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Rich Descriptions And Simple Explanations In Morphosyntax And Language Acquisition

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Author : Giuliano Bocci
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-27

Rich Descriptions And Simple Explanations In Morphosyntax And Language Acquisition written by Giuliano Bocci and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This volume offers new perspectives on the tension between the rich patterns of language variation that emerge from comparative studies and the quest for simple theoretical primitives. The chapters explore the debate between Cartography and Minimalism: on the one hand, the need for detailed and articulated descriptions of the clausal architecture, and on the other, the endeavor to reduce the theoretical apparatus to fundamental computational mechanisms. The first part of the book begins with a reflection on the goals of modern linguistic theory, and investigates the principles of human language, in an effort to subsume the regularities of particular grammars under a small set of morphosyntactic and semantic primitives. The second part examines the clausal structure - both the CP-layer and the IP-layer - from a comparative perspective, which directly relates to the fundamental questions of universality, linguistic variation, and learnability addressed in the first part of the book. With chapters written by world-leading linguists who analyze a wide range of old and new phenomena, the volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in theoretical linguistics and language development.

Describing Morphosyntax

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Author : Thomas E. Payne
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-10-09

Describing Morphosyntax written by Thomas E. Payne 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 1997-10-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Of the 6000 languages now spoken throughout the world around 3000 may become extinct during the next century. This guide gives linguists the tools to describe them, syntactically and grammatically, for future reference.

A Guide To Morphosyntax Phonology Interface Theories

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Author : Tobias Scheer
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011

A Guide To Morphosyntax Phonology Interface Theories written by Tobias Scheer 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 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book reviews the history of the interface between morpho-syntax and phonology roughly since World War II. Structuralist and generative interface thinking is presented chronologically, but also theory by theory from the point of view of a historically interested observer who however in the last third of the book distills lessons in order to assess present-day interface theories, and to establish a catalogue of properties that a correct interface theory should or must not have. The book also introduces modularity, the rationalist theory of the (human) cognitive system that underlies the generative approach to language, from a Cognitive Science perspective. Modularity is used as a referee for interface theories in the book. Finally, the book locates the interface debate in the landscape of current minimalist syntax and phase theory and fosters intermodular argumentation: how can we use properties of morpho-syntactic theory in order to argue for or against competing theories of phonology (and vice-versa)?

Morphosyntax

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Author : William Croft
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-04

Morphosyntax written by William Croft 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 2022-08-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Taking a functional approach, this book provides a thorough overview of Morphosyntax, and sets out a framework for syntactic constructions.

Morphosyntax Of Verb Movement

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Author : C. Jan-Wouter Zwart
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1997

Morphosyntax Of Verb Movement written by C. Jan-Wouter Zwart and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Foreign Language Study categories.

Morphosyntax of Verb Movement discusses the phenomenon of Dutch, present in many Germanic languages, that the finite verb is fronted in main clauses but not in embedded clauses. The theoretical framework adopted is the so-called Minimalist Program of Chomsky (1995), the latest developmental stage of generative grammar. Taking issue with previous analyses, the author argues that phrase structure in Dutch is uniformly head initial, and that the finite verb moves to different positions in subject initial main clauses and in inversion constructions. The book contains lucid and detailed discussion of many theoretical issues in connection with the Minimalist Program, such as the relation between syntax and morphology, the nature of syntactic licensing, and the structure of the functional domain. At the same time, it offers a survey of the properties of Dutch syntax, a discussion of previous analyses of Dutch syntax and a wealth of material from dialects of Dutch and other Germanic languages.

Formal Approaches To Romance Morphosyntax

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Author : Marc-Olivier Hinzelin
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-11-23

Formal Approaches To Romance Morphosyntax written by Marc-Olivier Hinzelin 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 2020-11-23 with Foreign Language Study categories.

Recent years have witnessed a (re)surfacing of interest on the interaction of morphology and syntax. For many grammatical phenomena, it is not easy to draw a dividing line between syntactic and morphological structure. This has led to the assumption that syntax is the module responsible not only for deriving syntactically complex phrases but also for deriving morphologically complex items, both in inflection and word formation. There are however also good reasons to think that syntax is not involved in all morphological processes and that there are consistent areas of morphology that are independent from syntactic processes. This book presents a collection of papers where phenomena from Romance languages and varieties are analysed under contrasting views on how morphology and syntax interact. All the contributions follow the aim to investigate what the analysed phenomena tell us about their structural make‐up and the grammatical processes involved.

Heritage Languages And Their Speakers

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Author : Maria Polinsky
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-16

Heritage Languages And Their Speakers written by Maria Polinsky 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 2018-08-16 with Education categories.

A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

The Morphosyntax Of Reiteration In Creole And Non Creole Languages

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Author : Enoch Oladé Aboh
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2012

The Morphosyntax Of Reiteration In Creole And Non Creole Languages written by Enoch Oladé Aboh and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This is a new contribution to a theory of reiteration in natural languages, with a special focus on creoles. Reiteration is meant to denote any situation where the same form occurs (at least) twice within the boundaries of some linguistic domain. By including two case studies bearing on Hebrew and Breton alongside five chapters on creole languages (Surinam creole, Haitian, Mauritian, São Tomé and Pitchi), this volume brings counter-evidence to the claim that reiteration phenomena are particularly typical of creoles. And by exploring the syntax of reiteration alongside its morphology, the authors are led to challenge the 'iconic' theory of 'reduplication' proposed in several other studies of similar phenomena. This volume will be relevant for creole studies, but also for readers more generally interested in language universals and the architecture of grammars.

Introducing Semantics

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Author : Nick Riemer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-25

Introducing Semantics written by Nick Riemer 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 2010-03-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

An introduction to the study of meaning in language for undergraduate students.