Anaphora: A Reference Guide: 6 (Explaining Linguistics) - Hardcover

 
9780631211174: Anaphora: A Reference Guide: 6 (Explaining Linguistics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0631211179 ISBN 13: 9780631211174
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

Synopsis

Anaphora: A Reference Guide is a collection of essays that report on the major results of recent research in anaphora and set the stage for further inquiry.

  • Reports on the major results of recent research in anaphora and sets the stage for further inquiry.
  • Features contributions from among the world's leading researchers on anaphora.
  • Presents an exciting picture of how broad the phenomenon of anaphora is and how it can reveal many mysterious properties of language.
  • Includes articles of interest to many disciplines, including philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, linguistics, language studies, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics.

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About the Author

Andrew Barss is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Associate Research Social Scientist in Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona. His research interests include anaphora, movement phenomena, and scope; the syntax of logical form; derivational models of syntax and their relation to performance models; and competition-based models of syntactic form and the constraints they impose on semantic interpretation.

From the Back Cover

Anaphora is the study of referential relationships in language. Given the great flowering of the study of this topic in the last decade, it is time for a book that reports on the major results of recent research and sets the stage for further inquiry.


The authors represented in Anaphora: A Reference Guide are among the world's leading researchers on anaphora and are ideally suited to meet this goal. Their work draws on theoretical principles and methodologies in linguistics, cognitive psychology, and philosophy, as well as the integrated, broad perspective of cognitive science.

These stimulating reports of cutting-edge research will be useful to both undergraduate and graduate students and will find a large audience among professional researchers of anaphora and scholars who want to catch up on what is new and exciting in the area.

From the Inside Flap

Anaphora is the study of referential relationships in language. Given the great flowering of the study of this topic in the last decade, it is time for a book that reports on the major results of recent research and sets the stage for further inquiry.


The authors represented in Anaphora: A Reference Guide are among the world's leading researchers on anaphora and are ideally suited to meet this goal. Their work draws on theoretical principles and methodologies in linguistics, cognitive psychology, and philosophy, as well as the integrated, broad perspective of cognitive science.

These stimulating reports of cutting-edge research will be useful to both undergraduate and graduate students and will find a large audience among professional researchers of anaphora and scholars who want to catch up on what is new and exciting in the area.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631211179
ISBN 13 
9780631211174
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Editor
Barss Andrew