{"product_id":"verbs-aspect-and-causal-structure-paperback-1","title":"Verbs: Aspect and Causal Structure - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Croft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a model of event structure for the analysis of aspectual constructions and argument structure constructions in English and other languages. Representing the culmination of two decades of the author's research and thought, it explores the contribution of semantics to the argument-structure and tense-aspect constructions in which verbs occur, integrating the aspectual and causal structures of events. The argument is framed in relation to current and previous scholarship and takes full account of diachronic and usage-based research. Professor Croft's analysis encompasses the full range of English verb classes and is enriched throughout by a strong typological dimension: the syntax and semantics of verbs are always seen from a crosslinguistic perspective. This allows the author to demonstrate the generality of his theory and to show how it breaks new ground in predicting and explaining linguistic facts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe subject of the book is at the heart of current work in syntax and semantics and the interface between them. It will interest semanticists, syntacticians and cognitive and functional-typological linguists. The transparency of the author's style and his avoidance of theory-dependent constructs will extend its appeal to linguists of all theoretical stripes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Croft\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. His books include \u003cem\u003eTypology and Universals\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP 1990, second edition 2003), \u003cem\u003eSyntactic Categories and Grammatical Relations\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Chicago Press 1991), \u003cem\u003eExplaining Language Change\u003c\/em\u003e (Longman 2000), \u003cem\u003eRadical Construction Grammar\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2001) and \u003cem\u003eCognitive Linguistics\u003c\/em\u003e (with D. Alan Cruse; CUP 2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 486\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.5 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327522193657,"sku":"9780199248599","price":131.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yM1RSQTir89780199248599_aa01bb66-68de-4d30-ba63-3b1343b43f19.webp?v=1769581158","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/verbs-aspect-and-causal-structure-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}