Studies in Language Companion Series

Editor

Elly van Gelderen | Arizona State University

Founding Editor

Werner Abraham | University of Vienna / University of Munich

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ISSN: 0165-7763

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Volumes

240	The Documentarist Turn: From observable linguistic behaviour to typological generalizations Edited by Sonja Riesberg, Uta Reinöhl and Birgit Hellwig Expected June 2026. xii, 906 pp. + index
239	A Linguistic Comparison of Chinese and English: Structural, functional, and typological perspectives Chao Li 2026. xv, 399 pp.
238	The Diachrony of Word Class Peripheries Edited by Tanja Ackermann and Christian Zimmer 2025. v, 252 pp.
237	Possibility and Necessity: Concepts and expressions of modality Edited by Jean Albrespit, Christelle Lacassain and Tracey Simpson 2025. vi, 370 pp.
236	The Progressive Revisited: Historical and Quantitative Studies in Germanic and Romance Languages Edited by Alessandro Carlucci and Jerzy Nykiel 2025. xi, 356 pp.
235	Predication in African Languages Edited by James Essegbey and Enoch O. Aboh 2024. xi, 344 pp.
234	Free Variation in Grammar: Empirical and theoretical approaches Edited by Kristin Kopf and Thilo Weber 2023. vi, 352 pp.
233	Granularity in the Verbalization of Events and Objects: A cross-linguistic study Katerina Stathi 2023. xviii, 536 pp.
232	Different Slants on Grammaticalization Edited by Sylvie Hancil and Vittorio Tantucci 2023. vi, 284 pp.
231	Micro- and Macro-variation of Causal Clauses: Synchronic and Diachronic Insights Edited by Łukasz Jędrzejowski and Constanze Fleczoreck 2023. vii, 353 pp.
230	Reconnecting Form and Meaning: In honour of Kristin Davidse Edited by Caroline Gentens, Lobke Ghesquière, William B. McGregor and An Van linden 2023. vii, 305 pp.
229	Serbian Clitics Jasmina Milićević 2023. xxiii, 166 pp.
228	Reference: From conventions to pragmatics Edited by Laure Gardelle, Laurence Vincent-Durroux and Hélène Vinckel-Roisin 2023. vi, 349 pp.
227	Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective Edited by Alessandra Barotto and Simone Mattiola 2023. vi, 439 pp.
226	On Spoken French: An Ashby Reader William J. Ashby 2023. xiv, 534 pp.
225	Paradigms in Word Formation: Theory and applications Edited by Alba E. Ruz, Cristina Fernández-Alcaina and Cristina Lara-Clares 2022. vii, 382 pp.
224	Particles in German, English, and Beyond Edited by Remus Gergel, Ingo Reich and Augustin Speyer 2022. vi, 382 pp.
223	Extravagant Morphology: Studies in rule-bending, pattern-extending and theory-challenging morphology Edited by Matthias Eitelmann and Dagmar Haumann 2022. v, 258 pp.
222	Pejorative Suffixes and Combining Forms in English José A. Sánchez Fajardo 2022. xvi, 229 pp.
221	English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective: Current issues Edited by Lotte Sommerer and Evelien Keizer 2022. vii, 433 pp.
220	Building Categories in Interaction: Linguistic resources at work Edited by Caterina Mauri, Ilaria Fiorentini and Eugenio Goria 2021. vi, 467 pp.
219	Studies at the Grammar-Discourse Interface: Discourse markers and discourse-related grammatical phenomena Edited by Alexander Haselow and Sylvie Hancil 2021. vi, 354 pp.
218	Lost in Change: Causes and processes in the loss of grammatical elements and constructions Edited by Svenja Kranich and Tine Breban 2021. vi, 366 pp.
217	The Perfect Volume: Papers on the perfect Edited by Kristin Melum Eide and Marc Fryd 2021. vii, 485 pp.
216	Re-Assessing Modalising Expressions: Categories, co-text, and context Edited by Pascal Hohaus and Rainer Schulze 2020. vi, 344 pp.
215	Morphological Complexity within and across Boundaries: In honour of Aslı Göksel Edited by Aslı Gürer, Dilek Uygun-Gökmen and Balkız Öztürk 2020. vi, 421 pp.
214	Late Modern English: Novel encounters Edited by Merja Kytö and Erik Smitterberg 2020. vii, 359 pp.
213	Information-Structural Perspectives on Discourse Particles Edited by Pierre-Yves Modicom and Olivier Duplâtre 2020. vi, 304 pp.
212	Chapters of Dependency Grammar: A historical survey from Antiquity to Tesnière Edited by András Imrényi and Nicolas Mazziotta 2020. v, 281 pp.
