A hubterranean view of syntax : an analysis of linguistic form through network theory / by Julie Louise Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Julie Louise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In A Hubterranean View Of Syntax, Julie Louise Steele explores the notion that "patterns in nature may be realised in the linguistic form of our own conversations; that our words dance to the same tune that is played out in our world." To show this, "the branch configuration of a tree and its leaf structure echoed in the distributary arrangement in a river delta and the blood vessels of a kidney. Recall the spiral of a shell, its shape reflected in the wind currents of a tornado, the florets ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABSTRACT; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; APPENDIX A.1; APPENDIX A.2; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4438-3599-4

OCLC:

821178909