The domain of syntax
By: John M. Anderson
Series: Substance of language -- v. 1; Oxford linguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780199608317
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Morphology; Syntax; Finiteness (Linguistics)
Description: This volume explores the consequences for syntax of assuming that language is grounded in cognition and perception. He considers whether this permits a lexicalist approach to syntax that would allow it to dispense not only with structural mutations but with universal grammar itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-424) and indexes.