Book: Architectures, Rules, And Preferences: Variations On Themes By Joan W. Bresnan "Architectures, Rules, and Preferences" reflects the interests and honors the influence of Joan W. Bresnan's two decades of foundational work on Lexical-Functional Grammar. This comprehensive volume includes contributions by leading linguists on language typology, synchronic variation, language change, constituent structure, function identification, subject condition, control, complex predicates, NP internal structure, wh-constructions, syntactic features, and lexical issues. Featuring an impressive range of empirical and theoretical research, this collection covers more than a dozen spoken languages as well as American Sign Language.
Details of Book: Architectures, Rules, And Preferences: Variations On Themes By Joan W. Bresnan Book: Architectures, Rules, And Preferences: Variations On Themes By Joan W. Bresnan
Author: Annie Zaenen, Jane Simpson, Tracy Holloway King
ISBN: 1575865602
ISBN-13: 9781575865607
, 978-1575865607
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2007/12/15
Publisher: Center For The Study Of Language And Informat
Number of Pages: 554
Language: English