Syntactic researchers in the Department ask how syntactic patterns are shaped by and shape communicative practice, focusing on construction-based grammatical explanation, the origins of grammatical ...

This paper presents arguments in favour of the representational character of the (original) Kamp-Heim Theory, which is frequently criticized nowadays because of the uncertain status of DRSs and the ...

Language semantics and syntax are crucial components of linguistics that explore how meaning is constructed and how sentences are structured. Recent research in this field has focused on various ...

Human communication is powered by rules for combining words to generate novel meanings. Such syntactical rules have long been assumed to be unique humans. A new study, published in Nature ...

We start this page with the hypothesis that the lexicon is initially underspecified: that some features may be NIL (not specified as either plus or minus). A NIL feature is represented either with no ...

Grammar has been getting attention in the media lately, and for good reason. Because I am over 50 and I was raised by grammar sticklers, I am sympathetic to managers’ complaints about rampant grammar ...

What is the difference between grammar and syntax, and why is it important to get it right in the English language? Professor Roly Sussex explains. For daily English language lessons and tips, like ...

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