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Essays on Grammatical Theory and Universal Grammar

Jacques Durand editor Martin Atkinson editor Louisa Sadler editor Doug Arnold editor Claire Grover editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:7th Sep '89

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This volume brings together a variety of original contributions to grammatical theory by a number of leading linguists. Articles by John Anderson and Jim Miller address, in different ways, the semantic basis for syntactic relations, while the contribution from John Lyons develops a theme which underlies his work on notional grammar - that of the relationship between ontology and language. Detailed studies of particular constructions in one language are provided by articles by Pulman, on prepositional relatives in English, and by Radford, on exclamative particles in modern spoken French. The volume also contains a wealth of original work by leading figures in Universal Grammar, of interest to anyone working in grammatical theory: Bernard Comrie on reference tracking systems, Bob Dixon on grammatical relations, Greville Corbett on gender systems, and John Hawkins on the explanation of Language Universals.

ISBN: 9780198242161

Dimensions: 224mm x 144mm x 25mm

Weight: 548g

314 pages