In construction morphology, complex words are seen as constructions on the word level. The
notion 'construction', a pairing of form and meaning, as developed in the theory of …

This outstanding resource for students offers a step-by-step, practical introduction to English
syntax and syntactic principles, as developed by Chomsky over the past 15 years. Assuming …

The phenomena discussed by the authors range from synthetic compounding in English to
agreement alternations in Arabic and complementizer agreement in dialects of Dutch. Their …

This article examines a type of argument for linguistic nativism that takes the following
form:(i) a fact about some natural language is exhibited that allegedly could not be learned …

Complex Words in English presents a comprehensive account of present-day word
formation in English. Starting with a discussion of some basic issues, including the definition …

One of the core challenges in linguistics is elucidating compounds—their formation as well
as the reasons their structure varies between languages. This book on Modern Greek rises …

The seed that would eventually grow to become this book was sown in the spring of 2000,
when I was assigned the topic for one of the two lectures that I was to give on the evening …

The primary theoretical focus of this paper is on Free Choice uses of any, in particular on two
phenomena that have remained largely unstudied. One involves the ability of any phrases to …

An extended noun phrase may contain an expression that describes some dimension.
Weight is described by each of the prenominal expressions in heavy rock, too much ballast …

French is a syntactically interesting language, with aspects of its word order and clause
structure triggering a variety of important developments in syntactic theory. This is a concise …