Phil Branigan (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics,

The Grammar of Multiple Head-Movement

A Comparative Study

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Phil Branigan examines multiple head-movement, a very common morpho-syntactic phenomenon that forms a part of the grammar in Finnish, English, Perenakan Javanese, northern Norwegian and Swedish dialects, and generally in the Slavic and Algonquian language families. Basing his analysis on a new model of the grammatical parameters which control word formation in the human brain, Branigan identifies how careful attention to the contexts in which multiple head-movement takes place allows new generalizations to be identified. A new account of how complex words are formed, this study deepens our understanding of how languages vary and of the mental computational system of human grammars.

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Produktdetails

• OXFORD STUDIES COMPARATIVE SYNTAX SERIES
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9780197677032
• ISBN-10: 0197677037
• Artikelnr.: 66819696

Autorenporträt

Phil Branigan is Professor in the Linguistics department at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author of Provocative Syntax (2010). His research has included minimalist studies into the morphosyntax of a variety of lesser-known languages, including Innu-aimun, East Cree, Inuktitut, Chukchi, and Kazakh, as well as more widely known languages in the Germanic, Romance and Slavic language families.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Modular Theory of Head Movement
Chapter 3: Multiple Head-Movement in Russian
Chapter 4: Multiple Head-Movement in Innu-aimûn
Chapter 5: Parameter Setting with Multiple Head-Movement
Appendix: Selected Notes on Innu-aimûn Grammar
Index