Meaning and the Lexicon: The Parallel Architecture, 1975-2010

by Ray S. Jackendoff

Book Overview

Meaning and the Lexicon brings together 35 years of pathbreaking work on language by Ray Jackendoff. It traces the development of his Parallel Architecture, in which phonology, syntax, and semantics are independent generative components, and in which knowledge of language consists of a
repertoire of stored structures. Some of these structures, such as words and morphemes, are idiosyncratic mappings between phonology, syntax, and meaning; some,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019956888X
• ISBN13: 9780199568888
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.7"