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Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.
2000. Classifiers: A typology of noun classification devices.
2002. Language Contact in Amazonia.
2003. A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia.
Alexander-Bakkerus, Astrid
2005. Eighteenth-Century Cholón.
Auer, Peter
———, Frans Hinskens, and Paul Kerswill (eds.). 2005. Dialect change: Convergence and divergence in European languages.
Ball, Arnetha F.
——— and Sarah Warshauer Freedman (eds.). 2004. Bakhtinian Perspectives on Language, Literacy, and Learning.
Barber, Alex
(ed.). 2003. Epistemology of Language.
Barlow, Michael
——— and Suzanne Kemmer (eds.). 2000. Usage-based models of language.
Bauer, Laurie
2001. Morphological productivity.
Beal, Joan C.
2004. English in modern times, 1700-1945.
Bloom, Paul
2000. How children learn the meanings of words.
Booij, Geert
2002. The morphology of Dutch.
Brinton, Laurel J.
——— and Elizabeth Closs Traugott. 2005. Lexicalization and language change.
Butt, Miriam
2005. Theories of case.
Carnie, Andrew
——— and Eithne Guilfoyle (eds.). 2000. The syntax of verb initial languages.
Chung, Sandra
1998. The design of agreement: Evidence from Chamorro.
Clyne, Michael
2003. Dynamics of language contact: English and immigrant languages.
Corbett, Greville G.
2000. Number.
Cristofaro, Sonia
2003. Subordination.
Croft, William
2001. Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective.
Dancygier, Barbara
——— and Eve Sweetser. 2005. Mental spaces in grammar: Conditional constructions.
de Boer, Bart
2001. The Origins of vowel systems: Studies in the evolution of language I.
Dedrick, Don
MacLaury, Robert E., Galina V. Paramei, and ——— (eds.). 2007. Anthropology of color: Interdisciplinary multilevel modeling.
Dekkers, Joost
———, Frank van der Leeuw, and Jeroen van de Weijer (eds.). 2000. Optimality theory: Phonology, syntax, and acquisition.
de Lacy, Paul
(ed.). 2007. The Cambridge handbook of phonology.
Deutscher, Guy
2000. Syntactic change in Akkadian: The evolution of sentential complementation.
Duranti, Alessandro
1997. Linguistic anthropology.
Eckert, Penelope
——— and John R. Rickford (eds.). 2001. Style and sociolinguistic variation.
Enfield, N. J.
(ed.). 2002. Ethnosyntax: Explorations in Grammar and Culture.
Ernst, Thomas
2002. The syntax of adjuncts.
Ewen, Colin J.
——— and Harry van der Hulst. 2001. The phonological structure of words: An introduction.
Fembeti, Samuel
McGill, Stuart, ———, and Mike Toupin. 1999. A grammar of Sisaala-Pasaale.
Fernald, Theodore
2000. Predicates and temporal arguments.
Fought, Carmen
2006. Language and ethnicity.
Freedman, Sarah Warshauer
Ball, Arnetha F. and ——— (eds.). 2004. Bakhtinian Perspectives on Language, Literacy, and Learning.
Gibson, Edward
Wolf, Florian and ———. 2006. Coherence in natural language: Data structures and applications.
Givón, T.
(ed.). 2001. Grammatical relations: A functionalist perspective.
Goldberg, Adele E.
2006. Constructions at work: The nature of generalization in language.
Görlach, Manfred
(ed.). 2001. A Dictionary of European Anglicisms: A usage dictionary of Anglicisms in sixteen European languages.
Gramley, Stephen
2001. The vocabulary of World English.
Green, Georgia M.
——— and Jerry L. Morgan. 2001. Practical guide to syntactic analysis (2nd edition).
Greenberg, Robert
2004. Language and identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and its disintegration.
Gross, Alan G.
———, Joseph E. Harmon, and Michael Reidy. 2002. Communicating science: The scientific article from the 17th century to the present.
Guasti, Maria Teresa
2002. Language acquisition: The growth of grammar.
Guilfoyle, Eithne
Carnie, Andrew and ——— (eds.). 2000. The syntax of verb initial languages.
