|
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure
|
Buy Now
Sluicing: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives (Paperback)
Loot Price: R2,202
Discovery Miles 22 020
|
|
|
Sluicing: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, 38
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
This book considers the phenomenon of sluicing. Sluicing is the
term applied to sentences in which the ellipsis of a sequence of
words following an embedded wh question word appears to occur, and
hearers must somehow recover the content of missing material (as in
Someone saw her, but I don't know who _.). Elliptical constructions
of this type are now known to occur widely in the world's languages
in some form or another, and create interesting problems for
linguistic analysis, involving complex interactions between syntax,
semantics and morphology, as well as prosody. The present volume
brings together new research by leading experts who analyse
sluicing constructions in English, Dutch, Frisian, Serbo-Croatian,
Romanian, Turkish, Malagasy, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Bengali.
The book expands our current understanding of the ways in which
languages allow for ellipsis of the sluicing type to occur, and
shows how sluicing constructions reveal important information about
the general architecture of grammar. In addition to the nine
chapters dedicated to specific languages, the volume features an
introductory chapter and Haj Ross's original (1969) landmark paper
on sluicing.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
