34.98, Books: The Universal Structure of Categories: Wiltschko

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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 23:23:59
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Universal Structure of Categories: Wiltschko

 


Title: The Universal Structure of Categories 
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-structure-categories?format=PB 


Author: Martina Wiltschko

Paperback: ISBN:  9781009342452 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 35.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009342452 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 26.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009342452 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 31.50


Abstract:

Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced title.
Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and
Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories
and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and
demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the
Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal
Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence,
this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small
set of universal categories and language-specific units of language.
Throughout the book the Universal Spine Hypothesis is compared to two
alternative theories - the Universal Base Hypothesis and the No Base
Hypothesis. This valuable addition to the field will be welcomed by graduate
students and researchers in linguistics.
 



1. The universal structure of categories; 2. A history of ideas behind the
spine; 3. The universal spine as a heuristic for the identification of
grammatical categories; 4. Anchoring categories in independent clauses; 5.
Anchoring categories in dependent clauses; 6. Nominal anchoring categories; 7.
Categories that introduce a point of view; 8. Towards a formal typology.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=166993




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