Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 264 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-139-08463-5
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in linguistics 136
Content:
In this illuminating new theory of grammar, Hubert Haider demonstrates that there is a basic asymmetry in the phrase structure of any language, whatever sentence structure it takes. Moreover, he argues that understanding this asymmetry is the key to understanding the grammatical causality underlying a broad range of core syntactic phenomena. Until now, Germanic languages have been seen to fall into two distinct classes: those which take an object-verb sentence structure (OV) or a verb-object one (VO). However, by examining the nature of this universal underlying asymmetry, Hubert Haider reveals a third syntactic type: 'Type III'. In particular, he employs the third type to explore the cognitive evolution of grammar which gave rise to the structural asymmetry and its typological implications. Symmetry Breaking in Syntax will appeal to academic researchers and graduate students involved in comparative and theoretical syntax and the cognitive evolution of grammar
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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What breaks the symmetry in syntactic structuring -- Linearizations are public, structures are private -- BBC -- asymmetry in phrase structuring -- The cross-linguistic impact of the BBC -- The Germanic OV/VO split -- Adverbial positions in VO and in OV -- Elements of the third kind -- resultative predicates and particles in OV and VO -- Asymmetry in nominal structures -- word and phrase structure -- BBC or LCA? -- Fact finding and evaluation
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-107-01775-7
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-316-60480-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Germanische Sprachen
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Syntax
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Asymmetrie
;
Germanische Sprachen
;
Grammatiktheorie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139084635
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Author information:
Haider, Hubert 1953-
