Formal approaches to function in grammar : in honor of Eloise Jelinek /
The contributions making up this volume in honor of Eloise Jelinek are written from a formalist perspective that deals with stereotypically functionalist questions about language. Jelinek's pioneering work in formalist syntax has shown that autonomous syntax need not exist in a vacuum. Her work...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2003.
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| Series: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 62. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The contributions making up this volume in honor of Eloise Jelinek are written from a formalist perspective that deals with stereotypically functionalist questions about language. Jelinek's pioneering work in formalist syntax has shown that autonomous syntax need not exist in a vacuum. Her work has highlighted the importance of incorporating the effects of discourse and information structure on the syntactic representation. This book aims to invoke Jelinek's work either in substance or spirit. The focus is on Jelinek's influential Pronominal Argument Hypothesis as an ""non-configurational"" leaf |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 375 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-368) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1423761332 9781423761334 1588113485 9781588113481 9027227853 9789027227850 |
| ISSN: | 0166-0829 ; |
