Word Order

by Jae Jung Song

Book Overview

Word order is one of the major properties on which languages are compared and its study is fundamental to linguistics. This comprehensive survey provides an up-to-date, critical overview of this widely debated topic, exploring and evaluating word order research carried out in four major theoretical frameworks - linguistic typology, generative grammar, optimality theory and processing-based theories. It is the first book to bring these theoretical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521872146
• ISBN13: 9780521872140
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"