.. In Words and Rules , Steven Pinker answers questions about the miraculous human ability called language, and does it in the gripping, witty style of his other bestsellers. Here ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Syntactic Structures more books like this by 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 $6.00! new only from $33.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	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 $7.49! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
4	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 $7.95! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	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 $17.09! \| first editions \| SVS
6	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 $8.00! new only from $18.74! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips to Clean Up Your Writing more books like this by Mignon Fogarty (Read by) add to wishlist Just in time for back-to-school, the phenomenal Grammar Girl program comes to CD, at a fabulous price! see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00!
8	Understanding Minimalism more books like this by Professor Norbert Hornstein, Jairo Nunes, Kleanthes K Grohmann add to wishlist A clear introduction to the principles and techniques of the Minimalist Program in generative syntax. see all copies from $16.73! new only from $16.73! \| SVS
9	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 $6.08! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Subject Inversion in Romance and the Theory of Universal Grammar more books like this by Aafke C J Hulk (Editor), Jean-Yves Pollock (Editor) add to wishlist The Romance Languages document remarkable variations in subject word order in different constructions, and have various restrictions in their occurrence. No consensus has emerged on what the paramaters are for such variations. This volume does not attempt to create a consensus, but tries to represent and bring into dialogue the different sides of ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $37.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 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 $2.35! new only from $32.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	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 $3.21! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure more books like this by Kenneth L Hale, Samuel Jay Keyser add to wishlist This work is the culmination of an 18-year collaboration between Ken Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser on the study of the syntax of lexical items. It examines the hypothesis that the behaviour of lexical items may be explained in terms of a very small number of very simple principles. In particular, a lexical item is assumed to project a syntactic ... see all copies from $8.56! new only from $12.20! \| SVS
14 view cover	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 $18.00! new only from $43.95! \| SVS
15 view cover	Parasitic Gaps more books like this by Peter W Culicover (Editor), Paul M Postal (Editor) add to wishlist This book offers a comprehensive survey of research on parasitic gaps, an intriguing syntactic phenomenon. The first section of the book contains a history of work on the topic and three fundamental previously published papers. The remaining three sections present new perspectives on the theory of parasitic gaps based on data taken from diverse ... see all copies from $2.68! new only from $2.68! \| first editions
16 view cover	Introducing Phonetics & Phonology more books like this by Mike Davenport, S J Hannahs add to wishlist This book examines some of the ways linguists can express what native speakers know about the sound system of their language. Intended for the absolute beginner, it requires no previous background in linguistics, phonetics or phonology. Starting with a grounding in phonetics and phonological theory, this book provides a base from which more ... see all copies from $7.79! new only from $29.10!
17 view cover	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 $3.00! new only from $17.58! \| first editions
18 view cover	An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology more books like this by John Clark add to wishlist Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this book provides an introductory account of topics covered in courses in phonology and phonetics. It gives attention to the fundamental of speech production as well as to phonological description and analysis. The early chapters describe the organs of speech, survey the wide variety of speech sounds ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $42.41! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Language Universals and Linguistic Typology: Syntax and Morphology more books like this by Bernard Comrie add to wishlist Adopting an approach to the subject pioneered by Greenberg and others, Professor Comrie is particularly concerned with syntactico-semantic universals. The book has chapters on word order, case marking, relative clauses and causative contruction and is informed throughout by the conviction that an explanatory account of universal properties of ... see all copies from $8.77! new only from $22.88! \| first editions \| 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 $15.75! new only from $17.59! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Mood and Modality more books like this by Frank Robert Palmer add to wishlist 'Mood' (subjunctive, etc.) and 'modality' (can, may, must, etc.) are familiar terms in linguistics, but this is the first book to present a systematic and principled description, across a wide variety of languages, of what can be considered a single grammatical category. The notion of modality is notoriously vague and a number of definitions have ... see all copies from $34.34! new only from $35.77! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction more books like this by Andrew Radford add to wishlist Syntax 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 English ... see all copies from $9.96! new only from $22.35! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Morphology more books like this by Francis Katamba add to wishlist An introduction to contemporary morphological theory and analysis in generative grammar, this book contains in-text exercises which involve the reader in "doing morphology" by analyzing data from English and other languages. The book is divided into three parts. Part one surveys traditional notions of word-structure which remain fundamental to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.99! \| SVS
24 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 $28.61! \| first editions \| 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 $10.50! \| SVS

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