Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective - Softcover

Croft, William

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9780198299547: Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective
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ISBN 10: 0198299540 ISBN 13: 9780198299547
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links between syntactic and semantic structures, and argues that the basic elements of any language are not syntactic but rather syntactic-semantic "Gestalts." He puts forward a new approach to syntactic representation and a new model of how language and languages work.

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About the Author

William Croft is Professor of Linguistics at Manchester University and has held positions at the universities of Michigan, Stanford, and at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen. His books are 'Typology and Universals' (CUP 1990) and 'Syntactic Categories and Grammatical Relations: The Cognitive Organization of Information' (University of Chicago Press 1991). He is a series editor of 'Oxford Studies in Language Typology and Linguistic Theory'.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198299540
ISBN 13 
9780198299547
Binding
Paperback
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Number of pages
448
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