1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003420260203316

Autore

JAMIESON, Lynn M.

Titolo

SPORT AND VIOLENCE : A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF SPORT / Lynn M.Jamieson, Thomas J.Orr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

OXFORD : B-H, 2009

ISBN

978-0-7506-8405-7

Descrizione fisica

XVIII, 237 P. ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

THOMAS, Orr J.

Disciplina

344.045

Soggetti

Sport

Collocazione

344.045 LYN

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968206903321

Autore

Givon Talmy <1936->

Titolo

Syntax [[electronic resource]] . Volume 1 : an introduction. / / T. Givon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2001

ISBN

9786612162275

9781282162273

1282162276

9789027297938

9027297932

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 500 p

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Typology (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Syntax -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The functional approach to language and the typological approach to grammar -- Chapter 2. The lexicon -- Chapter 3. Simple verbal clauses and argument structure -- Chapter 4. Grammatical relations and case-marking systems -- Chapter 5. Word order -- Chapter 6. Tense, aspect and modality I -- Chapter 7. Tense, aspect and modality II -- Chapter 8. Negation -- Chapter 9. Referential coherence I -- Chapter 10. Referential coherence II -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic structure, in favor of a more comprehensive treatment of the semantic and pragmatic correlates of syntactic structure. With hindsight the author now finds the de-emphasis of the formal properties a somewhat regrettable choice, since it creates the false impression that one could somehow be a functionalist without being at the same time a structuralist. To redress the balance, explicit treatment



is given to the core formal properties of syntactic constructions, such as constituency and hierarchy (phrase structure), grammatical relations and relational control, clause union, finiteness and governed constructions. At the same time, the cognitive and communicative underpinning of grammatical universals are further elucidated and underscored, and the interplay between grammar, cognition and neurology is outlined. Also the relevant typological database is expanded, now exploring in greater precision the bounds of syntactic diversity. Lastly, Syntax treats synchronic-typological diversity more explicitly as the dynamic by-product of diachronic development or grammaticalization. In so doing a parallel is drawn between linguistic diversity and diachrony on the one hand and biological diversity and evolution on the other. It is then suggested that - as in biology - synchronic universals of grammar are exercised and instantiated primarily as constraints on development, and are thus merely the apparent by-products of universal constraints on grammaticalization.