Examining the syntax and semantics of verbs from a crosslinguistic perspective, this book encompasses the full range of English verb classes, has a strong typological dimension and presents a model of event structure that breaks new ground ...

A thorough rewriting to reflect advances in typology and universals in the past decade.

'An important and original work by one of the world's leading linguistic theorists. Radical Construction Grammar presents a profound critique of syntactic theory, offers a new approach to syntax, and uncovers the real universals of grammar.

The book provides a framework for assessing current theories of language change, and advances new ideas about grammatical reanalysis, conventional and non-conventional use of language, the structure of speech communities, language mixing, ...

This book introduces the field of cognitive linguistics, presenting its theoretical foundations and the arguments supporting it.

Analiza: Metodología sintáctica y gramática universal; Bases de las "marcas" lingúísticas para las categorías sintácticas; Hacia una definición externa de las categorias sintácticas; Roles temáticos, semántica verbal y estructura ...

Humanity's only hope may be a couple who has traveled back in time to prevent this plague from destroying all human and animal life on the planet.In this science fiction thriller, only time will tell if a pathologist and his spiritual ...

This is an essential resource on Morphosyntax for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and linguistic fieldworkers.