Languages of the World von Pereltsvaig, Asya

What do all human languages have in common and in what ways are they different? How can language be used to trace different peoples and their past? Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the new edition of this engaging textbook...

Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, this textbook introduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages around the world. von Pereltsvaig, Asya

This book provides a detailed study and a novel Minimalist account of copular sentences in Russian, focusing on case marking alternations (nominative vs. instrumental) and drawing a distinction between two types of copular sentences. On...