Grammatical Gaps Definition Typology And Theory

Author : Thomas Strobel,Helmut Weiß
Publisher : Helmut Buske Verlag
Page : 232 pages
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Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783967692914

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Grammatical gaps: definition, typology and theory by Thomas Strobel,Helmut Weiß Pdf

Grammatiken sind (metaphorisch gesprochen) Anweisungen zum richtigen Gebrauch einer Sprache. Interessanterweise zeigen Grammatiken offenbar Lücken, die dadurch entstehen, dass für bestimmte Bereiche Regeln (bzw. Formen) ganz fehlen oder dass sich einzelne Regeln widersprechen und der daraus resultierende Konflikt deren Anwendung verhindert. Grammatische Lücken, auf deren Relevanz für eine 'realistische' Grammatiktheorie wohl zuerst Marga Reis hingewiesen hat, sind in den letzten Jahren schon vereinzelt in den Fokus der Forschung geraten. Das Sonderheft versammelt Arbeiten zu verschiedenen Arten von Lücken und zeigt damit, wie ertragreich und wichtig die Erforschung grammatischer Lücken sein kann. Grammars are (metaphorically speaking) instructions for the correct use of languages. One might expect that grammars are complete, i.e., that they provide an appropriate solution for each utterance context. Interestingly, however, grammars seem to show gaps, which are caused by the fact that rules (or forms) in certain domains are missing completely or that individual rules contradict each other and that the resulting conflict prevents their application. Grammatical gaps, whose relevance for a 'realistic' theory of grammar was probably first pointed out by Marga Reis, have come into the focus of research in recent years. The present special issue collects papers on different kinds of gaps and shows how fruitful and important the investigation of grammatical gaps can prove to be. Inhalt: Introduction – Ralf Vogel: Grammatical gaps, grammatical invention and grammatical theory – André Meinunger: Unexpected finite verb forms in German – cases of grammatical illusion? – Patrick Mächler, Anja Hasse: Gaps of definiteness. Marking of (in)definiteness in Swiss German, Norwegian, Faroese and Elfdalian – Elisabeth Scherr: Attraction of the void. The lack of aspect in German and its effect on language change – Oliver Schallert: Morphological gaps in verbal diminutive formation: Some observations on Alemannic – Julia Bacskai-Atkari: Syntactic paradigms, markedness and similative markers in comparative and relative clauses – Fenna Bergsma: A typology of case competition in headless relatives – Ewa Trutkowski: How sex and gender shape agreement in German relative clauses – Tabea Reiner: What counts as a gap? The case of typological hierarchies

Author : Thomas Strobel,Helmut Weiß
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3967692906

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Grammatical Gaps: Definition, Typology and Theory by Thomas Strobel,Helmut Weiß Pdf

Author : Hans Bennis
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789053568590

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Gaps and Dummies by Hans Bennis Pdf

Investigation of the syntactic properties of empty categories and dummy pronouns within the framework of Government- Binding theory.

Author : Henk C. van Riemsdijk,Edwin Williams
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCAL:B4363718

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Introduction to the Theory of Grammar by Henk C. van Riemsdijk,Edwin Williams Pdf

Introduction to the Theory of Grammar makes available to teachers and students of syntax a comprehensive critical review of the main results of present day grammatical theory and shows how they were achieved.

Author : Jan Rijkhoff,Eva van Lier
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191645471

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Flexible Word Classes by Jan Rijkhoff,Eva van Lier Pdf

This book is the first major cross-linguistic study of 'flexible words', i.e. words that cannot be classified in terms of the traditional lexical categories Verb, Noun, Adjective or Adverb. Flexible words can - without special morphosyntactic marking - serve in functions for which other languages must employ members of two or more of the four traditional, 'specialised' word classes. Thus, flexible words are underspecified for communicative functions like 'predicating' (verbal function), 'referring' (nominal function) or 'modifying' (a function typically associated with adjectives and e.g. manner adverbs). Even though linguists have been aware of flexible world classes for more than a century, the phenomenon has not played a role in the development of linguistic typology or modern grammatical theory. The current volume aims to address this gap by offering detailed studies on flexible word classes, investigating their properties and what it means for the grammar of a language to have such a word class. It includes new cross-linguistic studies of word class systems as well as original descriptive and theoretical contributions from authors with an expert knowledge of languages that have played - or should play - a role in the debate about flexible word classes, including Kharia, Riau Indonesian, Santali, Sri Lanka Malay, Lushootseed, Gooniyandi, and Late Archaic Chinese.

