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When Arguments Merge

by Elise Newman

ISBN: 9780262549103

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 15, 2024

A novel theory of argument structure based on the order in which verbs and their arguments combine across a variety of languages and language families.

Principles of Argument Structure

A Merge-Based Approach

by Chris Collins

ISBN: 9780262548274

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 17, 2024

A new theory of argument structure, based on the syntactic operation Merge and presented through an in-depth analysis of properties of the English passive construction.

Endangered Languages

by Evangelia Adamou

ISBN: 9780262548700

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 6, 2024

A concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent challenges of our times.

A Brief History of the Verb To Be

A Brief History of the Verb To Be

by Andrea Moro

Translated by Bonnie McClellan-Broussard

ISBN: 9780262552059

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 21, 2024

A journey through linguistic time and space, from Aristotle through the twentieth century's “era of syntax,” in search of a dangerous verb and its significance.

Extraterrestrial Languages

by Daniel Oberhaus

ISBN: 9780262548649

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 7, 2024

If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand?

The Targeting System of Language

by Leonard Talmy

ISBN: 9780262551793

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 9, 2024

A proposal that a single linguistic/cognitive system, “targeting,” underlies two domains of reference, anaphora (speech-internal) and deixis (speech-external).

Language vs. Reality

Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists

by N. J. Enfield

ISBN: 9780262548465

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 5, 2024

A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention.