Substance-based Grammar - The (Ongoing) Work of John Anderson

Böhm, Roger (Editor)/ Van Der Hulst, Harry (Editor)

ISBN 10: 902720165X / ISBN 13: 9789027201652

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2018

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443 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Substance-based Grammar - The (Ongoing) Work of John Anderson
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 902720165X
• ISBN 13: 9789027201652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

The contributions of this volume centre around the (ongoing) work of John Anderson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the British Academy, who, with detailed studies in phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax as well as careful discussions of historical and methodological issues in linguistics at large, has been and still is the central figure in the development of a theory of language structure driven by the assumption of structural analogy between syntax and phonology and firmly grounded in the long-standing tradition of substantively based grammar behind it. The first contribution is a lengthy ‘interview’, based on a series of written interchanges by József Andor with John Anderson, which focuses on the development of Anderson’s work and its relation to contemporaneous developments in linguistics. The following eight contributions, centring on general issues concerning the historiography of localism, the lexicon, meaning and syntax and, finally, phonology, deal with applications, extensions, answers to criticism and philosophical context of Anderson’s work.