P. H. Matthews

Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Beginning at the 'arts' end of the subject with the common origins of languages, and finishing at the 'science' end with the newest discoveries regarding language in the brain, this stimulating guide covers all the major aspects of linguistics from a refreshing and insightful angle.

Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction

Matthews P H

A history of linguistic theory in America, focusing on Chomsky and Bloomfield

From Bloomfield to Chomsky

Grammatical Theory in the United States

A critique of two fundamental assumptions: do phrases really form hierarchical 'trees' and have 'heads'?

A Critical Survey

Syntactic Relations

Professor and Head Department of Linguistics P H Matthews

R Huddleston

This book offers a thorough discussion of morphological theory and is based directly on an 'inflecting' or 'fusional' language - Latin.

P. H. Matthews

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