Dependencies in language [[electronic resource] ] : on the causal ontology of linguistic systems / / edited by N. J. Enfield

• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Germany : , : Language Science Press, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 pages) : charts; digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Dependency grammar; Language and languages - Phonology; Language and languages - Semantics; Language acquisition; Linguistics - Research; Psycholinguistics
• Persona (resp. second.): EnfieldN. J. <1966->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Dependencies in language / N. J. Enfield --2. Implicational universals and dependencies / Sonia Cristofaro --3. New approaches to Greenbergian word order dependencies / Jennifer Culbertson --4. From biology to language change and diversity / Dan Dediu --5. Language intertwined across multiple timescales: processing, acquisition and evolution / Morten H. Christiansen --6. What comes first in language emergence? / Wendy Sandler --7. Is language development dependent on early communicative development? / Elena Lieven --8. Dependency and relative determination in language acquisition: the case of Ku Waru / Alan Rumsey --9. Beyond binary dependencies in language structure / Damián E. Blasi & Seán G. Roberts --10. Real and spurious correlations involving tonal languages / Jeremy Collins --11. What (else) depends on phonology? / Larry H. Hyman --12. Dependencies in phonology: hierarchies and variation / Keren Rice --13. Understanding intra-system dependencies: classifiers in Lao / Sebastian Fedden & Greville G. Corbett --14. Structural and semantic dependencies in word class / William A. Foley --15. On the margins of language: ideophones, interjections and dependencies in linguistic theory / Mark Dingemanse.
• Sommario/riassunto: Dependency is a fundamental concept in the analysis of linguistic systems. The many if-then statements offered in typology and grammar-writing imply a causally real notion of dependency that is central to the claim being made—usually with reference to widely varying timescales and types of processes. But despite the importance of the concept of dependency in our work, its nature is seldom defined or made explicit. This book brings together experts on language, representing descriptive linguistics, language typology, functional/cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, research on gesture and other semiotic systems, developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, and linguistic anthropology to address the following question: What kinds of dependencies exist among language-related systems, and how do we define and explain them in natural, causal terms?
• Altri titoli varianti: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
• Titolo autorizzato: Dependencies in language
• ISBN: 3-946234-74-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765787103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Diversity Linguistics ; ; 14.