| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford linguistics |
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Oxford core linguistics |
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Oxford linguistics.
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Oxford core linguistics.
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| Contents |
What is I-language? -- I-everything : triangles, streams, words -- Approaches to the study of language -- I/E-/P-Language -- Syntactic theory that won't work -- Abstract representations -- Some details of sentence structure -- Binding -- Ergativity -- Approaches to UG : empirical evidence -- Approaches to UG : logic -- Social implications -- Some philosophy -- Open questions and closing remarks |
| Summary |
The book introduces the major branches of theoretical linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - in the context of cognitive science, with reference to fields such as vision, auditory perception and philosophy of mind. - ;I-Language introduces the uninitiated to linguistics as cognitive science. In an engaging, down-to-earth style Daniela Isac and Charles Reiss give a crystal-clear demonstration of the application of the scientific method in linguistic theory. Their presentation of the research programme inspired and led by Noam Chomsky shows how the focus of theory and research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Linguistics.
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Linguistics
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linguistics.
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Linguistics.
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Kognitive Linguistik
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Kognitiv lingvistik.
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| Genre/Form |
Lehrbuch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reiss, Charles, author.
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| ISBN |
9780191538612 |
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0191538612 |
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0199534209 |
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9780199534203 |
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