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• Author(s): Susumu Kuno • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: JapaneseConventional grammars tell us when we can use given grammatical patterns. However, they almost invariably fail to tell us when we cannot use them. Man...

• Author(s): Ann K. Farmer • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis book clarifies some of the central issues in Japanese syntax, pointing the way to solving several long-standing problems. It prese...

• Author(s): Gita Martohardjono • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SyntaxExplorations of language development in different types of learner populations and across various languages. This volume examines l...

• Author(s): Anne Cutler • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Psycholinguistics - GeneralAn argument that the way we listen to speech is shaped by our experience with our native language.Understanding speec...

• Author(s): Andrea Moro • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralAn investigation into the possibility of impossible languages, searching for the indelible "fingerprint" of human language. Can there be ...

• Author(s): Morten H. Christiansen | Nick Chater | Peter W. Culicover • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Psycholinguistics - GeneralA work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisiti...

• Author(s): Evangelia Adamou • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralA concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. 58% of the...

• Author(s): Kim B. Bruce • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Programming - Object OrientedA presentation of the formal underpinnings of object-oriented programming languages.In recent years, object-oriented programming...

• Author(s): Vsevolod Kapatsinski • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralA book that uses domain-general learning theory to explain recurrent trajectories of language change.In this book, Vsevolod Kapa...

• Author(s): N. J. Enfield • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsWhat is it about humans that makes language possible, and what is it about language that makes us human? If you are reading th...