33.1173, Books: Universal Grammar and Iconicity: Li

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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:40:30
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Universal Grammar and Iconicity: Li

 


Title: Universal Grammar and Iconicity 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/grammar-and-syntax/universal-grammar-and-iconicity?format=HB 


Author: Yafei Li

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108840439 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108840439 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108840439 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

Within linguistics, the formal and functional approaches each offer insight
into what language might be and how it operates, but so far, there have been
hardly any systematic attempts to integrate them into a single theory. This
book explores the relationship between universal grammar - the theory that we
have an innate mechanism for generating sentences - and iconicity - the
resemblance between form and meaning in language. It offers a new theory of
their interactions, 'UG-iconicity interface' (UG-I), which shows that not only
do universal grammar and iconicity coexist, but in fact collaborate in
intricate and predictable ways. The theory explains various recalcitrant
cross-linguistic facts surrounding the serial verb constructions,
coordination, semantically and categorically obscure 'linkers', the multiple
grammatical aspects of the external argument, and non-canonical arguments.
This groundbreaking work is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate
students in linguistics, as well as scholars in psychology and cognitive
science.
 



1. An Interface Theory of Universal Grammar and Iconicity; 2. The Serial Verb
Constructions; 3. The Connectors; 4. From the External Argument Onward; 5.
Meta-Theoretical Reflections.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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