| Reflexive Pronouns: A Theoretical and Experimental Synthesis 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Sperlich, Darcy (Author) |
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ISBN: 303063874X ISBN-13: 9783030638740 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Reference - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 235 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a comprehensive picture of reflexive pronouns from both a theoretical and experimental perspective, using the well-researched languages of English, German, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. In order to understand the data from varying theoretical perspectives, the book considers selected syntactic and pragmatic analyses based on their current importance in the field. The volume consequently introduces the Emergentist Reflexivity Approach, which is a novel theoretical synthesis incorporating a sentence and pragmatic processor that accounts for reflexive pronoun behaviour in these six languages. Moreover, in support of this model a vast array of experimental literature is considered, including first and second language acquisition, bilingual, psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic and clinical studies. It is through both the intuitive and experimental data linguistic theorizing relies upon that brings out the strengths of the modelling adopted here, paving new avenues for future research. In sum, this volume unites a diverse array of the literature that currently sits largely divorced between the theoretical and experimental realms, and when put together a better understanding of reflexive pronouns under the auspices of the Emergentist Reflexivity Approach is forged. |
