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Zusatztext Strikingly original and fully student-oriented, this book covers all the bases of modern linguistic theory from a single perspective: the workings of the human mind. Breaking with the traditional organization of a linguistics textbook, Isac and Reiss juxtapose an engaging presentation of linguistic analysis with exciting discussion of relevant aspects from cognitive science and philosophy. This is arguably the most stimulating introductory textbook around today, offering an approach that I now know was sorely missed. Informationen zum Autor Daniela Isac is Professor of Linguistics at Concordia University. She has taught at the University of Bucharest and held research fellowships at the universities of Oxford and Quebec. Her published work includes articles in Revue Roumaine de Linguistique and Linguistic Inquiry. Charles Reiss is Professor of Linguistics at Concordia University, Montreal, co-editor with Gillian Ramchand of The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Interfaces (OUP 2007), and co-author with Mark Hale of The Phonological Enterprise (OUP 2008). Klappentext The book introduces the major branches of theoretical linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - in the context of cognitive science, with reference to fields such as vision, auditory perception and philosophy of mind. Zusammenfassung The book introduces the major branches of theoretical linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - in the context of cognitive science, with reference to fields such as vision, auditory perception, and philosophy of mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The Object of Inquiry 1: What is I-Language? 2: I-everything: Triangles, streams, words 3: Approaches to the Study of Language 4: I-/E-/P-Language Part II: Linguistic Representation and Computation 5: A Syntactic Theory That Won't Work 6: Abstract Representations 7: Some Details of Sentence Structure 8: Binding 9: Ergativity Part III: Universal Grammar 10: Approaches to UG: Empirical Evidence 11: Approaches to UG: Logic Part IV: Implications and Conclusions 12: Social Implications 13: Rationalist Explorations 14: Open Questions and Closing Remarks References Index ...
