Mouton classics : from syntax to cognition. from phonology to text.
Mouton proudly presents this collection of articles considered to be representative of author achievements over the past quarter-century of its publishing history. A selection, of course, can do little more than make the readers wish for more; it is hoped that these volumes will do just that. The bo...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
Publication Dates: |
2013. ©2002 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Mouton proudly presents this collection of articles considered to be representative of author achievements over the past quarter-century of its publishing history. A selection, of course, can do little more than make the readers wish for more; it is hoped that these volumes will do just that. The book contains essays on Phonology, Morphology, Formal Syntax, Functional Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language and Cognition, Language Acquisition, Discourse and Text, Sociology of Language, Semiotics. |
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1 online resource (xii, 871 pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9783110886009 |
Index Number: | P291 |
CLC: | H04 |
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Frontmatter -- Content -- 6 Head-Driven Phonology / The perception of clicks in ! -- PARADIGM SIZE, MORPHOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY, AND UNIVERSAL ECONOMY / The origins of the North Ometo verb agreement systems / Gore structures and adjunctions in Warlpiri syntax / Unambiguous Paths / COMPLEX INVERSION IN FRENCH / Semantic correlates of the ergative/absolutive distinction / How to build a natural language user / 3. Preview of Functional Grammar / Default genders / The distribution of short and long vowels in stems of the type Lith. sti: v hti: m sti and OCS jasti: vesti: mesti in Baltic and Slavic languages / Morphology and word order reconstruction: Problems and prospects / The inherent semantics of argument structure: The case of the English ditransitive construction / Reference-point constructions / The grammar of causatives and the conceptual structure of events / Mapping thematic roles onto syntactic functions: are children helped by innate linking rules? / The thetic/categorical distinction revisited / Cohesion in Functional Grammar / Focus in situ: Evidence from Portuguese / Language and ethnicity / Flemish nationalism in the Belgian Congo versus Zairian anti-imperialism: Continuity and discontinuity in language ideological debates / Language masters: defying linguistic materialism / The pragmatics and perceptions of multicultural Puerto Ricans / Endosemiosis / The Repertoire of Nonverbal Behavior: Categories, Origins, Usage, and Coding / Bibliography. |