The Oxford Handbook of Universal Grammar

by Ian Roberts

Book Overview

This handbook provides a critical guide to the most central proposition in modern linguistics: the notion, generally known as Universal Grammar, that a universal set of structural principles underlies the grammatical diversity of the world's languages. Part I considers the implications of Universal Grammar for philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language, and examines the history of the theory. Part II focuses on linguistic theory, looking at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198826176
• ISBN13: 9780198826170
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.6"