A Performance Theory of Order and Constituency
A Performance Theory of Order and Constituency
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USDIn this major new book, John A. Hawkins presents a new theory of linear ordering in syntax. He argues that processing can provide a simple, functional explanation for syntactic rules of ordering, as well as for the selection among ordering variants in languages and structures in which variation is possible. Insights from generative syntax, typological studies of language universals, and psycholinguistic studies of language processing are combined to show that there is a profound correspondence between performance and grammar.
- First book-length discussion of the processing basis of syntactic rules and of cross-linguistic syntactic regularities
- First in-depth attempt to integrate three largely separate fields of language study: theories of on-line processing, generative syntax, and typological universals derived from cross-language comparison
- Hawkins is a star in his field, and his book is long awaited
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April 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511876028
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The grammaticalisation of processing principles
- 3. Early Immediate Constituents
- 4. Testing EIC's performance predictions
- 5. Testing EIC's grammatical predictions
- 6. Grammaticalised node construction
- 7. Conclusions
- References
- Index of names
- Language index
- Subject index
- Abbreviations.
