Canonical Morphology and Syntax

Dunstan Brown (Curatore)

Marina Chumakina (Curatore)

Oxford University Press, 2012

This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed. In this way, the issue of fit becomes a matter of greater or lesser proximity to a canonical ideal. Drawing on the expertise of world class scholars in the field, the book addresses the issue of cross-linguistic comparability, illustrates the range of areas - from morphosyntactic features to reported speech - to which linguists are currently applying this methodology, and explores to what degree the approach succeeds in discovering the elusive canon of linguistic phenomena.

• Curatore: Dunstan Brown, Marina Chumakina
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 336 p.
• Dimensioni: 240 x 162 mm
• Peso: 648 gr.
• EAN: 9780199604326

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