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The logic of markedness / Edwin L. Battistella.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Battistella, Edwin L., author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chomsky, Noam--Contributions in markedness.
Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982--Contributions in markedness.
Markedness (Linguistics).
Local Subjects:
Chomsky, Noam--Contributions in markedness.
Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982--Contributions in markedness.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (188 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This work studies the concept of markedness in the Prague School structuralism of Roman Jakobson, its importation into generative linguistics and its development in Chomsky's "principles and parameters" framework. It traces how structuralist and generative linguistics have drawn on the concept.
Contents:
Contents; Introduction; One: On Markedness; Two: The Development of Markedness in Jakobson's Work; Three: The Heirs of Jakobson; Four: Chomsky on Markedness; Five: Departures from the Core; Six: Jakobson and Chomsky: Bridging Invariance and Variation; Notes; References; Index
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-772201-6
1-280-52873-7
0-19-535592-X
1-4294-0671-2
OCLC:
476013898

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