An introduction to word grammar /
Word grammar is a theory of language structure and is based on the assumption that language, and indeed the whole of knowledge, is a network, and that virtually all of knowledge is learned. It combines the psychological insights of cognitive linguistics with the rigour of more formal theories. This...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
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| Online Access: | Cover image |
| Summary: | Word grammar is a theory of language structure and is based on the assumption that language, and indeed the whole of knowledge, is a network, and that virtually all of knowledge is learned. It combines the psychological insights of cognitive linguistics with the rigour of more formal theories. This textbook spans a broad range of topics from prototypes, activation and default inheritance to the details of syntactic, morphological and semantic structure. It introduces elementary ideas from cognitive science and uses them to explain the structure of language including a survey of English grammar. |
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| Physical Description: | 332 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780521896900 (hardback) 0521896908 (hardback) 9780521721646 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0521721644 (pbk. : alk. paper) |