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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:29:43
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: Measuring Grammatical Complexity: Newmeyer, Preston (eds.)
Title: Measuring Grammatical Complexity
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Oxford University Press
http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/measuring-grammatical-complexity-9780198783565
Editor: Frederick J. Newmeyer
Editor: Laurel B Preston
Paperback: ISBN: 9780198783565 Pages: 392 Price: U.S. $ 40.00
Abstract:
Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced book.
This book examines the question of whether languages can differ in grammatical
complexity and, if so, how relative complexity differences might be measured.
The volume differs from others devoted to the question of complexity in
language in that the authors all approach the problem from the point of view
of formal grammatical theory, psycholinguistics, or neurolinguistics. Chapters
investigate a number of key issues in grammatical complexity, taking
phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic considerations into
account. These include what is often called the 'trade-off problem', namely
whether complexity in one grammatical component is necessarily balanced by
simplicity in another; and the question of interpretive complexity, that is,
whether and how one might measure the difficulty for the hearer in assigning
meaning to an utterance and how such complexity might be factored in to an
overall complexity assessment.
Measuring Grammatical Complexity brings together a number of distinguished
scholars in the field, and will be of interest to linguists of all theoretical
stripes from advanced undergraduate level upwards, particularly those working
in the areas of morphosyntax, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and
cognitive linguistics.
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
General Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Neurolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Written In: English (eng)
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