The Universal Structure of Categories

ISBN-13: 9781009342452 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 376 str.

Vancouver) Wiltschk Martina (University of British Columbia

Opis

Using data from a variety of languages, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions.

Recenzje

'Martina Wiltschko has synthesized her broad typological experience in syntax and semantics into an exciting new proposal for thinking about the universals of clause structure. Her new book builds on past empirical results, but at the same time breaks with old dogmas to create a book which should stimulate major advances for the field. Required reading for syntacticians of all stripes.' Gillian Ramchand, University of Tromsø

Spis treści

1. The universal structure of categories; 2. A history of ideas behind the spine; 3. The universal spine as a heuristic for the identification of grammatical categories; 4. Anchoring categories in independent clauses; 5. Anchoring categories in dependent clauses; 6. Nominal anchoring categories; 7. Categories that introduce a point of view; 8. Towards a formal typology.