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Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2 - Grammatical Topics (Hardcover)
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Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2 - Grammatical Topics (Hardcover)
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In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and
fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a
comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three
clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go
about doing linguistics, the most satisfactory and profitable ways
to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first volume he
addresses the methodology for recording, analysing, and comparing
languages. He argues that grammatical structures and rules should
be worked out inductively on the basis of evidence, explaining in
detail the steps by which an attested grammar and lexicon can built
up from observed utterances. He shows how the grammars and words of
one language may be compared to others of the same or different
families, explains the methods involved in cross-linguistic
parametric analyses, and describes how to interpret the results.
Volume 2 and volume 3 (to be published in 2011) offer in-depth
tours of underlying principles of grammatical organization, as well
as many of the facts of grammatical variation. 'The task of the
linguist, ' Professor Dixon writes, 'is to explain the nature of
human languages - each viewed as an integrated system - together
with an explanation of why each language is the way it is, allied
to the further scientific pursuits of prediction and evaluation.'
Basic Linguistic Theory is the triumphant outcome of a lifetime's
thinking about every aspect and manifestation of language and
immersion in linguistic fieldwork. It is a one-stop text for
undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, as well as for
those in neighbouring disciplines, such as psychology and
anthropology.
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