Rаdicаl Construction Grаmmаr: Syntаctic Thеory in Typologicаl Pеrspеctivе
Publisher: Οxford Univеrsity Prеss, USΑ
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2001-12-27
List price: $300.00
This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links between syntactic and semantic structures, and argues that the basic elements of any language are not syntactic but rather syntactic-semantic "Gestalts". He puts forward a new approach to syntactic representation and a new model of how language and languages work....