Structure in Language - A Dynamic Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Berg is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hamburg and is the author of Language Structure and Change . Zusammenfassung The focus of this book is on structural representations, in particular their hierarchicalness and their branching direction, and structure sensitivity is argued to be highly variable both within and across languages and consequently an unlikely candidate for a defining property of human language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter One: A Structural Model of Language Production Chapter Two: Constituent Structure and Branching Direction in English Chapter Three: Level-specific Differences in Hierarchicalness Chapter Four: Structural Variation across Time Chapter Five: Structural Variation across Languages Chapter Six: Branching Direction (and Hierarchicalness) from a Typological Perspective Chapter Seven: How Structure is Acquired Chapter Eight: How Structure Breaks Down Chapter Nine: Structure across Output Modalities Chapter Ten: The Whys and Wherefores of Structure Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Berg, BERG THOMAS
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.11.2008
• EAN: 9780415991353
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99135-3
• Pagine: 408
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Linguistics; Routledge Studies in Linguistics
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General