Pragmatic Syntax

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Jieun Kiaer puts forward an argument in this book that the grammar of a language directly underpins the processing of the language, in real time. This is a view that runs against the orthodoxy of linguistic theorizing for the last 50 years, which has insisted that languages have to be characterized in terms that make little or no reference to the dynamics of language use. This orthodox view fails to fit languages in which the verb has to be at the end of the clause - which encompasses more than…

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Full title :Pragmatic Syntax.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Publishing
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781623561147, 1623561140, 9781472593672, 1472593677, 9781623560218, 1623560217, 9781623568351, 1623568358
oclc:ocn880530999
LC Classification:PL923
Dewey Decimal:415

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Perspective Shift; 2 Economically Motivated Syntax; 3 Expressively Motivated Syntax; 4 Challenges of Incrementality in Verb-Final Languages; 5 Formal Tools: Modelling Pragmatic Motivation in Syntax; 6 Modelling Nominal Particles in Korean; 7 Modelling Verbal Particles in Korean; 8 Particle Doubling: Incrementality at Work; 9 The Syntax of Spoken Dialogue; 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Subjects

Coréen (Langue) -- Grammaire générative Coréen (langue) -- Syntaxe English language -- Grammar, Generative English language -- Syntax Grammar, syntax & morphology Korean language -- Grammar, Generative Korean language -- Syntax LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar … LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… Pragmatics Pragmatique Semantics, discourse analysis, etc