Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective

by William Croft

Book Overview

This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links between syntactic and semantic structures, and argues that the basic elements of any language are not syntactic but rather syntactic-semantic "Gestalts." He puts forward a new approach to syntactic representation and a new model of how language and languages work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198299540
• ISBN13: 9780198299547
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"