The Core and the Periphery - Data-driven Perspectives on Syntax Inspired by Ivan A. Sag

Including papers that were inspired by the linguistics career of Ivan A Sag (1949-2013), this title is written to commemorate his many contributions to the field. It tackles a range of grammar-related issues and shares the perspective that the best theories of grammar attempt to account for the full diversity and complexity of language data.

About the author

Philip Hofmeister is a lecturer in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex, UK. Elisabeth Norcliffe is a staff scientist in the Language and Cognition Department of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Germany.

Summary

Including papers that were inspired by the linguistics career of Ivan A Sag (1949-2013), this title is written to commemorate his many contributions to the field. It tackles a range of grammar-related issues and shares the perspective that the best theories of grammar attempt to account for the full diversity and complexity of language data.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Hofmeister
• Assisted by: Philip Hofmeister (Editor), Elisabeth Norcliffe (Editor)
• Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2014
• EAN: 9781575867205
• ISBN: 978-1-57586-720-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 24 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Lecture Notes; Center for the Study of Langua; Lecture Notes; CSLI Lecture Notes (CSLI- CHUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics