The Structure of Modern Irish - A Functional Account

About the author

Dr. Brian Nolan is a retired Head of School of Informatics and Engineering at the Technological University Dublin, in Ireland. His research interests include linguistic theory at the morpho-syntactic semantic interface, argument structure and valence, constructions in grammar, event structure in language, the architecture of the lexicon and computational approaches to language processing, computational linguistics, speech act theory, context and common ground. His linguistic work has been in the functional linguistic model of Role and Reference Grammar and he has published extensively internationally.

Summary

This book provides a characterisation of the nominal, verb, clause and information structure of the Irish language from a functional perspective based on Role and Reference Grammar.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Nolan
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2012
• EAN: 9781845534219
• ISBN: 978-1-84553-421-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 239 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 594 g
• Series: Discussions in Functional Approaches to Language; Discussions in Functional Appr; Discussions in Functional Approaches to Language; Discussions in Functional Appr
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies