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An edition of The dynamics of language (2005)

The dynamics of language

"For the whole of the last half-century, most theoretical syntacticians have assumed that knowledge of language is different from the tasks of speaking and understanding. There have been some dissenters, but, by and large, this view still holds sway." "This book takes a different view: it continues the task set in hand by Kempson et al (2001) of arguing that the common-sense intuition is correct that knowledge of language consists in being able to use it in speaking and understanding. The Dynamics of Language argues that interpretation is built up across as sequence of words relative to some context and that this is all that is needed to explain the structural properties of language. The dynamics of how interpretation is built up is the syntax of a language system. The authors' first task is to convey to a general linguistic audience with a minimum of formal apparatus, the substance of that formal system. Secondly, as linguists, they set themselves the task of applying the formal system to as broad an array of linguistic puzzles as possible, the languages analysed ranging from English to Japanese and Swahili." "The Dynamics of Language is clearly written and illustrated to be accessible to advanced undergraduates, first or subsequent year postgraduates and professionals in linguistics or cognitive science."--BOOK JACKET

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Elsevier
Language
English
Pages
440

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Cover of: Dynamics of Language
Dynamics of Language: An Introduction
2005, Emerald Publishing Limited
in English
Cover of: The Dynamics of Language, Volume 35
The Dynamics of Language, Volume 35: An Introduction (Syntax and Semantics)
July 4, 2005, Academic Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: The dynamics of language
The dynamics of language
2005, Elsevier
in English
Cover of: The Dynamics of Language, Volume 35
The Dynamics of Language, Volume 35: an introduction (Syntax and Semantics)
June 22, 2005, Academic Press
in English
Cover of: The Dynamics of Language, Volume 35
The Dynamics of Language, Volume 35: An Introduction (Syntax and Semantics)
July 4, 2005, Academic Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Amsterdam, Oxford
Series
Syntax and semantics -- v. 35

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Library of Congress
P107

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 440 p. :
Number of pages
440

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Open Library
OL15575311M
Internet Archive
dynamicslanguage00cann
ISBN 10
0126135355, 0126135363
OCLC/WorldCat
57749519
Library Thing
4561918
Goodreads
3231066
1919847

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