Expecting The Unexpected Exceptions In Grammar
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Expecting The Unexpected Exceptions In Grammar
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Author : Horst J. Simon
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-03-29
Expecting The Unexpected Exceptions In Grammar written by Horst J. Simon and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Every linguistic theory has to come to grips with a fundamental property of human language: the existence of exceptions, i.e. phenomena that do not follow the standard patterns one observes otherwise. The contributions to this volume discuss and exemplify a variety of approaches to exceptionality within different formal and non-formal frameworks. Topics include criteria for exceptionality, the diachronic rise of exceptions, the relevance of different grammatical subsystems and their interaction in the explanation of exceptions, and the crucial characteristics of grammatical models that can accommodate exceptions. A special feature of the book is that the articles are accompanied by peer-commentaries and responses thereupon, thus opening up the papers to further discussion.
Inconsistency In Linguistic Theorising
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Author : András Kertész
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-07
Inconsistency In Linguistic Theorising written by András Kertész and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is the first systematic analysis of the emergence of, and the resolution strategies for, inconsistency in linguistic theorizing.
Adjunct Islands In English
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Author : Andreas Kehl
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-06-19
Adjunct Islands In English written by Andreas Kehl and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Island phenomena are a central topic in generative grammar, especially because of principled exceptions to these general extraction constraints. This volume investigates exceptional extractions from phrasal adjunct islands. It argues, based on experimental studies, that several factors identified in the previous literature are uninformative about locality conditions because they show effects in both extraction and non-extraction sentence forms. The volume develops a multifactorial model to account for these effects without appealing to universal extraction conditions and argues that the relative acceptability of the underlying proposition determines acceptability across sentence types.
Introducing The Framework And Case Studies From Africa And Eurasia
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Author : Andrej Malchukov
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-09-14
Introducing The Framework And Case Studies From Africa And Eurasia written by Andrej Malchukov and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Earlier empirical studies on valency have looked at the phenomenon either in individual languages or a small range of languages, or have concerned themselves with only small subparts of valency (e.g. transitivity, ditransitive constructions), leaving a lacuna that the present volume aims to fill by considering a wide range of valency phenomena across 30 languages from different parts of the world. The individual-language studies, each written by a specialist or group of specialists on that language and covering both valency patterns and valency alternations, are based on a questionnaire (reproduced in the volume) and an on-line freely accessible database, thus guaranteeing comparability of cross-linguistic results. In addition, introductory chapters provide the background to the project and discuss its main characteristics and selected results, while a series of featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field provide an outside perspective on the volume’s approach. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in valency and argument structure, irrespective of theoretical persuasion, and will serve as a model for future descriptive studies of valency in individual languages.
Historical Linguistics 2019
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Author : Bethwyn Evans
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2024-11-15
Historical Linguistics 2019 written by Bethwyn Evans and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume comprises a selection of papers that were presented at the 24th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL24), which took place at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra from 1-5 July, 2019. The volume’s aim is to reflect the breadth of research presented at the conference, with each chapter representative of a workshop or themed session. A striking aspect of ICHL24 was the three-day workshop on computational and quantitative approaches to historical linguistics and two of the chapters represent different aspects of this workshop. A number of chapters present research that explores mechanisms and processes of change within specific domains of language, while others explore interactions of change across linguistic domains. Two chapters represent a common theme at the conference and consider the role of historical linguistics in explaining non-linguistic histories of language diversification.