211	Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vietnamese Linguistics Edited by Nigel Duffield, Trang Phan and Tue Trinh 2019. vii, 304 pp.
210	Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax Edited by Ruth A. Berman 2020. xviii, 682 pp.
209	Normativity in Language and Linguistics Edited by Aleksi Mäkilähde, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen 2019. vii, 272 pp.
208	Agreement in Language Contact: Gender development in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Florian Dolberg 2019. xxi, 351 pp.
207	Morphological Variation: Theoretical and empirical perspectives Edited by Antje Dammel and Oliver Schallert 2019. v, 345 pp.
206	Possession in Languages of Europe and North and Central Asia Edited by Lars Johanson, Lidia Federica Mazzitelli and Irina Nevskaya 2019. vi, 405 pp.
205	Recent Developments in Functional Discourse Grammar Edited by Evelien Keizer and Hella Olbertz 2018. ix, 283 pp.
204	Substance-based Grammar – The (Ongoing) Work of John Anderson Edited by Roger Böhm and Harry van der Hulst 2018. vii, 443 pp.
203	Reorganising Grammatical Variation: Diachronic studies in the retention, redistribution and refunctionalisation of linguistic variants Edited by Antje Dammel, Matthias Eitelmann and Mirjam Schmuck 2018. v, 302 pp.
202	New Trends in Grammaticalization and Language Change Edited by Sylvie Hancil, Tine Breban and José Vicente Lozano 2018. vi, 433 pp.
201	Focus Realization in Romance and Beyond Edited by Marco García García and Melanie Uth 2018. viii, 391 pp.
200	Non-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects: The Reykjavík-Eyjafjallajökull papers Edited by Jóhanna Barðdal, Na'ama Pat-El and Stephen Mark Carey 2018. vi, 280 pp.
199	Information Structure in Lesser-described Languages: Studies in prosody and syntax Edited by Evangelia Adamou, Katharina Haude and Martine Vanhove 2018. vi, 450 pp.
198	Explorations in English Historical Syntax Edited by Hubert Cuyckens, Hendrik De Smet, Liesbet Heyvaert and Charlotte Maekelberghe 2018. viii, 312 pp.
197	Tense, Aspect, Modality, and Evidentiality: Crosslinguistic perspectives Edited by Dalila Ayoun, Agnès Celle and Laure Lansari 2018. viii, 366 pp.
196	Essays on Linguistic Realism Edited by Christina Behme and Martin Neef 2018. xiii, 300 pp.
195	Changing Structures: Studies in constructions and complementation Edited by Mark Kaunisto, Mikko Höglund and Paul Rickman 2018. vii, 236 pp.
194	Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldwork Edited by Hannah Sarvasy and Diana Forker 2018. vi, 177 pp.
193	Germanic Genitives Edited by Tanja Ackermann, Horst J. Simon and Christian Zimmer 2018. vi, 327 pp.
192	Functionalist and Usage-based Approaches to the Study of Language: In honor of Joan L. Bybee Edited by K. Aaron Smith and Dawn Nordquist 2018. xxvi, 250 pp.
191	Cross-linguistic Correspondences: From lexis to genre Edited by Thomas Egan and Hildegunn Dirdal 2017. vii, 298 pp.
190	Pragmatic Approaches to Latin and Ancient Greek Edited by Camille Denizot and Olga Spevak 2017. xvi, 309 pp.
189	Exploring Intensification: Synchronic, diachronic and cross-linguistic perspectives Edited by Maria Napoli and Miriam Ravetto 2017. vii, 394 pp.
188	Space in Diachrony Edited by Silvia Luraghi, Tatiana Nikitina and Chiara Zanchi 2017. xvii, 373 pp.
187	Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Context: Eight hundred years of LIKE Alexandra D'Arcy 2017. xx, 235 pp.
186	Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal Particles: New perspectives Edited by Chiara Fedriani and Andrea Sansó 2017. ix, 492 pp.
185	Language Contact and Change in Mesoamerica and Beyond Edited by Karen Dakin, Claudia Parodi and Natalie Operstein 2017. xv, 433 pp.
184	Imperatives and Directive Strategies Edited by Daniël Van Olmen and Simone Heinold 2017. vi, 324 pp.
183	Negation and Contact: With special focus on Singapore English Edited by Debra Ziegeler and Zhiming Bao 2017. vii, 208 pp.
182	Lexical Polycategoriality: Cross-linguistic, cross-theoretical and language acquisition approaches Edited by Valentina Vapnarsky and Edy Veneziano 2017. xiii, 479 pp.
181	Conversational structures of Alto Perené (Arawak) of Peru Elena Mihas 2017. xxi, 343 pp.
