The Case for Lexicase: An Outline of Lexicase Grammatical Theory - Couverture rigide

Starosta, S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0861876393 ISBN 13 : 9780861876396

Editeur : Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

The author argues that lexicase is preferable to other grammatical frameworks on several counts: it is constrained enough to have empirical content, simple and explicit enough to be tested, and through its application in describing many languages, has a plausible claim to universality. The formal properties of lexicase theory and its historical and metatheoretical relations to other current frameworks are described. Also covered are the writing of a formal lexicase grammar and the insights that can be obtained by confronting a set of data from a natural language with the rigours of the lexicase descriptive framework.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Starosta describes the formal properties of lexicase theory and its historical and metatheoretical relations to other current grammatical frameworks. He argues that it is preferable to other grammatical frameworks, as it is constrained enough to have empirical content, simple enough to be tested and applied to enough languages to have a plausible claim to universality. Examples are drawn from English and various Asian, Pacific, Australian, and African languages.

Biographie de l'auteur

Stanley Starosta was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii.'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0861876393
• ISBN 13: 9780861876396
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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