Impersonal Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective

This volume offers a much needed typological perspective on impersonal constructions, which are here viewed broadly as constructions lacking a referential subject. The contributions to this volume deal with all types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including those with experiential predicates (A-impersonals), presentational constructions with a notional subject deficient in topicality (T-impersonals), and constructions with a notional subject lacking in referential properties (R-impersonals), i.e. both meteo-constructions and man-constructions

Premodifiers in English: Their Structure and Significance (Studies in English Language)

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 ball', but not 'the red actual ball'? And why, conversely, do some other premodifiers have free variation in sentences; for example we can say both 'German and English speakers' and 'English and German speakers'?

Implementing the Lexical Approach: Putting Theory into Practice

The Book describes how the lexical approach works in the classroom. It will stimulate educators to think about what one does at all levels. IMPLEMENTING THE LEXICAL APPROACH develops the theoretical position set out in Michael Lewis highly acclaimed THE LEXICAL APPROACH. IMPLENTING THE LEXICAL APPROACH provides teachers with comprehensive, step by step classroom changes to ensure more effective teaching and more efficient learning. It shows clearly how lexis, grammar and phonology interact in ways which directly affect how learners store new language. Includes detailed discussion of the importance of noticing, the value of repeating tasks, and the design of lexical exercises

Fry's Planet WordStephen Fry explores linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have developed in a new five-part series for BBC.  

In Planet Word, Stephen dissects language in all its guises with his inimitable mixture of learning, love of lexicon and humour. He analyses how we use and abuse language and asks whether we are near to beginning to understand the complexities of its DNA. 

 From the time when man first mastered speech to the cyber world of modern times with its html codes and texting, Planet Word takes viewers on a journey across the globe to discover just how far humans have come when it comes to the written and spoken word.

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Relevance in Argumentation

In Relevance in Argumentation, author Douglas Walton presents a new method for critically evaluating arguments for relevance. This method enables a critic to judge whether a move can be said to be relevant or irrelevant, and is based on case studies of argumentation in which an argument, or part of an argument, has been criticized as irrelevant. Walton's method is based on a new theory of relevance that incorporates techniques of argumentation theory, logic, and artificial intelligence.