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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778134203321

Titolo

The fruits of empirical linguistics . Volume 2 Product [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sam Featherston, Susanne Winkler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2009

ISBN

1-282-18803-8

9786612188039

3-11-021615-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; ; 102

Altri autori (Persone)

FeatherstonSam

WinklerSusanne <1960->

Disciplina

410.285

Soggetti

Computational linguistics - Methodology

Discourse analysis - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- German verb-first conditionals as unintegrated clauses:A case study in converging synchronic and diachronic evidence -- Optionality in verb cluster formation -- Clitic placement in Serbian: Corpus and experimental evidence -- Explorations in ellipsis: The grammar and processing of silence -- Comparatives and types of þonne in Old English: Towards an integrated analysis of the data types in comparatives derivations -- Context effects in the formation of adjectival resultatives -- New data on an old issue: Subject/object asymmetries in long extractions in German -- Parallelism and information structure: Across-the-board extraction from coordinate ellipsis -- An empirical perspective on positive polarity items in German -- First-mention definites:More than exceptional cases -- Partial agreement in German:A processing issue? -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The second volume of the two-volume set The Fruits of Empirical Linguistics focuses on the linguistic outcomes of empirical linguistics. The contributions present some of the insights that linguists can gain by applying the new methods: progress within language study is accelerated by the new evidence since language systems are more



precisely captured. Readers will enjoy the fresh perspective on linguistic questions made possible by the evidence-based approach.