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Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order (Hardcover, New)
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Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order (Hardcover, New)
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This book considers the implications of cross-linguistic word-order
patterns for linguistic theory. One of the salient results of
Joseph Greenberg's pioneering work in language typology was the
notion of a 'harmonic' word-order type, whereby if the verb appears
at the left or right edge of the verb phrase, other heads (e.g.
prepositions, nouns) also tend to do so. Today, however, there is
recognition in both the typological and generative literature that
very many, and possibly even the majority of languages, fail to be
fully harmonic in the sense that all head-complement pairs pattern
alike. But does this imply limitless variation? The chapters in
this volume, written by international scholars, discuss the issues
arising from this basic question, drawing on data from
typologically distinct disharmonic languages, including Mandarin
Chinese, Basque, Mocheno (a Tyrolean variety spoken in Northern
Italy), French, English, Hixkaryana (a Cariban language), Khalkha
Mongolian, Uyghur Turkic, and Afrikaans. The volume begins with a
substantial introduction to the study of word order and its
relation to linguistic theory. It is then divided into sections on
the nature of disharmony; the role of prosody; the question of
Antisymmetry and novel alternatives to Antisymmetry; and the
Final-over-Final Constraint. Aside from introducing new empirical
findings, the volume also offers a range of new perspectives on
disharmonic word orders, the status of word order in linguistic
theory, and theoretical accounts of typological gaps.
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