Postverbal Behavior
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Published:1st Oct '02
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Compared to many languages, English has relatively fixed word order, but the ordering among phrases following the verb exhibits a good deal of variation. This monograph explores factors that influence the choice among possible orders of postverbal elements, testing hypotheses using a combination of corpus studies and psycholinguistic experiments. Wasow's final chapters explore how studies of language use bear on issues in linguistic theory, with attention to the roles of quantitative data and Chomsky's arguments against the use of statistics and probability in linguistics.
ISBN: 9781575864013
Dimensions: 24mm x 16mm x 2mm
Weight: 397g
199 pages