Morphology and Mind: A Unified Approach to Explanation in Linguistics - Brossura

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Hall, Christopher J.

 
9781138976467: Morphology and Mind: A Unified Approach to Explanation in Linguistics
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ISBN 10: 1138976466 ISBN 13: 9781138976467
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2016

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The central concern of this book is the explanation of linguistic form. It examines in detail certain cross-linguistic patterns in morphological systems, providing unified explanations of the observation that suffixes predominate over prefixes and the correlation between affix position and syntactic head position. The explanation of the suffixing preference is one which appeals to principles of language processing, tempered by cognitive constraints underlying language change. These factors, coupled with generative morphological analysis, also provide an explanation for the head/affix correlation.

The extended case-study illustrates a unified, integrative approach to explanation in linguistics which stresses two major features: the search for cognitive or other functional principles that could potentially underlie formally specified regularities; and the need for a micro-analysis of the mechanisms of ‘linkage’ between regularity and explanation. The natural methodological consequence of such an approach is a move towards greater cooperation between the various subdisciplines of linguistics, as well as a greatly needed expansion of cross-disciplinary research. The author’s broad training in theoretical morphology, formal and typological universals, and language processing, allows him to cross traditional boundaries and view the complex interactions between theoretical linguistic principles and cognitive mechanisms with considerable clarity of vision.

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Hall, Christopher J.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2016
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1138976466
ISBN 13 
9781138976467
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Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
248
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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780415724074: Morphology and Mind (RLE Linguistics C: Applied Linguistics): A Unified Approach to Explanation in Linguistics

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ISBN 10:  0415724074 ISBN 13:  9780415724074
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2014
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