Descriptive Typology and Linguistic Theory: A Study in the Morphology of Relative Clauses (Stanford Monographs in Linguistics)

Farrell Ackerman

ISBN 10: 157586455X / ISBN 13: 9781575864556

Edité par Centre for the Study of Language & Information, 2011

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2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . .

N° de réf. du vendeur V9781575864556

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• Titre: Descriptive Typology and Linguistic Theory: A Study in the Morphology of Relative Clauses (Stanford Monographs in Linguistics)
• Éditeur: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 157586455X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781575864556
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Descriptive grammarians and typologists often encounter unusual constructions or unfamiliar variants of otherwise familiar construction types. Many of these phenomena are puzzling from the perspective of linguistic theories: they neither predict these "anomalies" nor, arguably, provide the tools to describe them insightfully. This book analyzes an unusual type of relative clause found in many related and unrelated languages of Eurasia. While providing a detailed case study of Tundra Nenets, it broadens this inquiry into a detailed typological exploration of this relative clause type. The authors argue that an understanding of this construction requires exploring the (type of) grammar system in which it occurs in order to identify the (set of) independent constructions that motivate its existence. The resulting insights into grammar organization illustrate the usefulness of a construction-theoretic syntax and morphology informed by a developmental systems perspective for the understanding of complex grammatical phenomena.