The Emergence of Functions in Language

by Marielle Butters and Zygmunt Frajzyngier

This volume explores the question of why languages - even those spoken in the same geographical area by people who share similar social structures, occupations, and religious beliefs - differ in the meanings expressed by their grammatical systems. Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Marielle Butters outline a new methodology to explore these differences, and to discover the motivations behind the emergence of meanings. The motivations that they identify include:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198844298
• ISBN13: 9780198844297
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"