Perspectives On The Architecture And Acquisition Of Syntax

Author : Gautam Sengupta,Shruti Sircar,Madhavi Gayathri Raman,Rahul Balusu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789811042959

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Perspectives on the Architecture and Acquisition of Syntax by Gautam Sengupta,Shruti Sircar,Madhavi Gayathri Raman,Rahul Balusu Pdf

This festschrift volume brings together important contributions by expert syntacticians across the globe on tense and finiteness, adjectives, dative and ergative case, acquisition of case, and other topics both within the domain of Dravidian linguistics and in the broader theoretical understanding of cross-linguistic data. Professor R. Amritavalli, a renowned linguist, has spent over three decades in the fields of syntax and syntactic acquisition, making important and landmark contributions in these areas, and this book is a recognition of her work. The contributors cover these themes in the context of English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi-Urdu, Bangla, Dravidian languages, and understudied languages like Huave. The analyses presented here have major implications for current theories of syntax and semantics, first and second language acquisition, language typology and historical linguistics, and will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and teachers.

Author : András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783985540044

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Syntactic architecture and its consequences III by András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner Pdf

This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters develop novel insights into a number of core syntactic phenomena, such as the structure of and variation in diathesis, alignment types, case and agreement splits, and the syntax of null elements. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and they provide varied perspectives on current research in synchronic and diachronic comparative syntax.

Author : András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer ,Jamie Douglas ,Sten Vikner
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961102754

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Syntactic architecture and its consequences I by András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer ,Jamie Douglas ,Sten Vikner Pdf

This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters address research questions on the relation of syntax to other aspects of grammar and linguistics more generally, including studies on language acquisition, variation and change, and syntactic interfaces. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in synchronic and diachronic comparative syntax ranging from the core verbal domain to higher, propositional domains.

Author : Giuliano Bocci,Daniele Botteri,Claudia Manetti,Vincenzo Moscati
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198889489

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Rich Descriptions and Simple Explanations in Morphosyntax and Language Acquisition by Giuliano Bocci,Daniele Botteri,Claudia Manetti,Vincenzo Moscati Pdf

This volume offers new perspectives on the tension between the rich patterns of language variation that emerge from comparative studies and the quest for simple theoretical primitives. The chapters explore the debate between Cartography and Minimalism: on the one hand, the need for detailed and articulated descriptions of the clausal architecture, and on the other, the endeavor to reduce the theoretical apparatus to fundamental computational mechanisms. The first part of the book begins with a reflection on the goals of modern linguistic theory, and investigates the principles of human language, in an effort to subsume the regularities of particular grammars under a small set of morphosyntactic and semantic primitives. The second part examines the clausal structure - both the CP-layer and the IP-layer - from a comparative perspective, which directly relates to the fundamental questions of universality, linguistic variation, and learnability addressed in the first part of the book. With chapters written by world-leading linguists who analyze a wide range of old and new phenomena, the volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in theoretical linguistics and language development.

Author : András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961102761

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Syntactic architecture and its consequences I by András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner Pdf

This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters address research questions on the relation of syntax to other aspects of grammar and linguistics more generally, including studies on language acquisition, variation and change, and syntactic interfaces. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in synchronic and diachronic comparative syntax ranging from the core verbal domain to higher, propositional domains. This book is complemented by volume II available at https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/276 and volume III available at https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/277.

Author : András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas ,Sten Vikner
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961102884

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Syntactic architecture and its consequences II by András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas ,Sten Vikner Pdf

This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters address research questions in comparative morphosyntax, including the modelling of syntactic categories, relative clauses, and demonstrative systems. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in morphosyntax and morphosyntactic variation.

Author : András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961102891

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Syntactic architecture and its consequences II by András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner Pdf

This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters address research questions in comparative morphosyntax, including the modelling of syntactic categories, relative clauses, and demonstrative systems. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in morphosyntax and morphosyntactic variation. This book is complemented by volume I available at https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/275 and volume III available at https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/277.

Author : Partha Ghose
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780429533907

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Tagore, Einstein and the Nature of Reality by Partha Ghose Pdf

This volume consists of a selection of scholarly essays from literature, philosophy and history on the conception of reality as understood by Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein. The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. Tagore (1861–1941) met Einstein (1879–1955) at the latter’s house in Kaputh, Germany on 14 July 1930 and had a long conversation on this issue. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists, philosophers and scholars from the literary world. The important question that Tagore and Einstein discussed was whether the world is a unity dependent on humanity, or the world is a reality independent of the human factor. Einstein believed that reality is independent of the mind and the human factor. On the other hand, Tagore adopted the opposite view. Nevertheless, both Einstein and Tagore claimed to be realists — their conceptions of reality were obviously fundamentally different. Where does the difference lie? Can it be harmonized at a deeper level? This volume brings together for the first time a gamut of views on this subject from eminent scholars. It presents some key reflections on reality, language, poetry, truth, science, personality, human sciences, virtue ethics, intelligibility and creativity. It will be useful to scholars and researchers of philosophy, literature, history and political studies, as also to those interested in Tagore.

