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A Theory of Syntax: Minimal Operations and Universal Grammar
Norbert Hornstein
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paperback. Discusses a topical set of issues in syntactic theory, including a number of original proposals. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 338.
Human language seems to have arisen roughly within the last 50-100,000 years. In evolutionary terms, this is the mere blink of an eye. If this is correct, then much of what we consider distinctive to language must in fact involve operations available in pre-linguistic cognitive domains. In this book Norbert Hornstein, one of the most influential linguists working on syntax, discusses a topical set of issues in syntactic theory, including a number of original proposals at the cutting edge of research in this area. He provides a theory of the basic grammatical operations and suggests that there is only ... Read more
Human language seems to have arisen roughly within the last 50-100,000 years. In evolutionary terms, this is the mere blink of an eye. If this is correct, then much of what we consider distinctive to language must in fact involve operations available in pre-linguistic cognitive domains. In this book Norbert Hornstein, one of the most influential linguists working on syntax, discusses a topical set of issues in syntactic theory, including a number of original proposals at the cutting edge of research in this area. He provides a theory of the basic grammatical operations and suggests that there is only ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521728812
SKU
V9780521728812
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About Norbert Hornstein
NORBERT HORNSTEIN is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has written several books on minimalist syntax including Understanding Minimalism (with J. Nunes and K. Grohmann, Cambridge, 2005) and Move!: A Minimalist Theory of Construal (2000).
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