180	Argument Realisation in Complex Predicates and Complex Events: Verb-verb constructions at the syntax-semantic interface Edited by Brian Nolan and Elke Diedrichsen 2017. vi, 456 pp.
179	Passive Constructions in Lithuanian: Selected works of Emma Geniušienė Edited by Anna Kibort and Nijolė Maskaliūnienė 2016. xx, 313 pp.
178	Outside the Clause: Form and function of extra-clausal constituents Edited by Gunther Kaltenböck, Evelien Keizer and Arne Lohmann 2016. vi, 450 pp.
177	New Approaches to English Linguistics: Building bridges Edited by Olga Timofeeva, Anne-Christine Gardner, Alpo Honkapohja and Sarah Chevalier 2016. vi, 326 pp.
176	Sequential Voicing in Japanese: Papers from the NINJAL Rendaku Project Edited by Timothy J. Vance and Mark Irwin 2016. ix, 279 pp.
175	Exploring the Turkish Linguistic Landscape: Essays in honor of Eser Erguvanlı-Taylan Edited by Mine Güven, Didar Akar, Balkız Öztürk and Meltem Kelepir 2016. xviii, 202 pp.
174	Embodiment in Latin Semantics Edited by William Michael Short 2016. v, 271 pp.
173	Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in honor of Marianne Mithun Edited by Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Diane M. Hintz and Carmen Dagostino 2016. viii, 416 pp.
172	Aspectuality and Temporality: Descriptive and theoretical issues Edited by Zlatka Guentchéva 2016. xi, 740 pp.
171	The Pragmatics of Personal Pronouns Edited by Laure Gardelle and Sandrine Sorlin 2015. vi, 337 pp.
170	Adverbs: Functional and diachronic aspects Edited by Karin Pittner, Daniela Elsner and Fabian Barteld 2015. v, 275 pp.
169	Perspectives on Historical Syntax Edited by Carlotta Viti 2015. vi, 346 pp.
168	Semantics: From meaning to text. Volume 3 Igor Mel’čuk 2015. xx, 546 pp.
167	Causation, Permission, and Transfer: Argument realisation in GET, TAKE, PUT, GIVE and LET verbs Edited by Brian Nolan, Gudrun Rawoens and Elke Diedrichsen 2015. vi, 499 pp.
166	New Directions in Grammaticalization Research Edited by Andrew D.M. Smith, Graeme Trousdale and Richard Waltereit 2015. xv, 302 pp.
165	Certainty-uncertainty – and the Attitudinal Space in Between Edited by Sibilla Cantarini, Werner Abraham and Elisabeth Leiss 2014. x, 365 pp.
164	On Diversity and Complexity of Languages Spoken in Europe and North and Central Asia Edited by Pirkko Suihkonen and Lindsay J. Whaley 2014. xviii, 437 pp.
163	Word Formation in South American Languages Edited by Swintha Danielsen, Katja Hannss and Fernando Zúñiga 2014. v, 228 pp.
162	Grammaticalization – Theory and Data Edited by Sylvie Hancil and Ekkehard König 2014. viii, 293 pp.
161	Paradigm Change: In the Transeurasian languages and beyond Edited by Martine Robbeets and Walter Bisang 2014. xix, 345 pp.
160	The Diachrony of Negation Edited by Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Jacqueline Visconti 2014. v, 258 pp.
159	Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English Edited by Simone E. Pfenninger, Olga Timofeeva, Anne-Christine Gardner, Alpo Honkapohja, Marianne Hundt and Daniel Schreier 2014. vi, 326 pp.
158	Noun Valency Edited by Olga Spevak 2014. xvi, 213 pp.
157	Exploring Functional-Cognitive Space Christopher S. Butler and Francisco Gonzálvez-García 2014. xviii, 579 pp.
156	Usage-based Approaches to Japanese Grammar: Towards the understanding of human language Edited by Kaori Kabata and Tsuyoshi Ono 2014. ix, 308 pp.
155	Auxiliary Selection in Spanish: Gradience, gradualness, and conservation Malte Rosemeyer 2014. xix, 313 pp.
154	The Sociolinguistics of Grammar Edited by Tor A. Åfarli and Brit Mæhlum 2014. v, 260 pp.
153	The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation Edited by András Kertész and Csilla Rákosi 2014. vi, 320 pp.
152	Events, Arguments, and Aspects: Topics in the Semantics of Verbs Edited by Klaus Robering 2014. viii, 373 pp.
151	Number – Constructions and Semantics: Case studies from Africa, Amazonia, India and Oceania Edited by Anne Storch and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal 2014. xv, 366 pp.
150	Language Processing and Grammars: The role of functionally oriented computational models Edited by Brian Nolan and Carlos Periñán-Pascual 2014. vi, 396 pp.
149	Modes of Modality: Modality, typology, and universal grammar Edited by Elisabeth Leiss and Werner Abraham 2014. vi, 511 pp.
148	Meaning in the History of English: Words and texts in context Edited by Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho 2013. vii, 348 pp.
147	Language Description Informed by Theory Edited by Rob Pensalfini, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin 2014. xii, 391 pp.
146	Current Studies in Slavic Linguistics Edited by Irina Kor Chahine 2013. xi, 331 pp.
145	Linking Constructions into Functional Linguistics: The role of constructions in grammar Edited by Brian Nolan and Elke Diedrichsen 2013. xix, 335 pp.
144	New Perspectives on the Origins of Language Edited by Claire Lefebvre, Bernard Comrie and Henri Cohen 2013. xvi, 582 pp.
143	Meta-informative Centering in Utterances: Between Semantics and Pragmatics Edited by André Włodarczyk and Hélène Włodarczyk 2013. xvii, 306 pp.
142	Responses to Language Endangerment: In honor of Mickey Noonan. New directions in language documentation and language revitalization Edited by Elena Mihas, Bernard Perley, Gabriel Rei-Doval and Kathleen Wheatley 2013. xv, 273 pp.
141	New Perspectives on Bare Noun Phrases in Romance and Beyond Edited by Johannes Kabatek and Albert Wall 2013. v, 334 pp.
140	The Diachronic Typology of Non-Canonical Subjects Edited by Ilja A. Seržant and Leonid Kulikov 2013. xxv, 364 pp.
139	A Syntax of the Nivkh Language: The Amur dialect Vladimir P. Nedjalkov and Galina A. Otaina 2013. xxx, 396 pp.
138	Comparative Studies in Early Germanic Languages: With a focus on verbal categories Edited by Gabriele Diewald, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka and Ilse Wischer 2013. vi, 318 pp.
137	Casebook in Functional Discourse Grammar Edited by J. Lachlan Mackenzie and Hella Olbertz 2013. ix, 313 pp.
136	Deixis and Pronouns in Romance Languages Edited by Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Jan Lindschouw 2013. vi, 289 pp.
135	Semantics: From meaning to text. Volume 2 Igor Mel’čuk 2013. xvi, 400 pp.
134	Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Verbs Edited by Folke Josephson and Ingmar Söhrman 2013. viii, 443 pp.
133	Synchrony and Diachrony: A dynamic interface Edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat, Caterina Mauri and Piera Molinelli 2013. xi, 450 pp.
132	Shared Grammaticalization: With special focus on the Transeurasian languages Edited by Martine Robbeets and Hubert Cuyckens 2013. xv, 360 pp.
131	Argument Structure in Flux: The Naples-Capri Papers Edited by Elly van Gelderen, Jóhanna Barðdal and Michela Cennamo 2013. viii, 578 pp.
130	Grammaticalization and Language Change: New reflections Edited by Kristin Davidse, Tine Breban, Lieselotte Brems and Tanja Mortelmans 2012. viii, 342 pp.
129	Semantics: From meaning to text. Volume 1 Igor Mel’čuk 2012. xxi, 436 pp.
128	The Dialect Laboratory: Dialects as a testing ground for theories of language change Edited by Gunther De Vogelaer and Guido Seiler 2012. vi, 297 pp.
127	Reflexive Marking in the History of French Richard Waltereit 2012. x, 224 pp.
126	Argument Structure and Grammatical Relations: A crosslinguistic typology Edited by Pirkko Suihkonen, Bernard Comrie and Valery Solovyev 2012. xv, 406 pp.
125	Loanwords in Japanese Mark Irwin 2011. xix, 276 pp.
124	Impersonal Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective Edited by Andrej L. Malchukov and Anna Siewierska 2011. ix, 641 pp.
123	Studies on German-Language Islands Edited by Michael T. Putnam 2011. xii, 477 pp.
122	The Chain of Being and Having in Slavic Steven J. Clancy 2010. xvii, 297 pp.
121	Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and pragmatics Edited by Isabelle Bril 2010. viii, 632 pp.
120	Mood in the Languages of Europe Edited by Björn Rothstein and Rolf Thieroff 2010. xvi, 647 pp.
119	Grammaticalization: Current views and issues Edited by Katerina Stathi, Elke Gehweiler and Ekkehard König 2010. vii, 379 pp.
118	Heterogeneity in Word-Formation Patterns: A corpus-based analysis of suffixation with -ee and its productivity in English Susanne Mühleisen 2010. xiii, 245 pp.
117	Constituent Order in Classical Latin Prose Olga Spevak 2010. xv, 318 pp.
116	Modality and Subordinators Jackie Nordström 2010. xvii, 341 pp.
115	New Approaches to Slavic Verbs of Motion Edited by Victoria Hasko and Renee Perelmutter 2010. x, 392 pp.
114	Aspect and the Categorization of States: The case of ser and estar in Spanish David Brian Roby 2009. xiii, 191 pp.
113	Introducing Maltese Linguistics: Selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Maltese Linguistics, Bremen, 18–20 October, 2007 Edited by Bernard Comrie, Ray Fabri, Elizabeth Hume, Manwel Mifsud, Thomas Stolz and Martine Vanhove 2009. xi, 422 pp.
112	Focus and Background in Romance Languages Edited by Andreas Dufter and Daniel Jacob 2009. vii, 362 pp.
111	Dependency in Linguistic Description Edited by Alain Polguère and Igor Mel’čuk 2009. xxii, 281 pp.
110	Coding Participant Marking: Construction types in twelve African languages Edited by Gerrit J. Dimmendaal 2009. xvi, 389 pp.
109	Modality in Japanese: The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories Heiko Narrog 2009. xxii, 277 pp.
108	The Role of Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Factors in the Development of Case Edited by Jóhanna Barðdal and Shobhana L. Chelliah 2009. xx, 432 pp.
107	Deconstructing Constructions Edited by Christopher S. Butler and Javier Martín Arista 2009. xx, 306 pp.
106	From Polysemy to Semantic Change: Towards a typology of lexical semantic associations Edited by Martine Vanhove 2008. xiii, 404 pp.
105	Investigations of the Syntax–Semantics–Pragmatics Interface Edited by Robert D. Van Valin Jr. 2008. xxiv, 484 pp.
104	Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages Edited by Ilana Mushin and Brett Baker 2008. x, 239 pp.
103	Interdependence of Diachronic and Synchronic Analyses Edited by Folke Josephson and Ingmar Söhrman 2008. viii, 350 pp.
102	Cross-Linguistic Semantics Edited by Cliff Goddard 2008. xvi, 356 pp.
101	Split Possession: An areal-linguistic study of the alienability correlation and related phenomena in the languages of Europe Thomas Stolz, Sonja Kettler, Cornelia Stroh and Aina Urdze 2008. x, 546 pp.
100	Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages Edited by Felix K. Ameka and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu 2008. ix, 335 pp.
99	Essays on Nominal Determination: From morphology to discourse management Edited by Henrik Høeg Müller and Alex Klinge 2008. xviii, 369 pp.
98	'Subordination' versus 'Coordination' in Sentence and Text: A cross-linguistic perspective Edited by Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen and Wiebke Ramm 2008. vi, 359 pp.
97	New-Dialect Formation in Canada: Evidence from the English modal auxiliaries Stefan Dollinger 2008. xxii, 355 pp.
96	Aspect in Burmese: Meaning and function Nicoletta Romeo 2008. xv, 289 pp.
95	Motion, Transfer and Transformation: The grammar of change in Lowland Chontal Loretta O’Connor 2007. xiv, 251 pp.
94	Language Complexity: Typology, contact, change Edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki and Fred Karlsson 2008. xiv, 356 pp.
93	Mental States: Volume 2: Language and cognitive structure Edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos 2007. x, 362 pp.
92-93	Mental States: Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature; Volume 2: Language and cognitive structure (set) Edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos 2007. xii, 304 pp. & x, 362 pp.
92	Mental States: Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature Edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos 2007. xii, 304 pp.
91	Talking about Motion: A crosslinguistic investigation of lexicalization patterns Luna Filipović 2007. x, 182 pp.
90	From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics Edited by Pieter Muysken 2008. vii, 293 pp.
89	Nominal Determination: Typology, context constraints, and historical emergence Edited by Elisabeth Stark, Elisabeth Leiss and Werner Abraham 2007. viii, 370 pp.
88	Europe and the Mediterranean as Linguistic Areas: Convergencies from a historical and typological perspective Edited by Paolo Ramat and Elisa Roma 2007. xxvi, 364 pp.
87	Experiential Constructions in Yucatec Maya: A typologically based analysis of a functional domain in a Mayan language Elisabeth Verhoeven 2007. xiv, 380 pp.
86	Anaphors in Text: Cognitive, formal and applied approaches to anaphoric reference Edited by Monika Schwarz-Friesel, Manfred Consten and Mareile Knees 2007. xvi, 282 pp.
85	Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing Edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing and Julia Lavid-López 2007. xxx, 481 pp.
84	Selected Lexical and Grammatical Issues in the Meaning–Text Theory: In honour of Igor Mel'čuk Edited by Leo Wanner 2007. xviii, 377 pp.
83	Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar: In honour of Lachlan Mackenzie Edited by Mike Hannay and Gerard J. Steen 2007. vi, 393 pp.
82	Interfaces with English Aspect: Diachronic and empirical studies Debra Ziegeler 2006. xvi, 325 pp.
81	Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar: Empirical evidence from the Romance languages Edited by Bert Peeters 2006. xvi, 374 pp.
80	Drawing the Boundaries of Meaning: Neo-Gricean studies in pragmatics and semantics in honor of Laurence R. Horn Edited by Betty J. Birner and Gregory Ward 2006. xii, 350 pp.
79	Three-Participant Constructions in English: A functional-cognitive approach to caused relations An Laffut 2006. ix, 268 pp.
78	Agency and Impersonality: Their Linguistic and Cultural Manifestations Mutsumi Yamamoto 2006. x, 152 pp.
77	Case, Valency and Transitivity Edited by Leonid Kulikov, Andrej L. Malchukov and Peter de Swart 2006. xx, 503 pp.
76	Types of Variation: Diachronic, dialectal and typological interfaces Edited by Terttu Nevalainen, Juhani Klemola and Mikko Laitinen 2006. viii, 378 pp.
75	Datives and Other Cases: Between argument structure and event structure Edited by Daniel Hole, André Meinunger and Werner Abraham 2006. viii, 385 pp.
74	Epistemic Modality: Functional properties and the Italian system Paola Pietrandrea 2005. xii, 232 pp.
73	Aspect in Mandarin Chinese: A corpus-based study Richard Xiao † and Tony McEnery 2004. x, 305 pp.
72	Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Adam Hodges and David S. Rood 2005. xii, 432 pp.
71	The Growth and Maintenance of Linguistic Complexity Östen Dahl 2004. x, 333 pp.
70	Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages Claire Lefebvre 2004. xvi, 358 pp.
69	Gender, Language and Culture: A study of Japanese television interview discourse Lidia Tanaka 2004. xvii, 229 pp.
68	Discourse Across Languages and Cultures Edited by Carol Lynn Moder and Aida Martinovic-Zic 2004. vi, 366 pp.
67	On the Meaning of Prepositions and Cases: The expression of semantic roles in Ancient Greek Silvia Luraghi 2003. xii, 366 pp.
66	Ellipsis and Reference Tracking in Japanese Shigeko Nariyama 2003. xvi, 400 pp.
65	Intonation Units in Japanese Conversation: Syntactic, informational and functional structures Kazuko Matsumoto 2003. xviii, 212 pp.
63-64	Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: 2 Volumes (set) Christopher S. Butler 2003. xx, 573 pp. & xiv, 579 pp.
64	Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: Part 2: From clause to discourse and beyond Christopher S. Butler 2003. xiv, 579 pp.
63	Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: Part 1: Approaches to the simplex clause Christopher S. Butler 2003. xx, 573 pp.
62	Linguistic Borrowing in Bilingual Contexts Fredric Field 2002. xviii, 252 pp.
60-61	Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings. 2 Volumes (set) Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka 2002. xvi, 337 pp. & xvi, 337 pp.
61	Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings. Volume 2 Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka 2002. xvi, 334 pp.
60	Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings. Volume 1 Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka 2002. xvi, 337 pp.
59	The Establishment of Modern Chinese Grammar: The formation of the resultative construction and its effects Yuzhi Shi 2002. xiv, 262 pp.
58	Lexical Template Morphology: Change of state and the verbal prefixes in German B. Roger Maylor 2002. x, 273 pp.
57	Communicative Organization in Natural Language: The semantic-communicative structure of sentences Igor Mel’čuk 2001. xii, 393 pp.
56	Grammatical Relations in Change Edited by Jan Terje Faarlund 2001. viii, 326 pp.
54-55	Circum-Baltic Languages: 2 Volumes (set) Edited by Östen Dahl and Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm 2001. xx, 382 pp. & xx, 423 pp.
55	Circum-Baltic Languages: Volume 2: Grammar and Typology Edited by Östen Dahl and Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm 2001. xx, 423 pp.
54	Circum-Baltic Languages: Volume 1: Past and Present Edited by Östen Dahl and Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm 2001. xx, 382 pp.
53	Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English Edited by Olga Fischer, Anette Rosenbach and Dieter Stein 2000. x, 391 pp.
52	Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact: A study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions Rena Torres Cacoullos 2000. xvi, 252 pp.
51	Hypothetical Modality: Grammaticalisation in an L2 dialect Debra Ziegeler 2000. xx, 287 pp.
50	Tense-Aspect, Transitivity and Causativity: Essays in honour of Vladimir Nedjalkov Edited by Werner Abraham and Leonid Kulikov 1999. xxxiv, 359 pp.
49	The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood D.N.S. Bhat 1999. xii, 198 pp.
48	Middle Voice in Modern Greek: Meaning and function of an inflectional category Linda Joyce Manney 2000. xiii, 276 pp.
47	Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English Edited by Laurel J. Brinton and Minoji Akimoto 1999. xiv, 283 pp.
46	Animacy and Reference: A cognitive approach to corpus linguistics Mutsumi Yamamoto 1999. xviii, 278 pp.
45	The Clause in English: In honour of Rodney Huddleston Edited by Peter Collins and David Lee 1999. xxii, 327 pp.
44	Functional Grammar and Verbal Interaction Edited by Mike Hannay and A. Machtelt Bolkestein 1998. xii, 308 pp.
43	The Structure of the Lexicon in Functional Grammar Edited by Hella Olbertz, Kees Hengeveld and Jesús Sánchez García 1998. xii, 312 pp.
41-42	Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: 2 Volumes (set) Edited by Michael Darnell, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley 1999. vi, 486 pp. & vi, 407 pp.
42	Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: Volume II: Case studies Edited by Michael Darnell, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley 1999. vi, 407 pp.
41	Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: Volume I: General papers Edited by Michael Darnell, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley 1999. vi, 514 pp.
40	Information Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English Betty J. Birner and Gregory Ward 1998. xiv, 314 pp.
39	Recent Trends in Meaning–Text Theory Edited by Leo Wanner 1997. xx, 202 pp.
38	Coding the Hypothetical: A comparative typology of Russian and Macedonian conditionals Jane F. Hacking 1998. vi, 156 pp.
37	Nominal Classification in Aboriginal Australia Edited by Mark Harvey and Nicholas Reid 1997. x, 296 pp.
36	Directions in Functional Linguistics Edited by Akio Kamio 1997. xiii, 259 pp.
35	Noun-Modifying Constructions in Japanese: A frame semantic approach Yoshiko Matsumoto 1997. x, 211 pp.
34	The Semantics of Aspect and Modality: Evidence from English and Biblical Hebrew Galia Hatav 1997. x, 224 pp.
33	The Grammar of Possession: Inalienability, incorporation and possessor ascension in Guaraní Maura Velázquez-Castillo 1996. xvi, 274 pp.
32	Grammaticalization of the Complex Sentence: A case study in Chadic Zygmunt Frajzyngier 1996. xviii, 501 pp.
31	Lexical Functions in Lexicography and Natural Language Processing Edited by Leo Wanner 1996. xx, 355 pp.
30	The Categories of Grammar: French lui and le Alan Huffman 1997. xiv, 379 pp.
29	Content, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar Edited by Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen 1996. xvi, 510 pp.
28	Linguistic Studies on Latin: Selected papers from the 6th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics (Budapest, 23–27 March 1991) Edited by József Herman 1994. ix, 421 pp.
27	Discourse, Grammar and Typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar Edited by Werner Abraham, T. Givón and Sandra A. Thompson 1995. xx, 352 pp.
26	The Reality of Linguistic Rules Susan D. Lima, Roberta Corrigan and Gregory Iverson 1994. xxiii, 480 pp.
25	Semantic and Lexical Universals: Theory and empirical findings Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka 1994. viii, 510 pp.
