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The Acquistion of Second-Language Syntaxby Susan BraidiISBN 0340645911 (0-340-64591-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Advanced Grammar in Use: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English with Answersby Martin HewingsISBN 0521532914 (0-521-53291-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Advanced Grammar in Use with Answers: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English'Book summary:Advanced Grammar in Use contains 120 units of grammar explanation and practice exercises. It provides coverage of those language areas advanced-level students will find most rewarding to study. It retains the clarity of presentation of other books in the 'in Use' family. Two-page units present grammar explanation and examples, including typical student mistakes, on left-hand pages, and useful and varied practice on right-hand pages. Extra practice exercises at the back provide further challenging and contrastive practice of grammar points from different units. A study guide helps students find those areas most appropriate for their study. Grammar areas are cross-referenced throughout. There are useful appendices dealing with verb forms, and a glossary and all answers are given at the back. [via]
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Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Advanced Grammar in Use with Answers: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English: ISBN 0521532914 (0-521-53291-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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African Languages: An Introductionby Bernd HeineISBN 0521666295 (0-521-66629-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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ALGOL 68 Implementation: Proceedings of the IFIP Working Conference on ALGOL 68 Implementation, Munich, July 20-24, 1970by IFIP Technical Committee 2--Programming, J. E. L. PeckISBN 0720420458 (0-7204-2045-8)
Hardcover, North-Holland Pub Co
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Argument Realizationby Beth Levin, Malka Rappaport HovavISBN 0521663768 (0-521-66376-8)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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The Bias-Free Word Finder: A Dictionary of Nondiscriminatory Languageby Rosalie MaggioISBN 0807060038 (0-8070-6003-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Cambridge Grammar of the English Languageby Geoffrey K. Pullum, Rodney D. HuddlestonISBN 0521431468 (0-521-43146-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language'Book summary:The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language is the first comprehensive descriptive grammar of English to appear for over fifteen years, a period which has seen immense developments in linguistic theory at all levels. The principal authors, Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey Pullum, are among the world's leading scholars in this area, and they have benefited from the expertise of an international team of distinguished contributors in preparing what will be the definitive grammar for decades to come. Each chapter comprises core definitions, detailed analyses, notes explaining alternative interpretations of difficult or controversial points, and brief notes on usage and history. Numerous cross-references and an exhaustive index ensure ease of access to information. An introductory section offers guidance as to how best to use the book is provided. Rodney Huddleston was until recently Professor in the Linguistics section of the Department of English at the University of Queensland, Australia, and has been publishing important books and papers on English grammar for thirty years. Geoffrey K. Pullum is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is the author of 200 articles and books on English grammar and a variety of other topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. [via]
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Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introductionby Vivian Cook, Mark NewsonISBN 0631195564 (0-631-19556-4)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Comparative Constructions in Spanish and French Syntaxby Susan PriceISBN 0415010241 (0-415-01024-1)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Concepts of Programming Languagesby Robert W. SebestaISBN 0805370110 (0-8053-7011-0)
Hardcover, Benjamin/Cummings Pub Co
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A Course In Minimalist Syntax: Foundations and Prospectsby Howard Lasnik, Juan Uriagereka, Cedric BoeckxISBN 0631199888 (0-631-19988-8)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Definitenessby Christopher LyonsISBN 0521368359 (0-521-36835-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Development of Language: Acquisition, Change, and Evolutionby David LightfootISBN 0631210601 (0-631-21060-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguisticsby R. L. TraskISBN 0415086280 (0-415-08628-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics'Book summary:This dictionary of grammatical terms covers both current and traditional terminology in syntax and morphology. It includes descriptive terms, the major theoretical concepts of the most influential grammatical frameworks, and the chief terms from mathematical and computational linguistics. It contains over 1500 entries, providing definitions and examples, pronunciations, the earliest sources of terms and suggestions for further reading, and recommendations about competing and conflicting usages. The book focuses on non-theory-boumd descriptive terms, which are likely to remain current for some years.
