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Building Meaning in Context: A Dynamic Approach to Bantu Clause Structure
Contributor(s): Gibson, Hannah (Author)
ISBN: 1119532256     ISBN-13: 9781119532255
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
Series: Publications of the Philological Society
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.5 lbs) 160 pages
 
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Building Meaning in Context: A Dynamic Approach to Bantu Clause Structure uses the tools of the Dynamic Syntax framework to explore morphosyntactic phenomena in a number of Bantu languages.

  • Examines word order alternations, inversion constructions and negation in Bantu, showing the incremental nature of the build-up of meaning in context
  • Highlights cross-linguistic parallels, drawing on data from Japanese, Korean, Romance languages and varieties of Greek
  • Offers a radical new perspective on the nature of human language, showing the centrality of the concepts of underspecification and update which lie at the heart of the DS structure building process
  • An innovative analysis with a broad empirical coverage