| Language Universals and Variation Contributor(s): Amberber, Mengistu (Editor), Collins, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0275976831 ISBN-13: 9780275976835 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: Issues addressed in this contributed volume include lexical semantics, morphosyntax, and phonology, based on the broad theme of formal approaches to language universals and variation. Aspects of natural language variation are investigated from a formal theoretical perspective, including the Principles and Parameters/Minimalist Program, Lexical Functional Grammar, and Optimality Theory. A wide range of languages and language families are considered, including Amharic, Arabic, Bantu, Berber, Chamorro, English, French, Japanese, Malyalam, Polish, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, and Warlpiri. This is a significant addition to the growing body of literature on language universals and variation from formal theoretical perspectives. The covered topics are diverse, ranging from pronominal clitic variation in dialects of Spanish, to passives in Bantu and Polish, to the typology of Wh-in-situ questions and vowel place constraints, making this an indispensable useful reference to linguistics specialists and other cognitive scientists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Business & Economics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative |
| Dewey: 417.2 |
| LCCN: 2001058032 |
| Series: Perspectives on Cognitive Science |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.1" W x 9.16" (1.02 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Issues addressed in this contributed volume include lexical semantics, morphosyntax, and phonology based on the broad theme of formal approaches to language universals and variation. Aspects of natural language variation are investigated from a formal theoretical perspective, including the Principles and Parameters/Minimalist Program, Lexical Functional Grammar and Optimality Theory. A wide range of languages and language families are considered, including Amharic, Arabic, Bantu, Berber, Chamorro, English, French, Japanese, Malyalam, Polish, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, and Warlpiri. This is an important addition to the growing body of literature on language universals and variation from formal theoretical perspectives. It will be a useful reference to linguistics specialists and other cognitive scientists. The topics covered are also diverse, ranging from pronominal clitic variation in dialects of Spanish to passives in Bantu and Polish and the typology of Wh-in-situ questions and vowel place constraints. |