We break down what roles different types of words and phrases play within a sentence. There are many theories of syntax and different ways to represent grammatical structures, but one of the simplest ...

Syntactic researchers in the Department ask how syntactic patterns are shaped by and shape communicative practice, focusing on construction-based grammatical explanation, the origins of grammatical ...

Title: "Word Order and Object Marking in Copala Triqui: Lessons from Experimental Fieldwork" Abstract: Differential Object Marking is a cross-linguistic phenomenon in which certain kinds of objects (e ...

Rebecca Tollan, Ph.D., is an associate professor with the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in linguistics from the ...

Pakistan, July 12 -- Linguistics, the scientific study of language and its structure, plays a significant role in higher education by deepening students' understanding of language as a tool for ...