Download or read book Optimal Linking Grammar written by Daniel Galbraith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a pioneering new theory of grammar, which explains a wide variety of sentence types across languages.
Download or read book Optimal Linking Grammar Volume 170 written by Daniel Galbraith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supported by data from linguistic fieldwork conducted in the Faroe Islands and Iceland, this book presents a pioneering approach to syntactic analysis, 'Optimal Linking Grammar' (OLG), which brings together two existing models, Linking Theory and Optimality Theory (OT). OT, which assumes spoken language to be based on the highest-ranking outcome from a number of competing underlying constraints, has been central mainly to phonology; however its application to syntax has also gained ground in recent years. OLG not only provides a robust account of case-marking phenomena in Faroese and Icelandic; it also explains a wide range of sentence types, including passives, ditransitives, object shift, and word order variation. The book demonstrates how OLG can resolve numerous issues in competing theories of formal syntax, and how it might be successfully applied to other languages in future research. It is essential reading for researchers and students in syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics, and European languages.
Download or read book Optimal Linking Grammar written by Daniel Galbraith and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Supported by data from linguistic fieldwork conducted in the Faroe Islands and Iceland, this book presents a pioneering approach to syntactic analysis, 'Optimal Linking Grammar' (OLG), which brings together two existing models, Linking Theory and Optimality Theory (OT). OT, which assumes spoken language to be based on the highest-ranking outcome from a number of competing underlying constraints, has been central mainly to phonology; however its application to syntax has also gained ground in recent years. OLG not only provides a robust account of case-marking phenomena in Faroese and Icelandic; it also explains a wide range of sentence types, including passives, ditransitives, object shift, and word order variation. The book demonstrates how OLG can resolve numerous issues in competing theories of formal syntax, and how it might be successfully applied to other languages in future research. It is essential reading for researchers and students in syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics, and European languages"--
Download or read book English Grammar and Usage Made Easy written by P.D. Antony and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammar is a subject that even the best English users tend to neglect. This book can be used as a general reference book by all. For students, it is a grammar guide to refer to any topic at a glance. The description of every rule is easily understandable without teachers’ help. It covers all the grammar rules for day-to-day requirements and all parts of speech with plenty of examples. The pronouns are very well-explained, especially nominative and objective pronouns, which are often confusing for many. The case is similar with verbs and adverbs.
Download or read book Essentials of English Grammar written by L. Sue Baugh and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise guide to grammar, usage and style. Includes appendices on irregular verbs, verb-preposition combinations, commonly confused words, and misspelled words.
Download or read book Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day written by Constance Immel and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a self-instruction program to improve grammar skills in written and oral communication. Original.
Download or read book Competition in Syntax written by Gereon Müller and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.
Download or read book The Handbook of Lexical Functional Grammar written by Mary Dalrymple and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 2192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) is a nontransformational theory of linguistic structure, first developed in the 1970s by Joan Bresnan and Ronald M. Kaplan, which assumes that language is best described and modeled by parallel structures representing different facets of linguistic organization and information, related by means of functional correspondences. This volume has five parts. Part I, Overview and Introduction, provides an introduction to core syntactic concepts and representations. Part II, Grammatical Phenomena, reviews LFG work on a range of grammatical phenomena or constructions. Part III, Grammatical modules and interfaces, provides an overview of LFG work on semantics, argument structure, prosody, information structure, and morphology. Part IV, Linguistic disciplines, reviews LFG work in the disciplines of historical linguistics, learnability, psycholinguistics, and second language learning. Part V, Formal and computational issues and applications, provides an overview of computational and formal properties of the theory, implementations, and computational work on parsing, translation, grammar induction, and treebanks. Part VI, Language families and regions, reviews LFG work on languages spoken in particular geographical areas or in particular language families. The final section, Comparing LFG with other linguistic theories, discusses LFG work in relation to other theoretical approaches.
Download or read book Second Language Acquisition written by Kees De Bot and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Language Acquisition : introduces the key areas in the field, including: multilingualism, the role of teaching, the mental processing of multiple languages, and patterns of growth and decline explores the key theories and debates and elucidates areas of controversy gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: Vivian Cook, William E. Dunn and James P. Lantolf, S.P. Corder, and Nina Spada and Patsy Lightbown. Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Second Language Acquisition is an essential resource for students and researchers of applied linguistics.