Author : Willy Van Langendonck
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 394 pages
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Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197853

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Theory and Typology of Proper Names by Willy Van Langendonck Pdf

This book proposes a new synthesis of the functions of proper names, from a semantic, pragmatic and syntactic perspective. Proper names are approached constructionally, distinguishing prototypical uses from more marked ones such as those in which names are used as common nouns. Since what is traditionally regarded as 'the' class of names turns out to be only one possible function of name-forms (though a prototypical one), the notion of 'proprial lemma' is introduced as the concept behind both proprial and appellative uses of such categories as place names and personal names. New formal arguments are adduced to distinguish proper name function from common noun or pronoun function. The special status of proper names is captured in a unified pragmatic-semantic-syntactic theory: a proper name denotes a unique entity at the level of langue to make it psychosocially salient within a given basic level category. The meaning of the name, if any, does not determine its denotation. An important formal reflection of this characterization of names is their ability to appear in such close appositional constructions as the poet Burns or Fido the dog. The neurolinguistic finding that proper names constitute a separate category is introduced and interpreted within a general linguistic frame of reference. The different kinds of meanings associated with names (categorical, associative, emotive, and grammatical) are shown to be presuppositional in nature. In addition, the book proposes an entirely new classification of proper names as forming a continuum ranging from prototypical (personal and place names) to nonprototypical categories (brand and language names) to citations and autonyms, and a new diachronic classification of family names and nicknames. This book fills an important gap in the current literature, because the most recent linguistic book in English on name theory dates back to 1973. It is explicitly interdisciplinary, taking into account linguistic, philosophical, neurolinguistic, sociolinguistic and dialect geographical aspects of proper names.

Author : Frederick J. Newmeyer,Laurel B. Preston
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199685301

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Measuring Grammatical Complexity by Frederick J. Newmeyer,Laurel B. Preston Pdf

This book examines the question of whether languages can differ in grammatical complexity and, if so, how relative complexity differences might be measured. Chapters approach the question from the point of view of formal grammatical theory, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics, and take phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics into account.

Author : Norbert Hornstein
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 196 pages
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Release : 1984
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262081377

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Logic as Grammar by Norbert Hornstein Pdf

How is the meaning of natural language interpreted? Taking as its point of departure the logical problem of natural language acquisition, this book elaborates a theory of meaning based on syntactical rather than semantical processes. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Bernd Heine,Heiko Narrog
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks in Linguistic
Page : 1217 pages
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Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199677078

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The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis by Bernd Heine,Heiko Narrog Pdf

Fifty of the world's most distinguished scholars subject the analytic frameworks of contemporary linguistics to the same set of principled questions, showing which models best explain particular phenomena and offering a unique overview of linguistic theory.

Author : Zygmunt Frajzyngier,Adam Hodges,David S. Rood
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902723082X

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Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories by Zygmunt Frajzyngier,Adam Hodges,David S. Rood Pdf

From the refinement of general methodology, to new insights of synchronic and diachronic universals, to studies of specific phenomena, this collection demonstrates the crucial role that language data play in the evolution of useful, accurate linguistic theories. Issues addressed include the determination of meaning in typological studies; a refined understanding of diachronic processes by including intentional, social, statistical, and level-determined phenomena; the reconsideration of categories such as sentence, evidential or adposition, and structures such as compounds or polysynthesis; the tension between formal simplicity and functional clarity; the inclusion of unusual systems in theoretical debates; and fresh approaches to Chinese classifiers, possession in Oceanic languages, and English aspect. This is a careful selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories in Boulder, Colorado. The purpose of the Symposium was to confront fundamental issues in language structure and change with the rich variation of forms and functions observed across languages.

Author : Tibor Kiss
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110363708

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Syntax - Theory and Analysis by Tibor Kiss Pdf

The handbook offers an overview of syntactic theory and analysis, in terms of different theories, different languages, and different methods. The Handbook presents the state of art in syntactic analysis, also dealing with the methodology employed, and the rules of argumentation required to achieve such analyses for a wide range of phenomena.

Author : John A. Hawkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199252688

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Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars by John A. Hawkins Pdf

John Hawkins demonstrates a clear link between how languages are used and the conventions of their grammars. He sets out a theory in which performance shapes grammars and accounts for the variation patterns found in the world's languages.

Author : René Dirven,Günter Radden
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 3878085656

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Issues in the Theory of Universal Grammar by René Dirven,Günter Radden Pdf

Author : Martin Hilpert
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748675869

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Construction Grammar and its Application to English by Martin Hilpert Pdf

Construction Grammar explains how knowledge of language is organized in speakers' minds. The central and radical claim of Construction Grammar is that linguistic knowledge can be fully described as knowledge of constructions, which are defined as symbolic units that connect a linguistic form with meaning.

Author : Geoffrey Horrocks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317887782

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Generative Grammar by Geoffrey Horrocks Pdf

This book provides a critical review of the development of generative grammar, both transformational and non-transformational, from the early 1960s to the present, and presents contemporary results in the context of an overall evaluation of recent research in the field. Geoffrey Horrocks compares Chomsky's approach to the study of grammar, culminating in Government and Binding theory, with two other theories which are deliberate reactions to this framework: Generalised Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical-Functional Grammar. Whilst proponents of all three models regard themselves as generative grammarians, and share many of the same objectives, the differences between them nevertheless account for much of the recent debate in this subject. By presenting these different theories in the context of the issues that unite and divide them, the book highlights the problems which arise in any attempt to establish an adequate theory of grammatical representation.