An Introduction to Word Grammar

by Richard Hudson

Book Overview

Word grammar is a theory of language structure and is based on the assumption that language, and indeed the whole of knowledge, is a network, and that virtually all of knowledge is learned. It combines the psychological insights of cognitive linguistics with the rigour of more formal theories. This textbook spans a broad range of topics from prototypes, activation and default inheritance to the details of syntactic, morphological and semantic structure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521721644
• ISBN13: 9780521721646
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.6"