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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415542243
ISBN-139780415542241
eBay Product ID (ePID)113153168
Product Key Features
Number of Pages12 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameStructure in Language : a Dynamic Perspective
Publication Year2012
SubjectGeneral, Linguistics / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorThomas Berg
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines
SeriesRoutledge Studies in Linguistics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal415
Table Of Content1. A Structural Model of Language Production 2. Hierarchicalness and Branching in English 3. Interaction between Degree of Hierarchicalness and Position of Level in the Linguistic Hierarchy 4. Structure in the History of English 5. Structural Variation Across Languages 6. Structure and Typological Perspectives 7. Acquistion of Structure 8. Sensitivity to Structural Effects 9. Differences in Structure Sensitivity 10. The Whys and Wherefores of Structure
SynopsisThis book examines one of the allegedly unique features of human language: structure sensitivity. Its point of departure is the distinction between content and structural units, which are defined in psycholinguistic terms. The focus of the book is on structural representations, in particular their hierarchicalness and their branching direction. Structural representations reach variable levels of activation and are therefore gradient in nature. Their variable strength is claimed to account for numerous effects including differences between individual analytical levels, differences between languages as well as pathways of language acquisition and breakdown. English is found to be consistent in its branching direction and to have evolved its branching direction in line with the cross-level harmony constraint. Structure sensitivity is argued to be highly variable both within and across languages and consequently an unlikely candidate for a defining property of human language.
LC Classification NumberP146