Aimed at students and teachers of linguistics, it allows a reader puzzled by a grammatical term to look it up and locate further reading with ease. [via]More editions of A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics:
Dynamic Syntax: The Flow of Language Understandingby Dov M. Gabbay, Ruth M. Kempson, Wilfried Meyer-ViolISBN 0631176128 (0-631-17612-8)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen Kingby Tim Underwood, Chuck MillerISBN 0452255279 (0-452-25527-9)
Softcover, Plume
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Generative Linguistics: A Historical Perspectiveby Frederick J. NewmeyerISBN 0415171261 (0-415-17126-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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Get Thee to a Punneryby Richard LedererISBN 0440204992 (0-440-20499-2)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Richard Lederer has great puns. And you don't have to take vows to enjoy them. Just Get Thee To A Punnery and laugh yourself int a state of grace. Sinners will be punished with such gems as:
-Old Milkmaids never die -- they just kick the bucket.
-Drunk drivers are people who put the quart before the hearse.
Whether you like 'em hot or cool, straight-up or low-down, here are puns of every color, stripe and persuasion to suit your every whim. Even if you don't know that your humerus is your funny bone, this is the book for you. [via]More editions of Get Thee to a Punnery:
A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntaxby Bill T. Arnold, John H. ChoiISBN 0521533481 (0-521-53348-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax'Book summary:At the heart of biblical interpretation is the need to read the Bible's "syntax" (the way words, clauses, and sentences relate to each other). The growing demands on theological education have made it difficult for students of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) to master the intermediate-level skills required to interpret the syntax of the Bible's original language. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax defines the fundamental syntactical features of the Hebrew Bible, and illustrates each feature with at least one example, extracted from the Bible itself and accompanied with English translation. [via]
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The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theoryby Mark Baltin, Mark R. Baltin, Chris CollinsISBN 0631205071 (0-631-20507-1)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Handbook of Logic and Languageby Alice G. B. Ter Meulen, J. F. A. K. Van BenthemISBN 044481714X (0-444-81714-X)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Handbook of Logic and Language'Book summary:This Handbook documents the main trends in current research between logic and language, including its broader influence in computer science, linguistic theory and cognitive science.
The history of the combined study of
Logic and Linguistics
goes back a long way, at least to the work of the scholastic philosophers in the Middle Ages. At the beginning of this century, the subject was revitalized through the pioneering efforts of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Polish philosophical logicians such as Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz. Around 1970, the landmark achievements of Richard Montague established a junction between state-of-the-art mathematical logic and generative linguistic theory. Over the subsequent decades, this enterprise of Montague Grammar has flourished and diversified into a number of research programs with empirical and theoretical substance.This appears to be the first Handbook to bring logic-language interface to the fore. Both aspects of the interaction between logic and language are demonstrated in the book i.e. firstly, how logical systems are designed and modified in response to linguistic needs and secondly, how mathematical theory arises in this process and how it affects subsequent linguistic theory.
The Handbook presents concise, impartial accounts of the topics covered. Where possible, an author and a commentator have cooperated to ensure the proper breadth and technical content of the papers.
The Handbook is self-contained, and individual articles are of the highest quality. [via]
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Introducing Transformational Grammer: From Principles and Parameters to Minimalismby Jamal OuhallaISBN 0340740361 (0-340-74036-1)
Softcover, Hodder Arnold
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Introduction to English Transformational Syntaxby Rodney HuddlestonISBN 0582550629 (0-582-55062-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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An Introduction to Syntaxby Van Valin, Robert D., Jr.ISBN 0521635667 (0-521-63566-7)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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It's Still Greek to Me: An Easy-To-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greekby David Alan BlackISBN 0801021812 (0-8010-2181-2)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Language And Mindby Noam ChomskyISBN 052167493X (0-521-67493-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language And Mind'Book summary:This is the third edition of Chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published in 2006. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. This edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing Chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first century. Chapters 1-6 present Chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (Universal Grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (I-language). Over the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questions. The final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided Chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some novel and exciting challenges for the study of language and mind. [via]
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The Latin Languageby L.R. PalmerISBN 080612136X (0-8061-2136-X)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Linguistic Anthropologyby Alessandro Duranti, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. DresslerISBN 0521449936 (0-521-44993-6)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Linguistic Anthropology'Book summary:Alessandro Duranti introduces linguistic anthropology as an interdisciplinary field that studies language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. The theories and methods of linguistic anthropology are introduced through a discussion of linguistic diversity, grammar in use, the role of speaking in social interaction, the organization and meaning of conversational structures, and the notion of participation as a unit of analysis. Linguistic Anthropology will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students. [via]
Linguistic Anthropology : A Readerby Alessandro DurantiISBN 0631221107 (0-631-22110-7)
Hardcover, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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Linguistic Typology: Morphology and Syntaxby Jae Jung SongISBN 0582312213 (0-582-31221-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Linguistics Encyclopediaby Kirsten MalmkjaerISBN 0415222109 (0-415-22210-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Linguistics Encyclopedia'Book summary:The Linguistics Encyclopedia has been thoroughly revised and updated and a substantial new introduction, which forms a concise history of the field, has been added.
The volume offers comprehensive coverage of the major and subsidiary fields of linguistic study. Entries are alphabetically arranged and extensively cross-referenced, and include suggestions for further reading.
New entries include:
Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Linguistics; Contrastive Linguistics; Cross-Linguistic Study; Forensic Linguistics; Stratificational Linguistics.
Recommissioned or substantially revised entries include:
Bilingualism and Multilingualism; Discourse; Genre Analysis; Psycholinguistics; Language acquisition; Morphology; Articulatory Phonetics; Grammatical Models and Theories; Stylistics; Sociolinguistics; Critical Discourse Analysis.
For anyone with an academic or professional interest in language, The Linguistics Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference tool. [via] 
Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek: A Survey of Basic Concepts and Applicationsby David Alan BlackISBN 0801020166 (0-8010-2016-6)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Logical Form: From Gb to Minimalismby Norbert HornsteinISBN 0631189424 (0-631-18942-4)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Lord Hailsham: A Lifeby Geoffrey LewisISBN 0712666257 (0-7126-6625-7)
Hardcover, Pimlico
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Mastering Regular Expressionsby Jeffrey E. FriedlISBN 0596528124 (0-596-52812-4)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Mastering Regular Expressions: Powerful Techniques for Perl and Other Toolsby Friedl, Jeffrey, E. F.ISBN 0596002890 (0-596-00289-0)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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The Mesoamerican Indian Languagesby Jorge A. SuarezISBN 0521296692 (0-521-29669-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Minimalist Analysisby Howard Lasnik, Mamoru SaitoISBN 0631210946 (0-631-21094-6)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of Englishby Andrew RadfordISBN 052154274X (0-521-54274-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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A Modern Course in English Syntaxby Liliane Haegeman, Herman WekkerISBN 0415036844 (0-415-03684-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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Modern Turkeyby Geoffrey L. LewisISBN 0510392105 (0-510-39210-5)
Hardcover, E. Benn
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Mood and Modalityby F. R. Palmer, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. DresslerISBN 0521800358 (0-521-80035-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mood and Modality'Book summary:'Mood' (subjunctive, etc.) and 'modality' (can, may, must, etc.) are familiar terms in linguistics, but this is the first book to present a systematic and principled description, across a wide variety of languages, of what can be considered a single grammatical category. The notion of modality is notoriously vague and a number of definitions have been proposed, encompassing the attitude or opinion of the speaker, speech acts, subjectivity, non-factivity, non-assertion, possibility and necessity. Often such definitions have been language-specific. By examining data (including data on evidentials) from many different languages - native American and Australian languages, for example, as well as Latin, Greek, English and others - F. R. Palmer is able to compare and contrast the ways in which modality is grammaticalized, its various functions, and its relation to other grammatical categories. From this typological approach arise cross-linguistic generalisations and theoretical conclusions that will interest the specialist as much as the advanced student. Written with F. R. Palmer's characteristic clarity and attention to detail, Mood and modality is a major contribution to our understanding of a basic topic in language studies. [via]
Morphological Theory: An Introduction To Word Structure In Generative Grammarby Andrew SpencerISBN 0631161449 (0-631-16144-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Natural Language Understandingby James AllenISBN 0805303340 (0-8053-0334-0)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mindby Noam ChomskyISBN 0521658225 (0-521-65822-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind'Book summary:This book is an outstanding contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind, by one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In a series of penetrating essays, Chomsky cuts through the confusion and prejudice that has infected the study of language and mind, bringing new solutions to traditional philosophical puzzles and fresh perspectives on issues of general interest, ranging from the mind-body problem to the unification of science. Using a range of imaginative and deceptively simple linguistic analyses, Chomsky defends the view that knowledge of language is internal to the human mind. He argues that a proper study of language must deal with this mental construct. According to Chomsky, therefore, human language is a "biological object" and should be analyzed using the methodology of the sciences. His examples and analyses come together in this book to give a unique and compelling perspective on language and the mind. [via]
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Parameters of Morphosytactic Changeby Nigel Vincent, Ans Van KemenadeISBN 0521586437 (0-521-58643-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parameters of Morphosytactic Change'Book summary:The relationship between changes in (inflectional) morphology and the consequences of these changes in syntax has been a perennial issue in historical linguistics. The contributors to this volume address the issue of how to model the phenomena of syntactic and morphological change within recent frameworks, including the Minimalist Programme. Topics addressed include the way categories like aspect and mood interact over time with the valency of verbs; the nature of changes in verb placement; the changing division of labor between different types of argument marking--case, word order, clitics, agreement. The volume contains chapters by many of the leading scholars in the field. There is a substantial introduction which reviews the development of ideas in generative historical syntax over the last fifteen years, and assesses the distinctive properties of the generative position. The volume will appeal to those working in theoretical syntax, and also to specialists in the history of German, French and the Romance and Germanic languages more broadly. [via]
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The Play of Words: Fun and Games for Language Loversby Richard Lederer, Bernie CootnerISBN 0671689096 (0-671-68909-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Play of Words: Fun and Games for Language Lovers'Book summary:Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business? You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A WHIP, PLEASED AS PUNCH, DEAD AS A DOORNAIL - but have you ever wondered why a clam should be happy, a whip smart, punch pleased, and a doornail dead? By playing the fifty games in this book , you'll discover the answers to these questions as well as hundreds of other semantic delights that repose in our marvelous English language. [via]
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Programming Language Landscape: Syntax, Semantics, and Implementationby Michael Marcotty, Henry F. LedgardISBN 0574219455 (0-574-21945-5)
Hardcover, Science Research Associates
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Semantic Syntaxby Pieter A. M. SeurenISBN 063116006X (0-631-16006-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guideby Robert PinskyISBN 0374526176 (0-374-52617-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide'Book summary:While it's hardly the most traveled of literary destinations, poetry has suffered from no shortage of guidebooks. Still, these poetic baedekers tend to get bogged down in terminology and historical hairsplitting, while the actual music gets lost in the shuffle. We should be thankful, then, for Robert Pinsky's brief, wonderfully readable volume, in which he zooms in on verse as acoustic artifact: "When I say to myself a poem by Emily Dickinson or George Herbert, the artist's medium is my breath. The reader's breath and hearing embody the poet's words. This makes the art physical, intimate, vocal, and individual."