24	The Adjectival Category: Criteria for differentiation and identification D.N.S. Bhat 1994. xiii, 295 pp.
23	Causatives and Transitivity Edited by Bernard Comrie and Maria Polinsky 1993. x, 399 pp.
22	A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi William B. McGregor 1990. xx, 618 pp.
21	New Studies in Latin Linguistics: Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Cambridge, April 1987 Edited by Robert Coleman 1990. x, 480 pp.
20	Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia Edited by John W.M. Verhaar, S.J. 1990. xiv, 409 pp.
19	Austronesian Root Theory: An essay on the limits of morphology Robert Blust 1988. xi, 190 pp.
18	The Semantics of Grammar Anna Wierzbicka 1988. x, 617 pp.
17	Subordination and Other Topics in Latin: Proceedings of the Third Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Bologna, 1–5 April 1985 Edited by Gualtiero Calboli 1989. xxix, 691 pp.
16	Text and Discourse Connectedness: Proceedings of the Conference on Connexity and Coherence, Urbino, July 16–21, 1984 Edited by Maria-Elisabeth Conte, János Sánder Petöfi and Emel Sözer 1989. xxiv, 584 pp.
15	The Semantics of Form in Arabic: In the mirror of European languages David Justice 1987. iv, 417 pp.
14	Lexicographic Description of English Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson and Robert F. Ilson 1986. xiii, 288 pp.
13	Structures and their Functions in Usan Ger P. Reesink 1987. xviii, 369 pp.
12	Latin Linguistics and Linguistic Theory: Proceedings of the 1st International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Amsterdam, April 1981 Edited by Harm Pinkster 1983. xviii, 307 pp.
11	The Communicative Perspective in the Sentence: A study of Latin word order Dirk G.J. Panhuis 1982. viii, 178 pp.
10	Leitmotifs in Natural Morphology Wolfgang U. Dressler, Willi Mayerthaler, Oswald Panagl and Wolfgang Ullrich Wurzel 1987. ix, 168 pp.
9	The Semantics of Coordination Ewald Lang 1984. 300 pp.
8	Argumentation: Approaches to theory formation. Containing the contributions to the Groningen Conference on the Theory of Argumentation, October 1978 Edited by E.M. Barth and J.L. Martens 1982. xviii, 333 pp.
7	Possibilities and Limitations of Pragmatics: Proceedings of the Conference on Pragmatics, Urbino, July 8–14, 1979 Edited by Herman Parret, Marina Sbisà and Jef Verschueren 1981. x, 854 pp.
6	Issues in Vowel Harmony: Proceedings of the CUNY Linguistics Conference on Vowel Harmony, May 14, 1977 Edited by Robert M. Vago 1980. xx, 340 pp.
5	Hua: A Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea John Haiman † 1980. lvii, 550 pp.
4	Anatomy of the Verb: The Gothic Verb as a Model for a Unified Theory of Aspect, Actional Types, and Verbal Velocity. (Part I: Theory; Part II: Application) Albert L. Lloyd 1979. x, 351 pp.
3	From Particular to General Linguistics: Selected Essays 1965–1978. With an introduction by the author, an index rerum and an index nominum Yakov Malkiel 1983. xxii, 659 pp.
2	Be and Equational Sentences in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Mohamed Sami Anwar 1979. vi, 128 pp.
1	Valence, Semantic Case, and Grammatical Relations: Workshop studies prepared for the 12th International Congress of Linguists, Vienna, August 29th to September 3rd, 1977 Edited by Werner Abraham 1978. xiv, 729 pp.

Editorial info

Editor

Elly van Gelderen | Arizona State University

Founding Editor

Werner Abraham | University of Vienna / University of Munich

Editorial Board

Alexandra D'Arcy | University of Victoria

Tine Breban | The University of Manchester

William A. Croft | University of New Mexico

Östen Dahl | University of Stockholm

Gerrit J. Dimmendaal | University of Cologne

Marianne Hundt | University of Zurich

Ekkehard König | Free University of Berlin

Christian Lehmann | University of Erfurt

Elisabeth Leiss | University of Munich

Marianne Mithun | University of California, Santa Barbara

Heiko Narrog | Tohuku University

Johanna L. Wood | University of Aarhus

Debra Ziegeler | University of Paris III

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        Abraham (eds), 285-308. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

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