Explorations in integrational linguistics : four essays on German, French, and Guarani / edited by Robin Sackmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sackmann, Robin, 1962-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 285.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 285

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Integrational Linguistics (IL), developed by the German linguist Hans-Heinrich Lieb and others, is an approach to linguistics that integrates linguistic descriptions, construed as ‘declarative’ theories, with a detailed theory of language that covers all classical areas of linguistics, from phonology to sentence semantics, and takes linguistic variation, both synchronic and diachronic, fully into account.The aim of this book is to demonstrate how some controversial issues in language description are resolved in Integrational Linguistics. The four essays united here cover nearly all levels of language systems: phonetics and phonology (“The Case for Two-Level Phonology” by Hans-Heinrich Lieb, on German obstruent tensing and French nasal alternation), morphology (“Form and Function of Verbal Ablaut in Contemporary Standard German” by Bernd Wiese), morphology and syntax (“Inflectional Units and Their Effects” by Sebastian Drude, on the person system in Guaraní), and syntax and sentence semantics (“Topic Integration” by Andreas Nolda, on ‘split topicalization’ in German).

Contents:

Prelim pages

Editor's foreword

Table of contents

An introduction to Integrational Linguistics

The case for two-level phonology

Form and function of verbal ablaut in contemporary standard German

Inflectional units and their effects

Topic integration

Index of names

Index of subjects and terms

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612105340

9781282105348

1282105345

9789027291004

9027291004

OCLC:

325295409