Subject: new and recent titles in syntax and morphology from oxford up

the acquisition of second-language syntax susan braidi , west virginia university the issue of syntactic development is one of the most central to both linguistics and applied linguistics . assuming no detailed background knowledge of linguistics , this book is an introduction to the acquisition of syntax in a second language . the text builds a coherent picture of second language grammatical development by showing the interactions between the syntactic , processing , and functional / discourse approaches , and looks at how and why these different approaches give different results . ( an arnold publication ) december 1998 232 pp . ; 3 linecuts 0-340 - 64591 - 1 paper $ 19 . 95 0-340 - 64592 - x cloth $ 80 . 00 oxford university press understanding syntax maggie tallerman , university of durham ( understanding language ) this text provides a complete introduction to the syntax of human languages . assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics , the book discusses and illustrates all of the major terms and concepts essential to the study of sentence structure . while drawing initial illustrations primarily from english , the book presents extensive additional material from several dozen other languages . written in an accessible style with many examples and interactive exercises , this book is the perfect choice for anyone approaching this subject for the first time . ( an arnold publication ) december 1998 240 pp . 0-340 - 60377 - 1 paper $ 19 . 95 0-340 - 70000 - 9 cloth $ 60 . 00 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for more information about linguistics titles from oxford : visit the oxford university press usa web site at http : / / www . oup-usa . org or e-mail : linguistics @ oup-usa . org
