Theoretical linguistics and grammatical description : papers in honour of Hans-Heinrich Lieb on the occasion of his 60th birthday / edited by Robin Sackmann ; with the assistance of Monika Budde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lieb, Hans-Heinrich.

Sackmann, Robin, 1962-

Budde, Monika.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 138.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Lieb, Hans-Heinrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents a collection of 23 papers by renowned linguists on current research in the field of theoretical linguistics. The book focuses on linguistic theory and metatheory, and on fundamental concepts and assumptions of modern linguistics.

Contents:

""THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS AND GRAMMATICAL DESCRIPTION""; ""Editorial page""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page""; ""Editor's Preface""; ""Table of contents""; ""Biographical Sketch of Hans-Heinrich Lieb""; ""Hans-Heinrich Lieb: List of Publications 1964-1995""; ""A Formal Approach to a General Theory of Language""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Primitive and some defined terms""; ""Language""; ""Lect""; ""Linguators""; ""Texts""; ""Lingual and lectal knowledge""; ""Lectosystematic basis of language""; ""Systematic basis of a text""; ""Transsystematization""; ""Transtextization""

""Language and lect use (linguation and lectation)""""Transudation""; ""Typal and sortai diversity of the language domain""; ""3. Axiomatics""; ""4. Language communication""; ""5. Lingual and lectal communities""; ""6. Variability and stability of language""; ""7 Concluding remarks""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Understanding Understanding""; ""1. The principle of concept formation""; ""2. The principle of understanding""; ""References""; ""Non-reducible Grammatical Relations without Semantic Content""; ""1. The set of classical grammatical relations""; ""1.1 Reducibility""

""1.2 Semantic content""""1.3 Justifying the GR-C-Postulate""; ""2. The German Prefield-es""; ""2.I The problem""; ""2.2 The solution""; ""3. Other constructions with diff nm-occurrences""; ""4 Summary""; ""References""; ""Are Linguistic Objects Internal, External, or Both?""; ""0. Introduction""; ""1. The terms of the discussion""; ""2. Radical internalism""; ""3. The representational hypothesis""; ""4. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Some Thoughts on Being Minimal""; ""1. Introduction: Descartes versus Socrates""; ""2. Rules and lists""

""3. Generalizations � universal and particular � and Schrödinger's cat""""4. Primitives and derived notions""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Case Morphology and Case System in L1 Acquisition""; ""0. Introduction""; ""1. Case-theoretic preliminaries""; ""2. A German child's acquisition of case""; ""2.I Data base and general assumptions""; ""2.2 Prenominai genitives and early accusatives""; ""2.3 On the absence of prepositions and articles""; ""2.4 Accusative and dative contexts""; ""3. Interpreting Lisa's acquisition of case""; ""3.1 On the role of pronominal case forms""

""3.2 The ""Prepositional Spurt"" and the emergence of datives""""3.3 Acquiring Dat-Acc- and Dat-verbs""; ""4. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Explorations in 'Idiolects""; ""1. Problem space""; ""2. Laudatio: Lieb's solution of the 'idiolect' problem in variation""; ""3. Testing theoretical assumptions: On the change of idiolect systems in contemporary German""; ""3.1 Remarks on the elicitation design""; ""3.2 The problem of 'verb-final' in standard clauses and as property of idiolect systems""; ""3.3 Language change in German after the fall of the wall?""; ""4. Outlook""; ""References""

""Phonological Word Structures""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31256-5

9786613312563

90-272-7623-4

OCLC:

816868491