This dictionary provides a valency description of English verbs, nouns and adjectives. Each entry contains a comprehensive list of the complementation patterns identified on the basis of the largest c
La Gramatica de la lengua castellana de Antonio de Nebrija fue publicada en 1492. Era la primera gramatica de una lengua romance. Su ?Arte? serviria a quienes, por pertenecer al reino o tratar con Esp
Jam-packed with easy-to-follow instruction for proper grammatical application, The Ungrammar Book: A Practical Guide for Proper Usage and Sentence Construction both enlightens and intrigues the reade
Read, Write, Edit focuses on grammar structure and editing strategies to help students learn the necessary skills to express themselves accurately and effectively in college writing. Readings from a v
Now there's a Grammar Express designed just for beginning and low-intermediate students! Appropriate for self-study or classroom use, Grammar Express Basic uses highly controlled vocabulary, abundant
Andrew Radford's latest textbook provides a concise, accessible introduction to current work in syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no pri
In 2002 Lynne Truss presented Cutting a Dash, a well-received BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation, which led to the writing of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The book became a runaway success in the UK,
The Grammar Links series uses a communicative, theme-based approach to help students link grammar to the real world. Students benefit from comprehensive grammar coverage, a strong emphasis on formal v
The Grammar Links series uses a communicative, theme-based approach to help students link grammar to the real world. Students benefit from comprehensive grammar coverage, a strong emphasis on formal v
Gene Roberts, legendary reporter and editor, decided to undertake a huge, extended reportorial study of his own industry, what would become the Project on the State of the American Newspaper. Gatherin
A French workbook for intermediate through advanced studentsReprise is a powerful tool for review and progress in French. This book offers clear, concise, and well-organized grammar explanations, exa
The main objective of the book is to present a systematic account of the constructional mechanisms that underlie deverbal nominalization. Such an account strongly calls for a functional rather than pu
This book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides fresh impetus to more general linguisti
The book provides an account of English inversion, a construction that displays perplexing idiosyncrasies at the level of semantics, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. Basing his central argument on t
In 1882 Monro wrote 'a new Grammar of the Homeric dialect is sorely wanted'. Apart from this, the second edition (1891), long out of print and never before available in paperback, nothing has replaced
Language Builder is a four-level series organized to the levels of TABE 7 & 8. Each book covers grammar and usage, sentence formation, paragraph development, capitalization, punctuation, and writi
Providing a unified solution within the frameworks of Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, Hans Boas develops an account of resultative constructions in English by grouping them in two classes:
