Closest conjunct agreement is of great theoretical interest in terms of what it reveals about
the structure of coordination; the locality of agreement relations; and the interaction between …

This is an introduction to the structure of sentences in human languages. It assumes no prior
knowledge of linguistic theory and little of elementary grammar. It will suit students coming to …

Lexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar
(LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Provides …

The set of person and number features necessary to characterize the pronominal paradigms
of the world's languages is highly constrained, and their interaction is demonstrably …

1.1 Two Conceptions of Grammar The reader may wonder, why would a college offer
courses on grammar–a topic that is usually thought of as part of junior high school …

The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia is a single-volume encyclopedia covering all major
and subsidiary areas of linguistics and applied linguistics. The 79 entries provide in-depth …

Presents an overview and introduction to Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG), a theory of the
content and representation of different aspects of linguistic structure and the relations that …

This book explores person markers, the linguistic elements that provide points of reference
to speech-act participants. Michael Cysouw develops a new framework for the typology of …

Syncretism--where a single form serves two or more morphosyntactic functions--is a
persistent problem at the syntax-morphology interface. It results from a'mismatch'whereby …

Features are a central concept in linguistic analysis. They are the basic building blocks of
linguistic units, such as words. For many linguists they offer the most revealing way to …