Scrambling and the survive principle /:

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 "...

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1. Verfasser: Putnam, Michael T.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 115.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.
ISBN:9789027291967
9027291969

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