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Universal Grammar and Iconicity (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Universal Grammar and Iconicity (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Within linguistics, the formal and functional approaches each offer
insight into what language might be and how it operates, but so
far, there have been hardly any systematic attempts to integrate
them into a single theory. This book explores the relationship
between universal grammar - the theory that we have an innate
mechanism for generating sentences - and iconicity - the
resemblance between form and meaning in language. It offers a new
theory of their interactions, 'UG-iconicity interface' (UG-I),
which shows that not only do universal grammar and iconicity
coexist, but in fact collaborate in intricate and predictable ways.
The theory explains various recalcitrant cross-linguistic facts
surrounding the serial verb constructions, coordination,
semantically and categorically obscure 'linkers', the multiple
grammatical aspects of the external argument, and non-canonical
arguments. This groundbreaking work is essential reading for
researchers and postgraduate students in linguistics, as well as
scholars in psychology and cognitive science.
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