The Oxford Handbook of Word Classes

Grab attention with a clear, authoritative resource that redefines how we think about grammatical categories. The Oxford Handbook of Word Classes by Eva Van Lier is an indispensable, state-of-the-art reference for linguists, language teachers, and advanced students seeking a deep, research-driven exploration of word classes across languages.

This handbook maps traditional parts of speech alongside contemporary theoretical approaches, offering rigorous analyses of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adpositions, and emerging lexical categories. Contributors combine typological breadth with syntactic and morphological precision, making complex debates accessible without sacrificing scholarly depth. Chapters illuminate cross-linguistic patterns, historical shifts, and the interface between word class theory and practical applications in language teaching and natural language processing.

Ideal for university libraries, researchers in the UK, Europe, North America, and the global academic community, the book supports coursework, comparative studies, and applied linguistics projects. Clear summaries, robust bibliographies, and thoughtful comparisons across language families make it a go-to text for preparing lectures, designing curricula, or launching new research.

Whether you’re a doctoral candidate refining your dissertation, a professor updating course reading lists, or a computational linguist modeling lexical categories, this handbook delivers the conceptual tools and empirical evidence you need. Elevate your understanding of lexical categories with a comprehensive, contemporary guide from Oxford’s trusted academic imprint.

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