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On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort of X; a Y type of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raised by the phrases under discussion. As a result, a construction grammar-approach to grammaticalization is developed which does justice to the syntagmatic lexical, or collocational, reclustering observed in the data within an eclectic cognitive-functional approach.

English language --- Grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Case. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Case. --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Noun. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun. --- Noun constructions. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Noun --- Case --- Case. --- Noun. --- Nominals --- Grammaticalisation --- Phrase nominale --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Construction Grammar. --- English/language. --- Grammaticalization. --- Historical Linguistics.

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This article has two objectives. The first is to present an account of valency nouns in Latin. Lyons' typology (1977) envisaging three orders of entities is useful for predicting the number and type of complements used with various nouns. Expansions of all the categories are distinguished: concrete entities, relational nouns, agent nouns, verbal nouns, and nouns expressing qualities. Furthermore, Latin shows interesting phenomena closely related to noun valency, namely nominalization of verbal notions in Early Latin and the construction of the dominant participle. The second objective is to

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Dependency grammar. --- Noun phrase. --- Nominals. --- Verb. --- Syntax. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Nominals. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --Verb. --- Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun phrase. --- Dependency grammar --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Noun phrase --- Nominals --- Verb --- Syntax --- Valence (Linguistics) --- Mathematical linguistics --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax

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In this work, the authors study the interactions of imposters with a range of grammatical phenomena, including pronominal agreement, coordinate structures, Principle C phenomena epithets, fake indexicals, and a property of pronominal agreement they call homogeneity.

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronominals. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Pronominals --- Agreement --- Pronoun --- Noun --- Pronominals. --- Agreement. --- Pronoun. --- Noun. --- Pronouns --- Agreement (Grammar) --- Concord (Grammar) --- Concord --- Pronominal constructions --- Nominals --- Function words --- Reflexives --- Case --- Gender --- Number --- Person --- Syntax --- LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General --- Grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology

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This book deals with the emergence of nominal morphology from a cross-linguistic perspective and is closely related to Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition (ed. by D. Bittner, W. U. Dressler, M. Kilani-Schoch) both methodologically and theoretically. Each of the fourteen contributions studies the early development of the fundamental inflectionally expressed categories of the noun (number, case, gender) in one of the languages belonging to different morphological types (isolating, fusional-inflecting, agglutinating, root inflecting) and families (Germanic, Romance, Slavic/Baltic, Greek, Finnic, Turc, Semitic, Indian American). The analyses are based on parallel longitudinal observations of children in their second and early third year of life as well as their input. The focus lies on the transition from a pre-morphological to a proto-morphological stage in which grammatical oppositions and so-called "mini-paradigms" begin to develop. The point at which children start to discover the morphological structure of their language and the speed with which they develop inflectional distinctions of lexical items has been found to be dependent on the morphological richness of the input language on the paradigmatic as well as the syntagmatic axis of linguistic structure. The findings are interpreted within non-nativist theoretical frameworks (Natural Morphology, Usage-based theories).

Grammar, Comparative and general --Inflection. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --Noun. --- Language acquisition. --- Languages, Modern --Inflection. --- Languages, Modern --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Language acquisition --- Western European Languages - General --- Languages & Literatures --- Inflection --- Noun --- Inflection. --- Noun. --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Inflectional morphology --- Acquisition --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Nominals --- Morphology --- Kasus. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Numerus. --- Spracherwerb. --- Linguistics --- Morphology. --- Grammar --- Philology --- Case. --- Language Acquisition. --- Number.

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Although (almost) all sentences have subjects, not all sentences encode their subjects in the same way. Some languages overtly mark some subjects, but not others, depending on certain features of the subject argument or the sentence in which the subject figures. This phenomenon is known as Differential Subject Marking (DSM). Languages differ in which conditions govern DSM. Some languages differentiate their subjects on the basis of semantic features of the argument such as thematic role, volitionality, animacy, whereas others differentiate on the basis of clausal features such as tense/aspect and the main/dependent clause distinction. DSM comes in different formal guises: case marking, agreement, inverse systems, and voice alternations. Relatively much is known about cross-linguistic variation in the marking of subjects, yet little attempt has been made to formalize the facts. This volume aims to unify formal approaches to language and presents both specific case studies of DSM and theoretical approaches.

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase -- Congresses. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences -- Congresses. --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- Philology & Linguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Sentences --- Noun phrase --- Grammar, Comparative --- Linguistics. --- Comparative linguistics. --- Grammar. --- Semantics. --- Syntax. --- Theoretical Linguistics. --- Comparative Linguistics. --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Comparative philology --- Philology, Comparative --- Historical linguistics --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Syntax