35.2419, Books: The Future of Syntax: Kiaer (2024)

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Subject: 35.2419, Books: The Future of Syntax: Kiaer (2024)

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Date: 06-Sep-2024
From: Rachel Bradshaw [rachel.bradshaw at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: The Future of Syntax: Kiaer (2024)


Title: The Future of Syntax
Subtitle: Asian Perspectives in an AI Age
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
                http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/future-of-syntax-9781350258266/

Author: Jieun Kiaer
Hardback: ISBN: 9781350258266 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 95
Abstract:

Proposing a new approach to the study of language, this book argues
for the need to consider syntax in context and to engage with a wider
variety of perspectives that better reflect the modern world and the
changes to our language prompted by increased cultural diversity, the
prevalence of social media, AI, and more.

Referencing big data and drawing on a corpus of linguistic research,
the book explores in particular the socio-pragmatic sensitivity and
complexity within East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese,
and Korean, offering new insights that step away from traditional
approaches to formal syntax. In tracing the history of syntactic
theory, it highlights the shifts in our communication as we adapt to
technological developments, and focuses in particular on the
significant advances in AI. Arguing that traditional syntactic theory
is no longer in keeping with real life communication, Jieun Kiaer
scrutinises current approaches and raises key questions about the need
for a more appropriate grammar better suited to the diversity of human
language.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Morphology
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Syntax

Written In: English (eng)



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