Universal Grammar and Iconicity

Explores the relationship between two widely discussed topics in linguistics - universal grammar and iconicity.

List of contents

1. An Interface Theory of Universal Grammar and Iconicity; 2. The Serial Verb Constructions; 3. The Connectors; 4. From the External Argument Onward; 5. Meta-Theoretical Reflections.

About the author

Yafei Li is Professor of Language Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison and affiliated part-time with Nanjing University, China. Notable publications include X0: A Theory of Morphology-Syntax Interface (2005) and The Syntax of Chinese (co-authored, 2009).

Summary

This book integrates the core insights of two major models of language, the formal and the functional, into a single interface theory. A groundbreaking work, this is essential reading for academic researchers and postgraduate students in linguistics, as well as scholars in related disciplines such as psychology and cognitive science.

Foreword

Explores the relationship between two widely discussed topics in linguistics - universal grammar and iconicity.

Product details

• Authors: Yafei Li, Yafei (University of Wisconsin Li, Li Yafei
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781108840439
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84043-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc