Principles and parameters in comparative grammar. - FREIDIN, ROBERT (ed.).
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These essays by an outstanding group of linguists present case studies in contemporary comparative grammar, illustrating the rich and varied ways in which the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar can provide explanations for both the underlying universal properties of the world's languages and the ways in which they differ. The final essay by Noam Chomsky offers a new perspective on the principles and parameters approach to comparative grammar. In his introduction, Freidin describes the historical background of current work in comparative grammar and compares this work to the comparative studies of the nineteenth century. He notes how the current approach traces the fundamental unity of all languages to the language faculty, in contrast to that of the nineteenth century which was primarily concerned with the ancestral relations among languages. The essays that follow convey the wide scope of the interaction between current theory and crosslinguistic studies. Topics include the relevance o...
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1986Uitgever: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1991.464 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0262061406ISBN-13: 9780262061407Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Orig. cloth. With dustjacket. xii,464 pp.; 24 cm. - "Current studies in linguistics series ; 20" Price when new USD 80,00. (d.j. sl. worn, previous owner's name at top of title page) Otherwise as new. ¶ Papers from the First Princeton Workshop on Comparative Grammar held in Mar. 1986. 1040 [Auteur: FREIDIN, ROBERT (ed.).] [Uitgever: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press] [Jaar: 1991] [Titel: Principles and parameters in comparative grammar.]