Not that Poet Laureate Pinsky gets vague or touchy-feely on us. Poetry, like God, is in the details, and the author starts with the building blocks, the amino acids, of verse: accent and duration. Even the most jaded of readers will benefit from his syllable-by-syllable examination of Thomas Campion's "Now Winter Nights Enlarge" and Wallace Stevens's "Sunday Morning." Moving on through discussions of syntax and line, meter and rhyme (or lack thereof), Pinsky enlists both the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Frost, Hardy, Eliot, Bishop) and some less customary ones (Gilbert & Sullivan, Louise Gluck, and the splendid James McMichael) to make his points. These poems are, in some sense, teaching tools for the author. Yet even his on-the-fly commentary causes us to see them in a new light. Here he is, for example, on the near-monotonous minimalism of W.C. Williams's "To a Poor Old Woman": "The poem dramatizes the taking in of a supposedly ordinary experience, and the playful, almost hectoring repetitions are like an effective sermon in praise of simplicity." The Sounds of Poetry is no less effective a sermon. It leaves your ear (and your heart) attuned to the pleasurable play of poetic language and persuades you that hearing is, indeed, believing. --James Marcus [via]
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The Story of Languageby Mario PeiISBN 0452008700 (0-452-00870-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Study Guide for Lohnes-Strothmann-Petig German: A Structural Approachby William E. Petig, Walter F. W. LohnesISBN 0393954676 (0-393-95467-6)
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The Study of Languageby George YuleISBN 0521543207 (0-521-54320-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Study of Language'Book summary:This revised and updated edition incorporates many changes that reflect developments in language study over the past decade, including a new chapter on pragmatics, and an expansion of the chapter on semantics. There are additional sections on speech recognition systems, sign languages, women's and men's language, input in language learning, and several other topics. The Study Questions and Discussion Topics following each chapter have also been thoroughly revised, with the addition of more than 30 new tasks for students; and the Further Reading sections have been revised, updated and expanded. The new edition also has many more illustrations, examples, and quotes from a wide range of commentators, from Groucho Marx to Gary Larson. The presentation retains the clear and lively style which made the first edition a hugely popular introduction to the study of language. [via]
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Style: Ten Lessons In Clarity And Graceby Joseph M. WilliamsISBN 0673180581 (0-673-18058-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Style: Ten Lessons In Clarity And Grace'Book summary:There is more to writing than simply obeying a list of rules. In this extensively revised fifth edition of "Style," Joseph Williams presents principles of writing in a new format designed to help writers diagnose problems with their prose quickly and revise it effectively. Divided into three parts-- "Style as Choice, Clarity, and Grace" --the text includes new principles of effective prose, boxed summaries for quick and easy review, and group exercises that encourage students to work and learn together. Williams encourages writers to use their writing not only as a tool to identify and solve problems but also as a method to explore their own thinking. In particular, writers learn how to use the revision process both to anticipate their readers' reactions and to understand better their own intended meaning. [via]
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Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of Englishby David M. Perlmutter, Scott SoamesISBN 0520038339 (0-520-03833-9)
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The Syntactic Recoverability of Null Argumentsby Ives RobergeISBN 0773507329 (0-7735-0732-9)
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Syntactic Theory and the Acquisition of English Syntax: The Nature of Early Child Grammars of Englishby Andrew RadfordISBN 0631163581 (0-631-16358-1)
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Syntax of New Testament Greekby James A. BrooksISBN 0819104736 (0-8191-0473-6)
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The Syntax of Hungarianby Katalin E. KissISBN 0521669391 (0-521-66939-1)
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The Syntax of Welsh: A Transformational Study of the Passiveby G. M. AwberyISBN 052121341X (0-521-21341-X)
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Syntax : Structure, Meaning, and Functionby Robert D. van Valin, Randy J. LaPolla, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. ComrieISBN 0521499151 (0-521-49915-1)
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Systems of Nominal Classificationby Gunter SenftISBN 0521770750 (0-521-77075-0)
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Theories of Caseby Miriam ButtISBN 0521797314 (0-521-79731-4)
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A Transformational Grammar of Igboby Patricia L. CarrellISBN 0521078318 (0-521-07831-8)
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A Transformational Grammar of Spoken Egyptian Arabicby Hilary WiseISBN 0631156704 (0-631-15670-4)
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The Twitter Machine: Reflections on Languageby N. V. SmithISBN 0631169261 (0-631-16926-1)
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Understanding Minimalismby Norbert Hornstein, Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Jairo NunesISBN 0521531942 (0-521-53194-2)
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