Contemporary Linguistic Parameters (Contemporary Studies in Linguistics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350097047 ISBN 13: 9781350097049

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

Synopsis

Parameters have lain at the core of linguistic research in the generative tradition for decades. The theoretical questions they have raised are deep and broad: this reference text investigates how contemporary linguistics has best tried to answer them.

This book looks at how parameters might be properly defined and what their locus might be :lexical information, functional heads, the computational system, the phonological branch of the grammar. What kind of data forms trigger acquisition of a parameter? Are parameters necessary or can we study languages without making reference to them?

The questions looked at are not just theoretical: how can a theory of parameters be used to help understand second language acquisition, and what contributions can it make to the study of language typology?

This is the right time to gather all this information, dispersed in many different kinds of publications by single authors and groups, into one comprehensive volume.

About this title

About the Author:

Antonio Fábregas is Professor of Hispanic Linguistics, University of Tromsø, Norway.

Jaume Mateu is Associate Professor of Catalan & Linguistics, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

Michael Putnam is Associate Professor of German and Linguistics, Penn State University, USA.

Review:

“This volume is a particularly welcome addition ... since it represents the first such systematic appraisal of the state of the art in parametric theory. The editors have done an excellent job at compiling an impressive volume representing the current understanding against a generative backdrop.” ―LINGUIST List

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1350097047
• ISBN 13: 9781350097049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Fabregas Antonio, Mateu Jaume, Putnam Michael