(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Oct-2025, Other book format, Kirjastus: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262384674)
An argument to replace Chomskys set-theoretic view of syntax with one based on mereological objects, written by the former President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain-- Provided by publisher. An argument for replacing Chom...Loe edasi...
Sari: Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009179386)
Bringing together a globally representative team of scholars, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in comparative syntax, the study of universal and variable properties of grammatical structures in natural languages. It...Loe edasi...
Based on a substantial amount of new data taken from Faroese and Icelandic, this pioneering book presents a new theory of grammar, which explains a wide variety of sentence types across languages. It is essential reading for researchers and advanced...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Aug-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262552523)
A mathematical explication of Chomskys Merge theory of syntax-- A mathematical formalization of Chomsky’s theory of Merge in generative linguistics.The Minimalist Program advanced by Noam Chomsky thirty years ago, focusing o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111321769)
Both word-formation (WF) and the coinage of multi-word expressions (MWE) can be characterised in terms of creativity and routine. Routine in word-formation and multi-word expressions is traditionally described in terms of morphological, lexical, s...Loe edasi...
A thorough exposition of hierarchy and locality, covering all the main components of contemporary syntactic theory. Examples are chosen to be easily understood, end-of-chapter exercises embed and extend knowledge, and a full glossary provides clear d...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009291668)
A logical and clear exposition of hierarchy and locality by a leading figure in the field, Continuing Syntax takes students from an introductory level of syntactic theory to an understanding of cutting-edge research in the field. A comprehensive rang...Loe edasi...
Clefts are intricate objects which, starting with Jespersen (1937), have motivated much work in descriptive and formal linguistics. Nonetheless, almost a century later their exact internal structure and status are still widely debated, therefore a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Jun-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198947783)
This book offers a critical review of the foundations, logic, and methodologies of contemporary derivational syntactic theory. It explores the theoretical and empirical consequences of derivational approaches to syntax, and offers explicit alternativ...Loe edasi...
Proposing a new approach to the study of language, this book argues for the need to consider syntax in context and to engage with a wider variety of perspectives that better reflect the modern world and the changes to our language prompted by incr...Loe edasi...
This monograph is a study on the feature inheritance hypothesis (Chomsky 2008). Following previous collaborative work with Chao-Ting Tim Chou, Gerardo Fernández-Salgueiro explores in detail the hypothesis that only the number feature may be inherite...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2025, Other book format, Kirjastus: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262383332)
A mathematical explication of Chomskys Merge theory of syntax-- A mathematical formalization of Chomsky’s theory of Merge in generative linguistics.The Minimalist Program advanced by Noam Chomsky thirty years ago, focusing o...Loe edasi...
Assuming no prior grammatical knowledge, Understanding Syntax explains and illustrates the major concepts, categories and terminology involved in the study of cross-linguistic syntax-- Assuming no prior grammatical knowledge, Understa...Loe edasi...
Assuming no prior grammatical knowledge, Understanding Syntax explains and illustrates the major concepts, categories and terminology involved in the study of cross-linguistic syntax. Taking a largely theory-neutral and descriptive viewpoin...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Feb-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009221948)
Bringing together scholars from the fields of language evolution, language acquisition and development of young languages, this book explores current debates on syntax, focusing particularly on Creole languages. Shedding light on the relevance of syn...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Dec-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198910329)
This book provides a detailed study of the unusually large array of interrogative and relative grammars mastered by French speakers. Jean-Yves Pollock draws on the theoretical tools of generative grammar and compares the relevant French constructions...Loe edasi...
Sari: The Mouton-NINJAL Library of Linguistics [MNLL]
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter Mouton, ISBN-13: 9783110995619)
The topic of secondary predication has attracted much attention especially in the generative literature. The present volume distinguishes itself from previous volumes on this topic in that all chapters discuss current issues in the syntax and semanti...Loe edasi...
