Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

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Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

Name: Cognitive Foundations of Grammar
ISBN: 9780195102529

Bernd Heine

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The main function of language is to convey meaning. The question of why language is structured the way it is, Heine here argues, has therefore to be answered first of all with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations in terms of other exponents of language structure, e.g. of syntax, are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal rather than central characteristics of language structure. This book uses basic findings on grammaticalization processes to describe the role of cognitive forces in shaping grammar. It provides students with an introductory treatment of a field of linguistics that has developed recently and is rapidly expanding.

Kategorie:

Mathematics

Rok:

1997

Wydawnictwo:

Oxford University Press, USA

Język:

english

Strony:

196

ISBN 10:

0195102525