"The approach taken in this book overcomes the distinction between theoretical and applied linguistics. The description of grammar is grounded in a comprehensive theory, but it is a theory that evolved in the process of being applied, making this an introduction for all students…
In Multiple Object Constructions in P'orhépecha , Capistrán offers a detailed description of double and triple object clauses in P'orhépecha, a Mesoamerican isolate with a case system lacking an accusative-dative distinction. Regarding argument realization, Capistrán discusses a…
In this monograph, Capistrán analyzes constraints on double and triple object sentences following a PO/SO pattern. Alternating constructions and construction splits are also explained. PO selection according to a thematic ranking accounts for the (un)grammaticality of tritransit…
Structural Ambiguity in English is a major new scholarly work that provides an innovative and accessible linguistic description of those features of the language that can be exploited to generate structural ambiguities. Most ambiguity scholarship is concerned with disambiguation…
Structural Ambiguity in English is a major new scholarly work that provides an innovative and accessible linguistic description of those features of the language that can be exploited to generate structural ambiguities. Most ambiguity scholarship is concerned with disambiguation…
"This books reflects the growing interest within Functional Grammar for the further development of the syntactic and morphological components of the model. The papers in this volume discuss two recent developments, the Dynamic Expression Model for Functional Grammar and the conv…
"Spoken language is characterized by the occurrence of linguistic devices such as discourse markers (e.g. 'so', 'well', 'you know', 'I mean') and other so-called "disfluent" phenomena, which reflect the temporal nature of the cognitive mechanisms underlying speech production and…
Spoken language is characterized by the occurrence of linguistic devices such as discourse markers (e.g. 'so', 'well', 'you know', 'I mean') and other so-called "disfluent" phenomena, which reflect the temporal nature of the cognitive mechanisms underlying speech production and …