Author : Richard S. Kayne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190863616

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Questions of Syntax by Richard S. Kayne Pdf

There are far more syntactically distinct languages than we might have thought; yet there are far fewer than there might have been. Questions of Syntax collects sixteen papers authored by Richard S. Kayne, a preeminent theoretical syntactician, who has sought over the course of his career to understand why both these facts are true. With a particular emphasis on comparative syntax, these chapters collectively consider how wide a range of questions the field of syntax can reasonably attempt to ask and then answer. At issue, among other topics, are the relation between syntax and (certain aspects of) semantics, the relation between syntax and what appear to be lexical questions, the relation between syntax and morphology, the relation between syntax and certain aspects of phonology (insofar as silent elements and their properties play a substantial role), and the extent to which comparative syntax can provide new and decisive evidence bearing on these different kinds of questions. To Kayne, comparative syntax can shed light on what may initially seem lexical questions, and antisymmetry on the evolution of human language itself. Taken as a whole, these essays elucidate the theoretical contributions of one the most influential scholars in linguistics.

Author : Sam Wolfe,Christine Meklenborg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198841166

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Continuity and Variation in Germanic and Romance by Sam Wolfe,Christine Meklenborg Pdf

This volume offers a range of synchronic and diachronic case studies in comparative Germanic and Romance morphosyntax. These two language families, spoken by over a billion people today, have played a central role in linguistic research, but many significant questions remain about the relationship between them. Following an introduction that sets out the methodological, empirical, and theoretical background to the book, the volume is divided into three parts that deal with the morphosyntax of subjects and the inflectional layer; inversion, discourse pragmatics, and the left periphery; and continuity and variation beyond the clause. The contributors adopt a diverse range of approaches, making use of the latest digitized corpora and presenting a mixture of well-known and under-studied data from standard and non-standard Germanic and Romance languages. Many of the chapters challenge received wisdom about the relationship between these two important language families. The volume will be an indispensable resource for researchers and students in the fields of Germanic and Romance linguistics, historical and comparative linguistics, and morphosyntax.

Author : Ludovico Franco,Paolo Lorusso
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501505102

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Linguistic Variation: Structure and Interpretation by Ludovico Franco,Paolo Lorusso Pdf

In this volume scholars honor M. Rita Manzini for her contributions to the field of Generative Morphosyntax. The essays in this book celebrate her career by continuing to explore inter-area research in linguistics and by pursuing a broad comparative approach, investigating and comparing different languages and dialects.

Author : Milan Rezac
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789048196982

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Phi-features and the Modular Architecture of Language by Milan Rezac Pdf

This monograph investigates the modular architecture of language through the nature of "uninterpretable" phi-features: person, number, gender, and Case. It provides new tools and evidence for the modular architecture of the human language faculty, a foundational topic of linguistic research. At the same time it develops a new theory for one of the core issues posed by the Minimalist Program: the relationship of syntax to its interfaces and the nature of uninterpretable features. The work sets out to establish a new cross-linguistic phenomenon to study the foregoing, person-governed last-resort repairs, which provides new insights into the nature of ergative/accusative Case and of Case licensing itself. This is the first monograph that explicitly addresses the syntactic vs. morphological status of uninterpretable phi-features and their relationship to interface systems in a similar way, drawing on person-based interactions among arguments as key data-base.

Author : Andreas Trotzke
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268068

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Rethinking Syntactocentrism by Andreas Trotzke Pdf

The term ‘syntactocentrism’ has been used to criticize the claim that syntax, as regarded in generative linguistics, plays the central role in modeling the mental architecture of the human language faculty. This research monograph explores the conjecture that many of the objections to the generative perspective, as they are formulated in alternative frameworks such as construction grammar, disappear once the consequences of recent minimalist theory are taken seriously. To show this, the book applies recent concepts of minimalist grammar to phenomena like the syntactic flexibility of idioms, the pragmatics of left-periphery-movement, or opacity effects involved in subextraction patterns. The book makes a new contribution to the field, as existing monographs on architectural matters in minimalism neither discuss alternative frameworks at length nor place a premium on pragmatic explanations for syntactic facts. The primary audience of this book are researchers and graduate students interested in a state-of-the-art discussion of grammatical architecture.

Author : Theresa Biberauer,Sten Vikner,András Bárány,Jamie Douglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1286311040

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Syntactic Architecture and Its Consequences II by Theresa Biberauer,Sten Vikner,András Bárány,Jamie Douglas Pdf

This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us.The chapters address research questions in comparative morphosyntax, including the modelling of syntactic categories, relative clauses, and demonstrative systems. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in morphosyntax and morphosyntactic variation.This book is complemented by volume I available at https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/275 and volume III available at https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/277.

Author : András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1227034885

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Syntactic Architecture and Its Consequences by András Bárány,Theresa Biberauer,Jamie Douglas,Sten Vikner Pdf