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Bare Grammar
Edward Keenan
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Description for Bare Grammar
Paperback. This aims to provide the most straightforward definitions of the constructions present in human languages. Num Pages: 152 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
Without assuming arbitrary restrictions on grammar notation at the outset, 'Bare Grammars' aim to provide the most straightforward definitions of the constructions present in human languages, together with a compositional semantics. A simple generative approach is presented which induces a natural algebraic notion of structure, with the surprising result that not only classical syntactic relations (like c-command) but also certain morphological relations concerning identity of particular morphemes (e.g. case markers) are properly structural. Formal models of case marking, verb voice, anaphora, are considered, and linguistic universals are proposed that do not assume any kind of structural isomorphism between languages. A ... Read more
Without assuming arbitrary restrictions on grammar notation at the outset, 'Bare Grammars' aim to provide the most straightforward definitions of the constructions present in human languages, together with a compositional semantics. A simple generative approach is presented which induces a natural algebraic notion of structure, with the surprising result that not only classical syntactic relations (like c-command) but also certain morphological relations concerning identity of particular morphemes (e.g. case markers) are properly structural. Formal models of case marking, verb voice, anaphora, are considered, and linguistic universals are proposed that do not assume any kind of structural isomorphism between languages. A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9781575861883
SKU
V9781575861883
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