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The Universal Structure of Categories - Martina Wiltschko

The Universal Structure of Categories

Buch | Softcover
376 Seiten
2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-34245-2 (ISBN)
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Using data from a variety of languages, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology.
Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence, this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small set of universal categories and language-specific units of language. Throughout the book the Universal Spine Hypothesis is compared to two alternative theories - the Universal Base Hypothesis and the No Base Hypothesis. This valuable addition to the field will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in linguistics.

Martina Wiltschko is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia.

1. The universal structure of categories; 2. A history of ideas behind the spine; 3. The universal spine as a heuristic for the identification of grammatical categories; 4. Anchoring categories in independent clauses; 5. Anchoring categories in dependent clauses; 6. Nominal anchoring categories; 7. Categories that introduce a point of view; 8. Towards a formal typology.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Zusatzinfo 47 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 18 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 546 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-009-34245-2 / 1009342452
ISBN-13 978-1-009-34245-2 / 9781009342452
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