Canonical morphology and syntax
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Canonical morphology and syntax
Oxford University Press, 2013
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Bibliography: p. [262]-294
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed. In this way, the issue of fit becomes a matter of greater or lesser proximity to a canonical ideal. Drawing on the expertise of
world class scholars in the field, the book addresses the issue of cross-linguistic comparability, illustrates the range of areas - from morphosyntactic features to reported speech - to which linguists are currently applying this methodology, and explores to what degree the approach succeeds in
discovering the elusive canon of linguistic phenomena.
Table of Contents
- 1. What there might be and what there is: an introduction to Canonical Typology
- 2. A base for canonical negation
- 3. Canonical morphosyntactic features
- 4. Some problems in the typology of quotation: a canonical approach
- 5. Unpacking finiteness
- 6. The canonical clitic
- 7. Passive agents: prototypical vs. canonical passives
- 8. The criteria for reflexivization
- 9. Possession and modification - a perspective from Canonical Typology
- 10. An ontological approach to Canonical Typology: laying the foundations for e-linguistics
- References
- Author Index
- Language Index
- Subject Index
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