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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817782503321

Titolo

Reconnecting language : morphology and syntax in functional perspectives / / edited by Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen, Kristin Davidse, Dirk Noël

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1997

ISBN

1-283-31238-7

9786613312389

90-272-7590-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 154

Altri autori (Persone)

Simon-VandenbergenA. M

DavidseKristin

NoelDirk

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphology

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Dependency grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Most contributions are selected papers or plenary lectures presented at the 21st International Systemic Functional Congress in Ghent in 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Reconnecting language -- pt. 2. Dependency -- pt. 3. Cross-linguistic morphosyntax -- pt. 4. Case and semantic roles in discourse.

Sommario/riassunto

Although the contributors to this book do not belong to one particular 'school' of linguistic theory, they all share an interest in the external functions of language in society and in the relationship between these functions and internal linguistic phenomena. In this sense they all take a functional approach to grammatical issues. Apart from this common starting-point, the contributions share the aim of demonstrating the non-autonomous nature of morphology and syntax, and the inadequacy of linguistic models which deal with syntax, morphology and lexicon in separate, independent components. Th