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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Main Author: Berg, Thomas , 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY. : Routledge , c2009
Series:Routledge studies in linguistics ; 10
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500 |a Title from e-book title screen (viewed Mar 31, 2009) 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Chapter One: A Structural Model of Language Production -- 2. Chapter Two: Constituent Structure and Branching Direction in English -- 3. Chapter Three: Level-specific Differences in Hierarchicalness -- 4. Chapter Four: Structural Variation across Time -- 5. Chapter Five: Structural Variation across Languages -- 6. Chapter Six: Branching Direction (and Hierarchicalness) from a Typological Perspective -- 7. Chapter Seven: How Structure is Acquired -- 8. Chapter Eight: How Structure Breaks Down -- 9. Chapter Nine: Structure across Output Modalities -- 10. Chapter Ten: The Whys and Wherefores of StructureNotesBibliographyIndex 
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