The papers in this collection share a common interest in the empirical, theoretical and meta-theoretical aspects of the 'internal-external' ('formal-functional') debate in linguistic theory. The primary aim of this volume is to initiate cooperation between internationally renowned generative and variationist linguists with a view to developing an innovative and more cohesive approach to syntactic variation. The present volume contains treatments incorporating the analysis of external factors into accounts focusing on the internal linguistic conditioning of syntactic variation and change cross-linguistically. As such, it offers novel approaches to three key areas of current linguistic debate, viz. (1) Methodological practices, (2) Theoretical applications and (3) Modularity. The volume is, therefore, an important achievement for the progress of linguistic theory more generally and it is an even more crucial milestone in the coming-of-age of 'Socio-Syntax' as a discipline in its own right.
| ISBN: | 9789027247797 |
| Publication date: | 22nd June 2005 |
| Author: | Leonie Cornips, Karen P Corrigan |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 318 pages |
| Series: | Current Issues in Linguistic Theory |
| Genres: |
Linguistics |
The papers in this collection share a common interest in the empirical, theoretical and meta-theoretical aspects of the 'internal-external' ('formal-functional') debate in linguistic theory. The primary aim of this volume is to initiate cooperation between internationally renowned generative and variationist linguists with a view to developing an innovative and more cohesive approach to syntactic variation. The present volume contains treatments incorporating the analysis of external factors into accounts focusing on the internal linguistic conditioning of syntactic variation and change cross-linguistically. As such, it offers novel approaches to three key areas of current linguistic debate, viz. (1) Methodological practices, (2) Theoretical applications and (3) Modularity. The volume is, therefore, an important achievement for the progress of linguistic theory more generally and it is an even more crucial milestone in the coming-of-age of 'Socio-Syntax' as a discipline in its own right.
Syntax and Variation features in the following genres: Linguistics
Syntax and Variation is available in Hardback
Syntax and Variation was written by Leonie Cornips, Karen P Corrigan and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Syntax and Variation has 318 pages
Yes it is part of Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series