31.2661, Books: The ‘Noun Phrase’ across Languages: Ono, Thompson (eds.)

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:59:10
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The ‘Noun Phrase’ across Languages: Ono, Thompson (eds.)

 


Title: The ‘Noun Phrase’ across Languages 
Subtitle: An emergent unit in interaction 
Series Title: Typological Studies in Language 128  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.128 


Editor: Tsuyoshi Ono
Editor: Sandra A. Thompson

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027261519 Pages: 366 Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027261519 Pages: 366 Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027261519 Pages: 366 Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204998 Pages: 366 Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204998 Pages: 366 Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204998 Pages: 366 Price: Europe EURO 111.30


Abstract:

The ‘NP’ is one of the least controversial grammatical units that linguists
work with. The NP is often assumed to be universal, and appears to be robust
cross-linguistically (compared to ‘VP’ or even ‘clause’) in that it can be
manipulated in argument positions in constructed examples. Furthermore, for
any given language, its internal structure (order and type of modifiers) tends
to be relatively fixed. Surprisingly, however, the empirical basis for ‘NP’
has never been established. The chapters in this volume examine the NP in
everyday interactions from diverse languages, including little-studied
languages as well as better-researched ones, in a variety of interactional
settings. Together, these chapters show that cross-linguistically, the
category NP is not as robust as has been assumed: in the context of temporally
unfolding human interaction, its structural status is constantly negotiated in
terms of participants’ evolving social agendas.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics
                     Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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