Une Entreprise De L Gitimation De La Grammaire Arabe
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Author : Julien Sibileau
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-12-23
Une Entreprise De L Gitimation De La Grammaire Arabe written by Julien Sibileau and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
La langue des Ḫaṣāʾiṣ est réputée difficile d'accès et la pensée de son auteur relativement opaque. Avec ce livre, le lecteur dispose désormais d'une clé pour pénétrer la pensée linguistique d'un des grammairiens les plus importants de la tradition grammaticale arabe. Il montre comment Ibn Ǧinnī a mobilisé les concepts de l'épistémè de son époque pour systématiser le raisonnement explicatif grammatical. En lisant ce livre, le lecteur percevra également l'importance accordée par Ibn Ǧinnī au rôle joué par le locuteur dans le changement de la langue, en ce sens que le locuteur est perçu comme le véritable agent (ʿāmil) de son discours. Ce travail offre également au lecteur une perspective plus large sur la relation d'Ibn Ǧinnī avec la tradition grammaticale puisqu'il montre, par exemple, que la plupart des réflexions diachroniques d'Ibn Ǧinnī sont empruntées à l'un des disciples oubliés de Sībawayhi (180/796) : al-Aḫfaš al-Awsaṭ (215/830). The language of Ḫaṣāʾiṣ is reputed to be difficult to access, and the thought of its author relatively opaque. With this book, readers now have a key to penetrate the linguistic thought of one of the most important grammarians in the Arabic grammatical tradition. It shows how Ibn Ǧinnī used the concepts of the episteme of his time to systematize grammatical explanatory reasoning. On reading this book, the reader will also perceive the importance attached by Ibn Ǧinnī to the role played by the speaker in language change, in that the speaker is seen as the true agent (ʿāmil) of his discourse. This work also offers the reader a broader perspective on Ibn Ǧinnī's relationship with the grammatical tradition, as it shows, for example, that most of Ibn Ǧinnī's diachronic reflections are borrowed from one of Sībawayhi's forgotten disciples (180/796): al-Aḫfaš al-Awsaṭ (215/830).
Rethinking Universals
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Author : Jan Wohlgemuth
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2010-03-26
Rethinking Universals written by Jan Wohlgemuth and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Universals of language have been studied extensively for the last four decades, allowing fundamental insight into the principles and general properties of human language. Only incidentally have researchers looked at the other end of the scale. And even when they did, they mostly just noted peculiar facts as ''quirks'' or ''unusual behavior'', without making too much of an effort at explaining them beyond calling them ''exceptions'' to various rules or generalizations. Rarissima and rara, features and properties found only in one or very few languages, tell us as much about the capacities and limits of human language(s) as do universals. Explaining the existence of such rare phenomena on the one hand, and the fact of their rareness or uniqueness on the other, is a reasonable and interesting challenge to any theory of how human language works. The present volume for the first time compiles selected papers on the study of rare linguistic features from various fields of linguistics and from a wide range of languages.
Syntactic Variation In Insular Scandinavian
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Author : Höskuldur Thráinsson
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2017-07-18
Syntactic Variation In Insular Scandinavian written by Höskuldur Thráinsson and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book presents the latest research on the syntax of the “Insular Scandinavian” languages (Faroese and Icelandic), with contributions from thirteen experts, and a significant introductory chapter by the four editors. The topics covered include some that have figured extensively in recent literature on Scandinavian syntax and its implications for syntactic theory: case, agreement, embedded clause word order, stylistic fronting, and the nature of “expletive” constructions. The volume is conceived around the topic of variation, both within and between the two languages studied—as well as more generally—and stands out for the wealth of new empirical detail from both Faroese and Icelandic, relating to each of the topics and theoretical issues discussed. Each chapter is written in a way to make it accessible to a wide audience within linguistics; the book will be essential reading for students and researchers with an interest in the syntax of the Germanic languages.
Grammaticalization From A Typological Perspective
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Author : Heiko Narrog
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Grammaticalization From A Typological Perspective written by Heiko Narrog and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume explores the way in which grammaticalization processes converge and differ across languages and language areas. Chapters systemically explore these processes languages of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, and in creole languages, revealing a number of unique pathways as well as shared features.
Syntax Theory And Analysis Volume 1
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Author : Tibor Kiss
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-02-17
Syntax Theory And Analysis Volume 1 written by Tibor Kiss and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This Handbook represents the development of research and the current level of knowledge in the fields of syntactic theory and syntax analysis. Syntax can look back to a long tradition. Especially in the last 50 years, however, the interaction between syntactic theory and syntactic analysis has led to a rapid increase in analyses and theoretical suggestions. This second edition of the Handbook on Syntax adopts a unifying perspective and therefore does not place the division of syntactic theory into several schools to the fore, but the increase in knowledge resulting from the fruitful argumentations between syntactic analysis and syntactic theory. It uses selected phenomena of individual languages and their cross-linguistic realizations to explain what syntactic analyses can do and at the same time to show in what respects syntactic theories differ from each other. It investigates how syntax is related to neighbouring disciplines and investigate the role of the interfaces especially the relationship between syntax and phonology, morphology, compositional semantics, pragmatics, and the lexicon. The phenomena chosen bring together renowned experts in syntax, and represent the consensus reached as to what has to be considered as an important as well as illustrative syntactic phenomenon. The phenomena discuss do not only serve to show syntactic analyses, but also to compare theoretical approaches with each other.