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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511405303321

Autore

Hudson Richard A

Titolo

An introduction to word grammar / / Richard Hudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-511-84907-9

1-107-21221-9

1-282-81861-9

9786612818615

0-511-78196-2

0-511-91732-5

0-511-91633-7

0-511-91830-5

0-511-91453-9

0-511-91272-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge textbooks in linguistics

Disciplina

428.2

Soggetti

English language - Grammar

Language and languages - Grammars

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Part I. How the Mind Works: 1. Introduction to cognitive science; 2. Categorization; 3. Network structure; 4. Network activity; Part II. How Language Works: 5. Introduction to linguistics; 6. Words as concepts; 7. Syntax; 8. Using and learning language; Part III. How English Works: 9. Introduction to English linguistics; 10. English words; 11. English syntax.

Sommario/riassunto

Word grammar is a theory of language structure and is based on the assumption that language, and indeed the whole of knowledge, is a network, and that virtually all of knowledge is learned. It combines the psychological insights of cognitive linguistics with the rigour of more formal theories. This textbook spans a broad range of topics from prototypes, activation and default inheritance to the details of syntactic, morphological and semantic structure. It introduces elementary ideas



from cognitive science and uses them to explain the structure of language including a survey of English grammar.