Download or read book English Grammar and Syntax written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the educated, this book is an invaluable resource, one that allows for easy reference to any grammatical concept imaginable. the book gives thousands of examples, but it also provides explicit reasoning why we should speak and write following certain patterns. Don't feel like studying for hours to learn a concept? Look here for the diagrams you need to understand why things go where they go in a sentence. Did he act foolish? OR Did he act foolishly? Both answers are here. If you are in college, grad school, or simply interested, you decide what you want to know-your answers are here. Written by two professors who hate to condescend but love to teach, English Grammar and Syntax cuts through the pedantic wasteland.
Download or read book How Grammar Links Concepts written by Friedrich Ungerer and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proposed framework of concept linking combines insights of construction grammar with those of traditional functional descriptions to explain particularly challenging but often neglected areas of English grammar such as negation, modality, adverbials and non-finite constructions. To reach this goal the idea of a unified network of constructions is replaced by the triad of verb-mediated constructions, attribution and scope-based perspectivizing, each of them understood as a syntactically effective concept-linking mechanism in its own right, but involved in interfaces with the other mechanisms. In addition, concept linking supplies a novel approach to early child language. It casts fresh light on widely accepted descriptions of early two-word utterances and verb islands in usage-based models of language acquisition and encourages a new view of children’s ‘mistakes’. Intended readership: Constructionist and cognitive linguists; linguists and psychologists interested in language acquisition; teachers and students of English grammar and grammar in general.
Download or read book Optimality Theoretic Syntax Semantics and Pragmatics written by Géraldine Legendre and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of Optimality Theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of conflicting, violable ranked constraints. Unlike previous work on the topic, this book also takes into account the question of directionality of grammar. A model of grammar in which optimization processes interact bidirectionally allows both language generation-the process of selecting the optimal form of a given meaning-and language interpretation-the process of optimal interpretation of a given form-to be taken into account. Chapters in this volume explore the consequences of both symmetric (unidirectional) and asymmetric (bidirectional) versions of Optimality Theory, investigating the syntax-semantics interface, first language acquisition, and sequential bilingual grammars. The volume presents cutting edge research in Optimality-Theoretic syntax and semantics, as well as demonstrating how optimization processes as modelled in this formalism serve as a viable approach for linguists and scholars in related fields.
Download or read book Practice Makes Perfect English Grammar for ESL Learners 2E EBOOK written by Ed Swick and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a solid foundation in English grammar As a beginning learner of English, you might find that grammar concepts such as indefinite articles, relative pronouns, the passive voice, or gerunds can be confusing. To go forward with your English skills, you need guidance through tricky grammar areas. That's where Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners comes in. Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners offers a complete overview of English grammar using concise, easy-to-understand language. It will help increase your confi dence writing and communicating in English. Thanks to the proven Practice Makes Perfect format, you will polish your English grammar skills in no time at all. Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners helps you: Understand the different rules and elements of grammar Build your grammar skills with more than 100 engaging exercises Broaden your knowledge with sentence rewrites and creative writing prompts New! Test your overall comprehension with a review section
Download or read book Perfect English Grammar written by Grant Barrett and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to communicate exactly what you mean with this English writing and speaking guide From conjugating verbs to mastering punctuation to polishing your speaking skills, Perfect English Grammar makes it easier than ever to improve your grasp of grammar. Language learners of all levels can turn to this easy-to-navigate grammar guide again and again for quick and authoritative information for improving everyday communication. With this English grammar book, you'll: Never Be Wrong: Catchy examples help you remember core grammar rules. Sharpen Your Style: Composition guidelines let you express yourself fully. Look It Up: Seamless navigation makes it easy to find answers quickly. Expert guidance: Explore the tricky questions with linguist Grant Barrett's help. Perfect English Grammar helps you clearly say what you want to say‚ and the best way to say it.
Download or read book Basic English Grammar written by Ruth C. Elliott and published by English Skills and Grammar. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These books are ideal for homeschooling and for tutoring.
Download or read book When BAD Grammar Happens to GOOD People EasyRead Comfort Edition written by Ann Batko and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2004 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Language Links Beginner Elementary with answers written by Adrian Doff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique approach combining grammar, vocabulary and phrases to give students the range of language they need to communicate effectively. Language Links combines grammar, vocabulary and phrases to give the range of language learners need to communicate effectively in English. To talk about clothes, for example, they not only need vocabulary (trousers, skirt), but also grammar ("I'm wearing", "she's wearing") and phrases such as "get dressed." Special links direct learners to related language areas, allowing them to choose their own learning path through the book and progress at their own pace. This beginner/elementary book, with answers, is ideal for self-study.
