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Canonical Morphology and Syntax
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ISBN10: 0199604320
ISBN13: 9780199604326
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 22 2013
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780199604326
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 22 2013
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed. In this way, the issue of fit becomes a matter of greater or lesser proximity to a canonical ideal. Drawing on the expertise of world class scholars in the field, the book addresses the issue of cross-linguistic comparability, illustrates the range of areas - from morphosyntactic features to reported speech - to which linguists are currently applying this methodology, and explores to what degree the approach succeeds in discovering the elusive canon of linguistic phenomena.
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