On Linearization
Toward a Restrictive Theory
$92.29
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2023
Summary
The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world’s languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax.
Linearization, or the typical sequence of words in a sentence, varies tremendously from language to language. Why, for example, does the English phrase “a white table” need a different word order from the French phrase “une table blanche,” even though both refer to the same object? Guglielmo Cinque challenges the current unders…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544955 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262544954 |
| Author: | Guglielmo Cinque |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Guglielmo Cinque
Guglielmo Cinque is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy. He is the author of Types of A-Dependencies and The Syntax of Adjectives.
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