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KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS presents...
New Tiltes in Linguistics: 1996-1997
GERMANIC LINGUISTICS
* Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax: Volume II
edited by H=F6skuldur Thr=E4insson, University of Iceland, Reykhavik,
Iceland; and Samuel David Epstein and Steve Peter, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
Comparative synchronic and diachronic syntax has become an
increasingly popular and fruitful research area over the past 10-15
years. In the present volume, which complements Studies in
Comparative Germanic Syntax, contributors examine topics such as case
marking, the typology of pronouns and anaphors, agreement, verb
movement, verb morphology, object shift (object movement) and
scrambling, using data drawn from numerous Germanic languages, past
and present, as well as non-Germanic languages. The papers also
investigate topics not central to Studies in Comparative Germanic
Syntax, such as clitics, the functional structure of older Germanic
languages, the nature of tense, prepositional case marking, and
Germanic verb-second phenomena. Perhaps one of the main differences is
that the present volume reflects a more prominent role for historical
and diachronic syntax. In addition, many of the papers in the present
volume are heavily influenced by the recent introduction of the
Minimalist Program which post-dates the original Studies in
Comparative Germanic Syntax.
LINGUISTIC THEORY
STUDIES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC THEORY 38
1996 344 pp. Hardbound 0-7923-4215-1 $126.00
1996 684 pp. Hardbound Set of 2 vols. 0-7923-4381-6 $145.00
* Morphosyntax of Verb Movement
A Minimalist Approach to the Syntax of Dutch
by C. Jan Wouter Zwart, Institute of General Linguistics,
University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Morphosyntax of Verb Movement discusses the phenomenon of Dutch,
present in many Germanic languages, that the finite verb is fronted in
main clauses but not in embedded clauses. The theoretical framework
adopted is the so-called Minimalist Program of Chomsky (1995), the
latest developmental stage of generative grammar. Taking issue with
previous analyses, the author argues that phrase structure in Dutch is
uniformly head initial, and that the finite verb moves to different
positions in subject initial main clauses and in inversion
constructions. The book contains lucid and detailed discussion of
many theoretical issues in connection with the Minimalist Program,
such as the relation between syntax and morphology, the nature of
syntactic licensing, and the structure of the functional domain. At
the same time, it offers a survey of the properties of Dutch syntax, a
discussion of previous analyses of Dutch syntax and a wealth of
material from dialects of Dutch and other Germanic languages.
STUDIES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC THEORY VOLUME 39
1996 328 pp. Hardbound ISBN 0-7923-4263-1 $124.00
1996 328 pp. Paperback ISBN 0-7923-4264-X $54.00
* Current Issues in Comparative Grammar
edited by Robert Freidin, Princeton University, NJ
Current Issues in Comparative Grammar illustrates the diversity and
productivity of research within the principles and parameters
framework of generative grammar. In combination, the papers in this
volume address a rich and varied set of issues in the study of
comparative grammar, including the theories of binding, Case and
government, the parametric effects of inflection, the syntactic
properties of infinitival constructions, the analysis of expletives
and of clitics, and the interpretation of anaphoric properties at the
level of Logical Form. The collection employs several different
research strategies, ranging from a broad survey of related
constructions in a wide range of languages to the close analysis of an
unusual construction in a single language and its consequences for
the theory of Universal Grammar.
STUDIES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC THEORY 35
1996 396 pp. Hardbound 0-7923-3778-6 $133.00
1996 396 pp. Paperback 0-7923-3779-4 $56.00
* Ways of Scope Taking
edited by Anna Szabolcsi, Dept, of Linguistics,
University of California, L.A.
1997 466 pp. Hardbound
* Corpus-Based Methods in Language and Speech Processing
edited by Steve Young, Engineering Dept., Cambridge Universty, UK
Gerrit Bloothooft, Research Institute, Utrecht University, The
Netherlands
Corpus-based methods is found at the heart of many language and speech
processing systems. This book provides an in-depth introduction into
these technologies through chapters describing basic statistical
modeling techniques for language and speech, the use of hidden Markov
models in continuous speech recognition, the development of
development systems, part-of speech tagging and partial parsing,
data-oriented parsing and n-gram language modeling. The book attempts
to give both a clear overview of the main technologies used in
language and speech processing, along with sufficient mathematics to
understand the underlying principles. Overall, the book will give
newcomers a solid introduction to the field and it will give existing
practitioners a concise review of the principle technologies used in
the state-of-the-art language and speech processing systems.
Text, Speech and Language Technology
1997 234 pp. Hardbound ISBN
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