Grammatical Relations: Theoretical Approaches to Empirical Questions (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575860023 ISBN 13: 9781575860022

Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1996

Synopsis

Each paper in this collection provides theoretical solutions to empirically-based problems. Some papers deal with structures which are perennial favourites. Others deal with morphosyntactic issues including the representation of ergativity, mood, case, agreement, and polysynthesis. Some contributors diverge from straightforward relational accounts to use linking or mapping devices or specifier positions to represent the interface of morphology and syntax. The included data is from languages as diverse as Abkhaz, Bantu, Basque, Cheyenne, Dutch, Eskimo, French, Fula, Georgian, Italian, Halkomelem, Jakaltek, Japanese, Kwa, Malagasy, Potawatomi, Russian, Southern Tiwa, Spanish, Tagalog, Telugu, Wakashan, and Yimas. The data is derived from original fieldwork of the contributors. Thus the volume makes an empirical, as well as a theoretical contribution to linguistic research.

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Book Description

Several different frameworks are represented in this volume. However, each provides a theoretical solution to an empirically-based problem. The data is derived from original fieldwork of the authors. Thus the volume makes an empirical, as well as a theoretical, contribution to linguistic research.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1575860023
• ISBN 13: 9781575860022
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 485
• Editor: Burgess Clifford S., Dziwirek Katarzyna, Gerdts Donna B.