Word Order Paperback / softback
by Jae Jung (University of Otago, New Zealand) Song
Part of the Research Surveys in Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 (and where possible, compares) the theoretical assumptions and word order principles used in the different approaches.
Also highlighted are issues and problems that require further investigation or remain unresolved.
This book will be invaluable to those investigating word order, and researchers and students in syntax, linguistic theory and typology.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:364 pages, 26 Tables, black and white; 96 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/03/2012
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- ISBN:9780521693127
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:364 pages, 26 Tables, black and white; 96 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/03/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521693127