A wealth of research has been conducted on the various linguistic phenomena found in Germanic languages. But these studies were restricted by their use of only one theoretical perspective to analyze one particular language. Inspired by the need to expand the research base of Germanic languages while broadening the empirical coverage of constraint-based linguistic approaches, a handful of researchers are employing various constraint-based theoretical perspectives to study multiple Germanic languages. This volume begins with ...
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A wealth of research has been conducted on the various linguistic phenomena found in Germanic languages. But these studies were restricted by their use of only one theoretical perspective to analyze one particular language. Inspired by the need to expand the research base of Germanic languages while broadening the empirical coverage of constraint-based linguistic approaches, a handful of researchers are employing various constraint-based theoretical perspectives to study multiple Germanic languages. This volume begins with an introduction to the recent research performed on Germanic syntax using constraint-based frameworks. It then goes on to investigate the linguistic phenomena found in the grammar of the German and Danish languages. Using such approaches as Lexical-Functional Grammar and Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, contributors shed a different light on theoretical issues addressed by past studies, including semi-free word order, partial front phenomena, and complex predicate formation. While alternative approaches have assumed that meaning (semantics) is dependent on form (syntax), various analyses presented in this volume explore the idea that both form and meaning are equally constitutive for grammatical descriptions.
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Publisher:
Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
Published:
2001
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17049391675
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Like New. 2001. 73rd ed. Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Commissioning organisation: edited by W. Detmar Meurers, Tibor Kiss. vii, 312 p. ill. 24 cm. Associated Names: Meurers, W. Detmar, . Associated Names: Kiss, Tibor, . Associated Dates: 1967-. Associated Dates: 1962-. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Reference & Languages-Language-Grammar, Structure & Syntax, Society, Politics & Philosophy-Social Sciences-Linguistics, Subjects-". Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
