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Book
Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories
(2005)
Abstract
From the refinement of general methodology, to new insights of synchronic and diachronic universals, to studies of specific phenomena, this collection demonstrates the crucial role that language data play in the evolution of useful, accurate linguistic theories. Issues addressed include the determination of meaning in typological studies; a refined understanding of diachronic processes by including intentional, social, statistical, and level-determined phenomena; the reconsideration of categories such as sentence, evidential or adposition, and structures such as compounds or polysynthesis; the tension between formal simplicity and functional clarity; the inclusion of unusual systems in theoretical debates; and fresh approaches to Chinese classifiers, possession in Oceanic languages, and English aspect. This is a careful selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories in Boulder, Colorado. The purpose of the Symposium was to confront fundamental issues in language structure and change with the rich variation of forms and functions observed across languages.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2005
Editor
Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Adam Hodges & David Rood
Publisher
John Benjamins
ISBN
978 1 58811 577 5
Citation Information
Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Adam Hodges, and David Rood. Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories. John Benjamins, 2005.