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The Grammar of Knowledge: A Cross-Linguistic Typology
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The Grammar of Knowledge: A Cross-Linguistic TypologyThe Grammar of Knowledge offers both a linguistic and anthropological perspective on the expression of information sources, as well as inferences, assumptions, probability and possibility, and gradations of doubt and beliefs in a range of languages. The book investigates twelve different languages, from families including Tibeto-Burman, Nakh-Dagestani, and Austronesian, all of which share the property of requiring the source of information to be specified in every sentence. In these languages, it may not be possible to say merely that 'the man went fishing'.
 
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Syntax and its Limits
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Syntax and its LimitsIn this book, leading linguists explore the empirical scope of syntactic theory, by concentrating on a set of phenomena for which both syntactic and nonsyntactic analyses initially appear plausible. Exploring the nature of such phenomena permits a deeper understanding of the nature of syntax and of neighbouring modules and their interaction. The book contributes to both traditional work in generative syntax and to the recent emphasis placed on questions related to the interfaces.
 
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The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation (Studies in Language Companion Series) - 2014
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The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation (Studies in Language Companion Series) - 2014The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation (Studies in Language Companion Series) - 2014

Currently, one of the methodological debates in linguistics focuses on the question of what kinds of data are allowed in different linguistic theories and what subtypes of data can work as evidence for or against particular hypotheses. The first part of the volume puts forward a methodological framework called the ‘p-model’ that is expected to account for the data/evidence problem in linguistics.
 
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Events, Arguments, and Aspects: Topics in the Semantics of Verbs (2014)
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Events, Arguments, and Aspects: Topics in the Semantics of Verbs (2014)Events, Arguments, and Aspects: Topics in the Semantics of Verbs (2014)

The verb has often been considered the 'center' of the sentence and has hence always attracted the special attention of the linguist. The present volume collects novel approaches to two classical topics within verbal semantics, namely argument structure and the treatment of time and aspect.
 
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History of English - Updated edition - 2013
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The Oxford History of English - Updated edition - 2013The Oxford History of English - Updated edition - 2013

Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated and entirely reset in a new edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English in the wider world.
 
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