Structure in language [ a dynamic perspective
Examines structure sensitivity. This book focuses on structural representations, in particular their hierarchicalness and their branching direction. It argues that structure sensitivity is highly variable both within and across languages, and consequently an unlikely candidate for a defining propert...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY. :
Routledge ,
c2009
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| Series: | Routledge studies in linguistics ;
10 |
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
| Summary: | Examines structure sensitivity. This book focuses on structural representations, in particular their hierarchicalness and their branching direction. It argues that structure sensitivity is highly variable both within and across languages, and consequently an unlikely candidate for a defining property of human language. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record Title from e-book title screen (viewed Mar 31, 2009) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 396 p.) : ill |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0203890167 (electronic bk.) 0415991358 (Cloth) 6611837809 (electronic bk.) 9780203890165 (electronic bk.) 9780415991353 9786611837808 (electronic bk.) |