text_combined: new books syntax morphology syntax morphology spontaneous spoken language syntax discourse jim miller university edinburgh regina weinert university sheffield authors examine types clauses used people speaking cuff also analyze devices speakers use organizing larger chunks language conversations using data english german russian develop systematic analysis spoken english highlight crosslanguage properties argue major systematic differences spoken written language conclude exploring implications findings typology firstlanguage acquisition education may 1998 472 pp 1 linecut 019 823656 5 115 00 oxford university press coordination janne bondi johannessen university oslo oxford studies comparative syntax johannessen focuses coordination e structures conjunctions important words constructions many properties common categories like verbs prepositions analyzed thirtythree languages found many striking similarities presenting first study coordination crosslinguistic perspective theory syntactic coordination aims general universal broadly compatible chomsky minimalist framework june 1998 304 pp 019 823772 3 paper 35 00 019 823709 x cloth 85 00 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ information linguistics titles oxford university press visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org email linguistics oupusa org