| Word-Order Based Grammar Reprint 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Koktova, Eva (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110162520 ISBN-13: 9783110162523 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: In this book, a new theory of grammar based on word order is proposed: a deep word order as the multipartioned communicative-information structure of the sentence, and surface word order as a segmented and communicatively pulsating structure. The book offers a new, detailed analysis of the major problems of linguistic theory (scoping expressions, anaphora, wh-extraction). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Syntax - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 99038790 |
| Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm] |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.34" W x 9.2" (1.58 lbs) 404 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective.
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. |