morphology syntax describing morphosyntax guide field linguists thomas e payne university oregon describing morphosyntax guide field linguists isbn 0521 58224 5 hardback 6 x 9 430 pp pub date 10 31 97 publisher cambridge university press 64 95 book guide linguistic fieldworkers wish write description morphology syntax one world many underdocumented languages offers readers work one possible outline grammatical description many questions designed help address key topics appendices offer guidance text elicited data sample reference grammars readers might wish consult valuable resource anyone engaged linguistic fieldwork contents introduction 1 demographic ethnographic information 2 morphological typology 3 grammatical categories 4 constituent order typology 5 noun nounphrase operations 6 predicate nominals related constructions 7 grammatical relations 8 voice valence adjusting operations 9 verb vebphrase operations 10 pragmatically marked structures 11 clause combinations 12 conclusions language use appendix 1 text elicited data appendix 2 sample reference grammars references indexes order info http www cup org order html parameters morphosyntactic change parameters morphosyntactic change isbn 0521 58402 7 hardback 6 x 9 556 pp ans van kemenade ed free university amsterdam pub date 6 30 97 publisher cambridge university press 74 95 relationship changes inflectional morphology consequences changes syntax perennial issue historical linguistics contributors volume address issue model phenomena syntactic morphological change within recent frameworks including minimalist programme topics addressed include way categories like aspect mood interact time valency verbs nature changes verb placement changing division labor different types argument marking case word order clitics agreement l volume contains chapters many leading scholars field substantial introduction reviews development ideas generative histori cal syntax last fifteen years assesses distinctive properties generative position volume appeal working theoretical syntax also specialists history german french romance germanic languages broadly contents introduction parameters morphosyntactic change ans van kemenade nigel vincent part aspect argument structure case selection 1 interdependence cas aspect referentiality history german werner abraham 2 rise article germanic languages julia philippi 3 diachronic development modal verb necessity paola beninca cecilia poletto 4 auxiliary verbs old middle french philip h miller 5 commentary part aspect argument structure case selection alessandra tomaselli part ii clitics 6 emergence system romance nigel vincent 7 two locations complement clitic pronouns maria luisa rivero 8 integration second position phenomena josep second comp 9 shifting triggers diachronic reanalyses david lightfoot 10 viewing change progress alison henry 11 verb movement old middle english anthony kroch ann taylor 12 v2 embedded topicalization old middle english ans van kemenade 13 qu estce que ce que diachronic evolution french complementizer laurie zaring paul hirschbuhler 14 structure parametric change v movement history english anthony warner part iv scrambling morphological change 15 directionality word orderchange history english ian roberts 16 relation morphological syntactic case fred weerman 17 rise positional licensing paul kiparsky papers kiparsky roberts weerman epilogue hoskuldur thrainsson references index order info http www cup org order html notional theory syntactic categories john anderson university edinburgh notional theory syntactic categories isbn 0521 58023 4 hardback 6 x 9 365 pp pub date 4 28 97 publisher cambridge university press 69 95 book presents innovative theory syntactic categories lexical classes define revives traditional idea distinguished notionally semantically author proposes notation based semantic features accounts syntactic behavior classes book also presents case considering classification rather traditional vein basic determining syntactic structure sentences contents 1 prelude 2 fundamentals notional theory 3 syntax categories order info http www cup org order html raising predicates predicative noun phrases theory clause structure andrea moro istituto scientifico h san raffaele milan raising predicates predicative noun phrases theory clause structure isbn 0521 56233 3 hardback 6 x 9 328 pp pub date 1 13 97 publisher cambridge university press 64 95 one basic premises theory syntax clause structures minimally identified containing verb phrase playing role predicate noun phrase playing role subject study andrea moro identifies new category copular sentences namely inverse copular sentences predicative noun phrase occupies position canonically reserved subjects process sheds new light classical issues distribution nature expletives locality theory cliticization phenomena contents 1 anomaly copular sentences raising predicates 2 syntax ci 3 parameters semantics defining properties e xistential sentences 4 quasicopula role finite clauses seemsentences 5 view beyond unaccusativity epiphenomenon appendix brief history copula order info http www cup org order html