Comparisons and contrasts /
Comparisons and Contrasts collects eleven of Richard Kayne's recent articles in theoretical syntax, with an emphasis on comparative syntax, which uses syntactic differences among languages to probe the properties of the human language faculty. Kayne attaches particular importance to uncovering...
| Основен автор: | Kayne, Richard S. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Серия: |
Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=336218 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Comparisons and contrasts. |
| Резюме: |
Comparisons and Contrasts collects eleven of Richard Kayne's recent articles in theoretical syntax, with an emphasis on comparative syntax, which uses syntactic differences among languages to probe the properties of the human language faculty. Kayne attaches particular importance to uncovering the primitives of syntax/semantics, demonstrating the existence of silent elements that are syntactically and semantically active, and showing their distribution and limitations. He attempts to derive the very existence of the noun-verb distinction-and to account for the sharp differences between nouns a. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199780174 019978017X 0199732515 9780199732517 0199732523 9780199732524 |