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Word Order
Jae Jung Song
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Description for Word Order
paperback. A one-stop resource on the current developments in word order research. Series: Research Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 364 pages, 96 b/w illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: CFF; CFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 580. Series: Research Surveys in Linguistics. 364 pages, 96 b/w illus. 26 tables. A one-stop resource on the current developments in word order research. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: CFF; CFK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 580.
Word order is one of the major properties on which languages are compared and its study is fundamental to linguistics. This comprehensive survey provides an up-to-date, critical overview of this widely debated topic, exploring and evaluating word order research carried out in four major theoretical frameworks – linguistic typology, generative grammar, optimality theory and processing-based theories. It is the first book to bring these theoretical approaches together in one place and is therefore a one-stop resource covering the current developments in word order research. It explains word order patterns in different languages and at different structural levels and critically evaluates ... Read more
Word order is one of the major properties on which languages are compared and its study is fundamental to linguistics. This comprehensive survey provides an up-to-date, critical overview of this widely debated topic, exploring and evaluating word order research carried out in four major theoretical frameworks – linguistic typology, generative grammar, optimality theory and processing-based theories. It is the first book to bring these theoretical approaches together in one place and is therefore a one-stop resource covering the current developments in word order research. It explains word order patterns in different languages and at different structural levels and critically evaluates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
Research Surveys in Linguistics
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521693127
SKU
V9780521693127
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About Jae Jung Song
Jae Jung Song is Associate Professor, Linguistics Programme in the English Department at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Reviews for Word Order
'An amazing summary and critique of different approaches to word order, typological, grammatical and psycholinguistic. A fabulous resource for students and for all who work on this topic.' Jack Hawkins, University of Cambridge and University of California, Davis 'Song provides a much needed overview of the major approaches to accounting for word order variation in language. His critical, yet highly ... Read more