32.589, Books: Unbounded Dependency Constructions: Chaves, Putnam

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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:36:36
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: Unbounded Dependency Constructions: Chaves, Putnam

 


Title: Unbounded Dependency Constructions 
Subtitle: Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives 
Series Title: Oxford Surveys in Syntax & Morphology  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/unbounded-dependency-constructions-9780198784999?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Rui P. Chaves
Author: Michael T. Putnam

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198784999 Pages: 336 Price: U.S. $ 100.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9780198785002 Pages: 336 Price: U.S. $ 45.00


Abstract:

This book is about one of the most intriguing features of human communication
systems: the fact that words that go together in meaning can occur arbitrarily
far away from each other. In the sentence 'This is technology that most people
think about, but rarely consider the implications of', the word 'technology'
is interpreted as if it were simultaneously next to the words 'about' and
'of'. This kind of long-distance dependency has been the subject of intense
linguistic and psycholinguistic research for the last half century, and offers
a unique insight into the nature of grammatical structures and their
interaction with cognition. The constructions in which these unbounded
dependencies arise are remarkably difficult to model and come with a rather
puzzling array of constraints that have often defied characterization or
proper explanation. This work provides a detailed survey of these
constructions and the factors responsible for their creation and
comprehension, describes new experimental evidence that sheds light on the
nature of the phenomenon, and suggests new avenues for future research. The
volume will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the fields
of morphosyntax, psycholinguistics, and cognitive science.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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