Functional Structure(s), Form and Interpretation: Perspectives from East Asian Languages (Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics)

Andrew Simpson; Audrey-Li Yen-hui

ISBN 10: 0415297451 / ISBN 13: 9780415297455

Edité par Routledge, 2003

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• Titre: Functional Structure(s), Form and Interpretation: Perspectives from East Asian Languages (Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics)
• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0415297451
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780415297455
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: As New
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Synopsis

This book shows how the study of formal structures and functional morphemes in East Asian languages adds much to our general understanding of the close connection between form and interpretation.

À propos de l?auteur

Yen-hui Audrey Li is Professor of Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on the comparison of grammatical properties in English, Chinese and other East Asian languages. Recent work has considered issues of order and constituency, scope interaction of quantificational expressions, as well as the distribution, structure and interpretation of different types of nominal expressions and relative constructions.
Andrew Simpson is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His research interests centre on the comparative syntax of East and Southeast Asian languages, and his work addresses issues relating to processes of language change, DP-structure, the syntax of question formation and the interaction of syntax with phonology.