Gussenhoven, Carlos
——— and Haike Jacobs. 2005. Understanding phonology.
Gussmann, Edmund
2002. Phonology: Analysis and theory.
Hannah, Jean
Trudgill, Peter and ———. 2002. International English: A guide to the varieties of Standard English.
Hardcastle, William J.
——— and Nigel Hewlett (eds.). 2000. Coarticulation: Theory, data and techniques.
Harkins, Jean
——— and Anna Wierzbicka (eds.). 2001. Emotions in crosslinguistic perspective.
Harmon, Joseph E.
Gross, Alan G., ———, and Michael Reidy. 2002. Communicating science: The scientific article from the 17th century to the present.
Heine, Bernd
——— and Derek Nurse. 2000. African languages: An introduction.
Hewlett, Nigel
Hardcastle, William J. and ——— (eds.). 2000. Coarticulation: Theory, data and techniques.
Hinskens, Frans
Auer, Peter, ———, and Paul Kerswill (eds.). 2005. Dialect change: Convergence and divergence in European languages.
Holm, John
2000. An introduction to pidgins and creoles.
Horn, Laurence R.
——— and Yasuhiko Kato (eds.). 2000. Negation and polarity: Syntactic and semantic perspectives.
Huang, Yan
2000. Anaphora: A cross-linguistic study.
Hulst, Harry van der
Ewen, Colin J. and ———. 2001. The phonological structure of words: An introduction.
Hunston, Susan
——— and Geoff Thompson (eds.). 2001. Evaluation in text: Authorial stance and the construction of discourses.
Inkelas, Sharon
——— and Cheryl Zoll. 2005. Reduplication: Doubling in morphology.
Jacobs, Haike
Gussenhoven, Carlos and ———. 2005. Understanding phonology.
Kato, Yasuhiko
Horn, Laurence R. and ——— (eds.). 2000. Negation and polarity: Syntactic and semantic perspectives.
Kembo-Sure
Webb, Vic and ——— (eds.). 2000. African voices: An introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa.
Kemmer, Suzanne
Barlow, Michael and ——— (eds.). 2000. Usage-based models of language.
Kerswill, Paul
Auer, Peter, Frans Hinskens, and ——— (eds.). 2005. Dialect change: Convergence and divergence in European languages.
Kirby, Simon
1999. Function, selection, and innateness: The emergence of language universals.
Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju
2001. Comparative Dravidian linguistics: Current perspectives.
2003. The Dravidian languages.
Kuteva, Tania
2001. Auxiliation: An enquiry into the nature of grammaticalization.
Laugesen, Amanda
2003. Convict words: Language in early colonial Australia.
Leeuw, Frank van der
Dekkers, Joost, ———, and Jeroen van de Weijer (eds.). 2000. Optimality theory: Phonology, syntax, and acquisition.
Levin, Beth
——— and Malka Rappaport Hovav. 2005. Argument realization.
Ludlow, Peter
1999. Semantics, tense, and time: An essay in the metaphysics of natural language.
Lycan, William G.
2001. Real Conditionals.
Machan, Tim William
2003. English in the Middle Ages.
MacLaury, Robert E.
———, Galina V. Paramei, and Don Dedrick (eds.). 2007. Anthropology of color: Interdisciplinary multilevel modeling.
Maffi, Luisa
(ed.). 2001. On biocultural diversity: Linking language, knowledge, and the environment.
Mathangwane, Joyce T.
1999. Ikalanga phonetics and phonology: A synchronic and diachronic study.
McCarthy, Michael
Schmitt, Norbert and ——— (eds.). 1997. Vocabulary: Description, acquisition and pedagogy.
McGill, Stuart
———, Samuel Fembeti, and Mike Toupin. 1999. A grammar of Sisaala-Pasaale.
McWhorter, John H.
2005. Defining Creole.
Melchers, Gunnel
——— and Philip Shaw. 2003. World Englishes: An introduction.
Minkova, Donka
Stockwell, Robert and ———. 2001. English Words: History and Structure.
Morgan, Jerry L.
Green, Georgia M. and ———. 2001. Practical guide to syntactic analysis (2nd edition).
Myers-Scotton, Carol
2002. Contact Linguistics: Bilingual encounters and grammatical outcomes.
Nurse, Derek
Heine, Bernd and ———. 2000. African languages: An introduction.
O’Dowd, Elizabeth M
1998. Prepositions and particles in English: A discourse-functional account.
Palmer, F. R.
2001. Mood and modality (2nd edition).
Paramei, Galina V.
MacLaury, Robert E., ———, and Don Dedrick (eds.). 2007. Anthropology of color: Interdisciplinary multilevel modeling.
Postal, Paul M.
2004. Skeptical linguistic essays.
Rahman, Tariq
1999. Language, education and culture.
Rappaport Hovav, Malka
Levin, Beth and ———. 2005. Argument realization.
Reidy, Michael
Gross, Alan G., Joseph E. Harmon, and ———. 2002. Communicating science: The scientific article from the 17th century to the present.
Rickford, John R.
Eckert, Penelope and ——— (eds.). 2001. Style and sociolinguistic variation.
Rijkhoff, J.
2002. The Noun Phrase.
Roach, Peter
2001. English phonetics and phonology: A practical course.
Schiffman, Harold F.
1999. A reference grammar of Spoken Tamil.
Schmid, Carol L.
2001. The politics of language: Conflict, identity, and cultural pluralism in comparative perspective.
Schmitt, Norbert
——— and Michael McCarthy (eds.). 1997. Vocabulary: Description, acquisition and pedagogy.
Shaw, Philip
Melchers, Gunnel and ———. 2003. World Englishes: An introduction.
Singh, Ishtla
2000. Pidgins and creoles: An introduction.
Slack, Jon
van der Zee, Emile and ——— (eds.). 2003. Representing direction in language and space.
Smith, Carlotta S.
2003. Modes of discourse: The local structure of texts.
Stockwell, Robert
——— and Donka Minkova. 2001. English Words: History and Structure.
Stump, Gregory T.
2001. Inflectional morphology: A theory of paradigm structure.
Sweetser, Eve
Dancygier, Barbara and ———. 2005. Mental spaces in grammar: Conditional constructions.
Tagliamonte, Sali A.
2002. Analyzing sociolinguistic variation.
Tannen, Deborah
2005. Conversational style: Analyzing talk among friends.
Taylor, Carl E.
Taylor-Ide, Daniel and ———. 2002. Just and lasting change: When communities own their futures.
Taylor-Ide, Daniel
——— and Carl E. Taylor. 2002. Just and lasting change: When communities own their futures.
Thompson, Geoff
Hunston, Susan and ——— (eds.). 2001. Evaluation in text: Authorial stance and the construction of discourses.
Toupin, Mike
McGill, Stuart, Samuel Fembeti, and ———. 1999. A grammar of Sisaala-Pasaale.
Traugott, Elizabeth Closs
Brinton, Laurel J. and ———. 2005. Lexicalization and language change.
Trudgill, Peter
2003. A glossary of sociolinguistics.
——— and Jean Hannah. 2002. International English: A guide to the varieties of Standard English.
van der Zee, Emile
——— and Jon Slack (eds.). 2003. Representing direction in language and space.
Verhagen, Arie
2005. Constructions of Intersubjectivity: Discourse, Syntax, and Cognition.
Webb, Vic
——— and Kembo-Sure (eds.). 2000. African voices: An introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa.
Weijer, Jeroen van de
Dekkers, Joost, Frank van der Leeuw, and ——— (eds.). 2000. Optimality theory: Phonology, syntax, and acquisition.
Wierzbicka, Anna
2006. English: Meaning and culture.
Harkins, Jean and ——— (eds.). 2001. Emotions in crosslinguistic perspective.
Wiese, Richard
2000. The Phonology of German.
Wolf, Florian
——— and Edward Gibson. 2006. Coherence in natural language: Data structures and applications.
Wright, Laura
(ed.). 2000. The development of Standard English, 1300-1800: Theories, descriptions, conflicts.
Yamada, Haru
1997. Different games, different rules: Why Americans and Japanese misunderstand each other.
Zoll, Cheryl
Inkelas, Sharon and ———. 2005. Reduplication: Doubling in morphology.