Word order and scrambling [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Simin Karimi

• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order; Language acquisition; Psycholinguistics
• Altri autori: KarimiSimin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-367) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Word Order and Scrambling; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Topic and Focus Scope Positions in Navajo; 2 Argument Scrambling, Operator Movement, and Topic Movement in Hungarian; 3 Grammatical Relations in Tohono O'odham: an Instrumental Perspective; 4 Bare Nominals: Non-Specific and Contrastive Readings under Scrambling; 5 On Object Positions, Specificity, and Scrambling in Persian; 6 Scrambling, Subscrambling, and Case in Turkish; 7 Does Russian Scrambling Exist?; 8 A-Movement Scrambling and Options without Optionality ; 9 Scrambling in Dutch: Optionality and Optimality10 Word Order and (Remnant) VP Movement; 11 Non-Canonical Word Order: Topic and Focus in Adult and Child Tamil; 12 L2 Acquisition of Japanese: Knowledge and Use of Case Particles in SOV and OSV Sentences; 13 Scrambling and Processing: Dependencies, Complexity, and Constraints; 14 WH-Movement versus Scrambling: the Brain Makes a Difference; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Word Order and Scrambling introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling and is a valuable contribution to the fields of theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics. Introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling, or free word order. Explores major issues including factors responsible for word order variations, how scrambled constructions are processed, and whether variations are available in early child language development and in second language acquisit
• Titolo autorizzato: Word order and scrambling
• ISBN: 1-281-32134-6; 9786611321345; 0-470-70659-7; 0-470-75840-6; 0-470-75825-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910876542803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Explaining linguistics ; ; 4.