Germanic Languages and Linguistic Universals (The Development of the Anglo-Saxon Language and Linguistic Universals)

Hiroshi Hasegawa [Editor]; Jan Ole Askedal [Editor]; Ian Roberts [Editor]; Tomonori Matsushita [Editor];

ISBN 10: 9027210683 / ISBN 13: 9789027210685

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009

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Hardcover in very good condition. Covers are clean and square. Binding is strong. Text is clean and free of marks. We ship books every day from a real brick & mortar bookstore, and this listing was written by an actual person, with the book sitting in front of me for inspection.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Germanic Languages and Linguistic Universals (The Development of the Anglo-Saxon Language and Linguistic Universals)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027210683
• ISBN 13: 9789027210685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 19 ounces

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Synopsis

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The Senshu University Project The Development of the Anglo-Saxon Language and Linguistic Universals has as its general aim the investigation of structural characteristics common to the Germanic languages, such as English, German, Norwegian, and Icelandic, all of which are descended from the so-called Proto-Germanic language, and their clarification with regard to linguistic universals provided by the theoretical framework of Generative Grammar. In order to fulfill this aim, the project has to be responsive to theoretical advances in a variety of linguistic domains and approaches, such as language acquisition, pragmatics and corpus linguistics as well as philological and historical contributions on Germanic languages in various stages of their development.
The present book seeks to advance these goals in ten chapters exemplifying work on a wide range of Germanic languages and linguistic universals. It is divided into three parts: Part 1. Old English and Germanic languages; Part 2. Generative Grammar; and Part 3. Pragmatics and Corpus Linguistics. Germanic Languages and Linguistic Universals will be of general interest to linguists who seek to understand the nature of the Germanic languages and the relationships obtaining between them.