Word grammar : new perspectives on a theory of language structure / edited by Kensei Sugayama and Richard Hudson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sugayama, Kensei.

Hudson, Richard A.

Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dependency grammar.

Generative grammar.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word order.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

English language--Semantics.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an introduction to Word Grammar, a theory of language structure founded and developed by Dick Hudson. In this theory, language is a cognitive network - a network of concepts, words and meanings containing all the elements of a linguistic analysis. The theory of language is therefore embedded in a theory of knowledge, in which there are no boundaries between one form of knowledge and any other. The most controversial idea in Word Grammar syntax is that phrase structure is redundant, because all its work can be done by means of dependencies between individual words. Word-word depen

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1. What is Word Grammar?; Part I: Word Grammar Approaches to Linguistic Analysis: Its explanatory power and applications; Part II: Towards a Better Word Grammar; Conclusion; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

"This volume comes from a three-year (April 2002-March 2005) research project on word grammar supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611294984

9781441186522

1441186522

9781281294982

1281294985

9781847142733

1847142737

OCLC:

298788165