Scrambling and the survive principle:
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Main Author: Putnam, Michael T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. ©2007
Series:Linguistik aktuell Bd. 115
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index
Scrambling and the Survive Principle; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Dedication; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PROPERTIES OF SCRAMBLING; 3. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 4. THE PROSODIC SIDE OF SCRAMBLING; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Languages with free word orders pose daunting challenges to linguistic theory because they raise questions about the nature of grammatical strings. Ross, who coined the term Scrambling to refer to the relatively 'free' word orders found in Germanic languages (among others) notes that " ... the problems involved in specifying exactly the subset of the strings which will be generated ... are far too complicated for me to even mention here, let alone come to grips with" (1967:52). This book offers a radical re-analysis of middle field Scrambling. It argues that Scrambling is a concatenation effect, as
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 216 pages)
ISBN:9027291969
9789027291967

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