Research, teaching, service, and public outreach―all are aspects of being a tenured professor. But this list of responsibilities is missing a central component: actual scholarly learning―disciplinary knowledge that faculty teach, explore in research, and share with the academic community. How do professors pursue such learning when they must give their attention as well to administrative and other obligations?
Although the two volumes of Logic, Language, and Meaning can be used independently of one another, together they provide a comprehensive overview of modern logic as it is used as a tool in the analysis of natural language. Both volumes provide exercises and their solutions. Volume 1, Introduction to Logic, begins with a historical overview and then offers a thorough introduction to standard propositional and first-order predicate logic. It provides both a syntactic and a semantic approach to inference and validity, and discusses their relationship. Although language and meaning receive special attention, this introduction is also accessible to those with a more general interest in logic.
Grammar Space Kids is a three-level grammar series designed for low beginner students. With Grammar Space Kids, students learn basic grammar rules that will help them build a strong foundation of English grammar. The series’ easy and fun approach to English grammar helps students expand their understanding of grammar rules and also further develop their speaking and writing skills. An array of interesting writing exercises encourage students to use the grammar rules they have learned in meaningful contexts while gaining confidence in their abilities to write accurate sentences.
Grammar Space Kids is a three-level grammar series designed for low beginner students. With Grammar Space Kids, students learn basic grammar rules that will help them build a strong foundation of English grammar. The series’ easy and fun approach to English grammar helps students expand their understanding of grammar rules and also further develop their speaking and writing skills. An array of interesting writing exercises encourage students to use the grammar rules they have learned in meaningful contexts while gaining confidence in their abilities to write accurate sentences.
Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English syntax. Anthony Warner here offers a detailed account of both their synchronic and diachronic properties. He first argues that lexical properties are central to their grammar, which is relatively non-abstract. He then traces in detail the history of processes of grammaticalisation in their development and claims most notably that we can identify a group of auxiliaries in English from an early period on formal, not just semantic, grounds. This book meets the dual challenge of accounting for both the grammar and the history of the English auxiliary. It will be essential reading for all those interested in English syntax and its history.
