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Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax
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Gillian Catriona Ramchand |
The relationship between the meaning of words and the structure of sentences is an important area of research in linguistics. Studying the connections between lexical conceptual meaning and event str… |
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Premodifiers in English
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Jim Feist |
"The order and behaviour of the premodifier (an adjective, or other modifying word that appears before a noun) has long been a puzzle to syntacticians and semanticists. Why can we say 'the actual red… |
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The comment clause in English
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Laurel J. Brinton |
"Although English comment clauses such as I think and you know have been widely studied, this book constitutes the first full-length diachronic treatment, focusing on comment clauses formed with comm… |
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When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It
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Ben Yagoda |
What do you get when you mix nine parts of speech, one great writer, and generous dashes of insight, humor, and irreverence? One phenomenally entertaining language book.In his waggish yet authoritati… |
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