Architectures, Rules, and Preferences: Variations on Themes by Joan W. Bresnan - Softcover

 
9781575865607: Architectures, Rules, and Preferences: Variations on Themes by Joan W. Bresnan

Synopsis


Architectures, Rules, and Preferences reflects the interests and honors the influence of Joan W. Bresnan’s two decades of foundational work on Lexical-Functional Grammar. This comprehensive volume includes contributions by leading linguists on language typology, synchronic variation, language change, constituent structure, function identification, subject condition, control, complex predicates, NP internal structure, wh-constructions, syntactic features, and lexical issues. Featuring an impressive range of empirical and theoretical research, this collection covers more than a dozen spoken languages as well as American Sign Language.

 

 

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About the Author


Annie Zaenen is consulting professor in linguistics at Stanford University.

 

 

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