Subjects and universal grammar :an e...
Falk, Yehuda N., (1958-2012,)

 

  • Subjects and universal grammar :an explanatory theory /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 415.5
    書名/作者: Subjects and universal grammar : : an explanatory theory // Yehuda N. Falk.
    其他題名: Subjects & Universal Grammar
    作者: Falk, Yehuda N.,
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xix, 237 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
    附註: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
    標題: Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment.
    標題: Grammar, Comparative and general - Noun phrase.
    標題: Focus (Linguistics)
    ISBN: 9780511486265 (ebook)
    內容註: On subjects and explanation -- Most prominent argument -- Pivot -- Long-distance dependencies -- Control constructions -- Universality -- Competing theories.
    摘要、提要註: The 'subject' of a sentence is a concept that presents great challenges to linguists. Most languages have something which looks like a subject, but subjects differ across languages in their nature and properties, making them an interesting phenomenon for those seeking linguistic universals. This pioneering volume addresses 'subject' nature from a simultaneously formal and typological perspective. Dividing the subject into two distinct grammatical functions, it shows how the nature of these functions explains their respective properties, and argues that the split in properties shown in 'ergative' languages (whereby the subject of intransitive verbs is marked as an object) results from the functions being assigned to different elements of the clause. Drawing on data from a typologically wide variety of languages, including English, Hebrew, Tagalog, Inuit and Acehnese, it explains why, even in the case of very different languages, certain core properties can be found.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486265
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