Challenges to Linearization
By: edited by Theresa Biberauer and Ian Roberts
Series: Studies in Generative Grammar -- 114
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Typology (Linguistics); Generative grammar
Description: The still largely mysterious question of how hierarchical linguistic structures are converted into sequentially ordered linear strings is the challenging problem at the heart of this volume. The ten contributions approach it from a range of angles, considering both specific empirical challenges in spoken and signed languages, and broader architectural and typological questions. This volume will be of interest to advanced students and researchers with interests in the externalisation of linguistic structure, the architecture of the language faculty and linguistic typology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.