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Linguistic Structure and Change: An Explanation from Language Processing (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary) - Hardcover
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In linguistic studies, the term "explanation" does not live up to what the philosophers of science intend it to mean. In these pages, "explanation" is put on firmer theoretical footing via a relation of language to the various contexts in which it is embedded. A detailed analysis of the psychological context in particular shows that language processing provides a fruitful approach to explaining linguistic structure and change.
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Thomas Berg is a Professor of Linguistics at University of Hamburg.
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`The book can be praised for the breadth of linguistic and psycholinguistic patterns that are discussed, and for the way the results are integrated into a complete model of linguistic patterning . . . a much needed contribution to a relatively understudied area of linguistic research that is
gradually entering the theoretical realm. This work has broad implications for many of the foundational issues of linguistic theory.'
Stefan Frisch, University of Michigan, Journal of Linguistics 35, 1999
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0198236727
- ISBN 13 9780198236726
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Thomas Berg challenges context-free theories of linguistics; he is concerned with the way the term 'explanation' is typically used in the discipline. He argues that real explanations cannot emerge from a view which asserts the autonomy of language, but only from an approach which seeks to establish a connection between language and the contexts in which it is embedded. The author examines the psychological context in detail. He uses aninteractiveactivation model of language processing to derive predictions about synchronic linguistic patterns, the course of linguistic change, and the structure of poetic rhymes. The majority of thesepredictions are borne out, leading the author to conclude that the structure of language is shaped by the properties of the mechanism which puts it to use, and that psycholinguistics thus qualifies as one likely approach from which to derive an explanation of linguistic structure. Challenging context-free theories of linguistics, the concern here is the the typical use of the term "explanation" in the discipline. Predictions are made about synchronic linguistic patterns, the course of linguistic change, and the structure of poetic rhyme. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780198236726
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