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Informationen zum Autor Pieter Muysken is Professor of Linguistics at Radboud University Nijmegen, after previously teaching at the universities of Amsterdam and Leiden. His specialism is language contact and he does research in the Andes, the Caribbean and the Netherlands. Klappentext In every language there are descriptive lexical elements! such as evening and whisper! as well as grammatical elements! such as the and -ing. This book analyses the grammatical elements (âEUR~functional categoriesâEUR(TM)) in language! a topic that has never been approached from an integrated! cross-disciplinary perspective. Zusammenfassung In every language there are descriptive lexical elements! such as evening and whisper! as well as grammatical elements! such as the and -ing. This book analyses the grammatical elements ('functional categories') in language! a topic that has never been approached from an integrated! cross-disciplinary perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. Grammar: 2. Functional categories and language typology; 3. Lexical, morphological and phonological dimensions of functional categories; 4. Semantics and pragmatics; 5. Theoretical syntax: the generative tradition; Part II. Historical Linguistics: 6. Grammaticalisation; 7. Linguistic reconstruction; Part III. Psycholinguistics: 8. Speech production; 9. Language development; 10. Agrammatic aphasia and Specific Language Impairment; 11. Language attrition and death; Part IV. Language Contact and Bilingual Speech: 12. Sign languages; 13. Code-switching and code-mixing; 14. Lexical borrowing; 15. Pidgin and creole genesis; 16. Mixed languages; 17. Foreigner Talk; 18. Towards a modular and multi-dimensional perspective.
