Language semantics and syntax are crucial components of linguistics that explore how meaning is constructed and how sentences are structured. Recent research in this field has focused on various ...

Dr. Han wrote her Ph.D. dissertation on a cross-linguistic investigation into the structure and interpretation of imperatives (2000, Garland Publishing, New York). Her main areas of research are ...

Benjamin Bruening, Ph.D., is a professor with the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics in 2001 from the Massachusetts ...

The syntactic behavior of sequences like easy to please and hard to read contrasts sharply with that of sequences like easy for us to please and hard to try to please. Only the former may occur ...