Grammar, Syntax & Linguistic Structure Books

New and Published Books

1. Essentials of English Grammar

   By Otto Jespersen

   Series: Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1933....

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Functional Analysis of English

   3rd Edition

   By Thomas Bloor, Meriel Bloor

   The Functional Analysis of English is an introduction to the analysis and description of English, based on the principles of systemic functional linguistics. It sets out the tools and analytic techniques of Hallidayan grammar with clear explanations of terminology and illustrates these with...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
3. Information Structure in Spoken Arabic

   Edited by Jonathan Owens, Alaa Elgibali

   Series: Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series

   This book explores speakers’ intentions, and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ, in spoken Arabic – which is different in many essential respects from literary Arabic. Based on new empirical findings from across the Arabic world this book elucidates the many ways in which context...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Language

   Its Nature and Development

   By Otto Jespersen

   Series: Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1922....

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. International Language

   Series: Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1929....

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Allomorphy in Inflexion (Routledge Revivals)

   By Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1987, this book broke new ground in research on inflectional morphology. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of languages, it shows that this is not just a phenomenon left over from obsolete phonological processes but a subject deserving of respect in its own right. The book...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
7. Finnish

   By Merja Karalainen, Helena Sulkala

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Explores many interesting details of Finnish syntax, morphology, phonology and lexicon, providing the linguist, for the first time in English, the opportunity for cross-language comparisons and detailed linguistic analysis....

   Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge
8. Practical Phonetics and Phonology

   A Resource Book for Students, 3rd Edition

   By Beverley S. Collins, Inger M. Mees

   Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

   Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings—all in...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Equilibrium of Human Syntax

   Symmetries in the Brain

   By Andrea Moro

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   This book assembles a collection of papers in two different domains: formal syntax and neurolinguistics. Here Moro provides evidence that the two fields are becoming more and more interconnected and that the new fascinating empirical questions and results in the latter field cannot be obtained...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English

    Structure and Use

    By Christine Günther

    Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

    This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Günther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on...

    Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge