Diagnosing syntax /
Diagnosing syntax /
edited by Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and Norbert Corver.
- xvii, 596 pages. 24 cm.
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics .
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [543]-590) and indexes.
Diagnosis is an essential part of scientific research. It refers to the process of identifying a phenomenon, property, or condition on the basis of certain signs and by the use of various diagnostic procedures. This book is the first ever to consider the use of diagnostics in syntactic research and focuses on the five core domains of natural language syntax - ellipsis, agreement, anaphora, phrasal movement, and head movement. Each empirical domain is considered in turn from the perspectives of syntax, syntax at the interfaces, neuropsycholinguistics, and language diversity. Drawing on the expertise of 20 leading scholars and their empirically rich data, the book presents current thoughts on, and practical answers to, the question: What are the diagnostic signs, techniques and procedures that can be used to analyse natural language syntax? It will interest linguists, including formalists, typologists, psycholinguists and neurolinguists.
0199602492 9780199602490 0199602506 9780199602506
2013362107
016307470 Uk 016320754 Uk
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
415 / D.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [543]-590) and indexes.
Diagnosis is an essential part of scientific research. It refers to the process of identifying a phenomenon, property, or condition on the basis of certain signs and by the use of various diagnostic procedures. This book is the first ever to consider the use of diagnostics in syntactic research and focuses on the five core domains of natural language syntax - ellipsis, agreement, anaphora, phrasal movement, and head movement. Each empirical domain is considered in turn from the perspectives of syntax, syntax at the interfaces, neuropsycholinguistics, and language diversity. Drawing on the expertise of 20 leading scholars and their empirically rich data, the book presents current thoughts on, and practical answers to, the question: What are the diagnostic signs, techniques and procedures that can be used to analyse natural language syntax? It will interest linguists, including formalists, typologists, psycholinguists and neurolinguists.
0199602492 9780199602490 0199602506 9780199602506
2013362107
016307470 Uk 016320754 Uk
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
415 / D.