Ian (Hrsg.) Roberts

The Oxford Handbook of Universal Grammar

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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 philosophy of language, and examines the history of the theory. Part II focuses on linguistic theory, looking at topics such asexplanatory adequacy and how phonology and semantics fit into Universal Grammar. Parts III and IV look respectively at the insights derived from UG-inspired research on language acquisiti… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-164369-9
EAN: 9780191643699
Produktnummer: 22089214
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 720 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 8'648 KB

Über den Autor

Ian Roberts is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, having previously held posts in Geneva, Bangor, and Stuttgart. He was president of Generative Linguistics of the Old World (GLOW) in 1993-2001, and of the Societas Linguistica Europaea in 2012-13. He is currently Principle Investigator on the European Research Council Advanced Grant 'Rethinking Comparative Syntax'. He has published six monographs and two textbooks, including DiachronicSyntax (OUP, 2007), and has edited several collections of articles.