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This book reconsiders the classic topics of linguistic analysis and reflects on universal aspects of language from a typological and comparative perspective. The aim is to show the crucial interactions which occur at the different levels of grammar (phonology, morphology, lexicon, syntax and pragmatics), illustrating their various roles in the structural organization of the sentence and exploring how interface relations contribute to yield interpretation in typologically different languages. The structural analysis is set within the Generative framework of grammar, though theoretical tenets are the outcome, rather than the starting point, of a study based on the observation of data. As the basic intent is to show different phenomena across a wide range of languages, a 'semi-guided' method has been adopted in order to facilitate comprehension and assist the reader in the identification of language universals. For every topic, the discussion of previous literature is followed by cross-linguistic evidence so that theory can be checked against data and the relevant generalizations drawn. Ultimately, this approach reveals that grammar is based on a very limited number of universal principles, which operate yielding different effects at the different levels of the grammar. It implies that a real understanding of the language-system can only be derived from a comparative analysis in which the notion of interface plays a crucial role. The seven chapters in the volume deal with categories and functions, argument structure, syntactic functions, the structure of noun phrases, adverbial modification, information structure and illocutive force. Throughout, the observation of data from 74 languages is a crucial element in the formulation and understanding of theoretical tenets. This book is highly recommended for researchers and students interested in formal analysis from a typological, comparative perspective.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Analysis, Linguistic (Linguistics) --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Analyse linguistique (Linguistique)

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L'astronomie n'appartient pas exclusivement au domaine de la science. La réflexion sur le mystère des origines et de l'inconnu nous concerne tous. C'est pourquoi les médias - revues de vulgarisation, journaux, cédéroms - se sont emparés de ce savoir certes rigoureux mais non encore établi. Comment les médias diffusent-ils ce savoir complexe pour le rendre accessible ? Y-a-t-il une structure discursive de la vulgarisation ? Le regard du linguiste sur la pratique du savant met en lumière la part de la spéculation et du rêve à laquelle s'attachent les médias.

Astronomy in mass media. --- Discourse analysis. --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Mass media --- langage --- astronomie --- science --- vulgarisation --- communication --- analyse linguistique

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"A practical step-by-step introduction to the analysis of English grammar, this book leaves the reader confident to tackle the challenges analysing grammar may pose. The first textbook to take an integrated approach to function and structure in grammatical analysis, it allows students to build experience, skills and confidence in working with grammar. The innovative, hybrid approach combines an introduction to systemic functional theory with a solid grounding in grammatical structure. The book approaches grammar in an incremental way, enabling students to develop grammatical skill in stages. It is of particular value to those starting to work with functional grammar but it is also relevant for experienced readers who are interested in developing a more systematic approach to grammatical analysis"--

English language --- Grammar --- Analyse grammaticale --- Analyse linguistique --- Anglais (langue) --- Grammaire --- Grammaire. --- Analyse grammaticale. --- Analyse linguistique. --- Grammar. --- Analysis and parsing --- Diagraming --- Composition and exercises --- Functional linguistics. --- Functional analysis (Linguistics) --- Functional grammar --- Functional linguistics --- Functional-structural analysis (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Functional --- Grammatical functions --- Linguistics --- Structural linguistics --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages

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The volume focuses on the interaction of different levels of linguistic analysis (syntax, semantics, pragmatics) and the interfaces between them, on the convergence of different theoretical models in explaining linguistic phenomena, and on recent interdisciplinary approaches to linguistic analysis. Its theoretical importance lies in bringing out and highlighting some of the common trends and directions found in recent theoretical frameworks which focus on themes traditionally downplayed by mainstream 20th century linguistics. It further familiarizes the reader with the methodology used in such frameworks and shows how methodology developed in different theoretical perspectives can often converge in yielding similar results. While representing different traditions, all papers in this volume assume a necessity for the study of language to be paired with the study of cognition and for linguistics to develop more substantive links to other disciplines, thereby creating converging trends into the new century. The structure of this volume reflects this assumption along a cline of theoretical models and methodologies, starting from those that view language as part of cognition and ending with those that consider the language faculty to be distinct from general cognition. Thus the volume is divided into five parts: (I) relaxing level boundaries, (II) focusing on level interaction, (III) drawing on different theories, (IV) exploring field interaction, and (V) interdisciplinary perspectives on modularity. The volume is of particular relevance to scholars and students who are interested in an in-depth overview of 20th century linguistics outside/beyond the generative paradigm, and in exploring the development of 20th century legacy into current work.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Methodology. --- Philosophy of language --- 800 --- 800 Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek --- Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek --- Analyse linguistique (Linguistique) --- Linguistique --- Méthodologie --- Analysis, Linguistic (Linguistics) --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Methodology --- Cognitive linguistics. --- Linguistic analysis.

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At last - a comprehensive account of the ideas of Benjamin Lee Whorf which not only explains the nature and logic of the linguistic relativity principle but also situates it within a larger 'theory complex' delineated in fascinating detail. Whorf's almost unknown unpublished writings (as well as his published papers) are drawn on to show how twelve elements of theory interweave in a sophisticated account of relations between language, mind, and experience. The role of language in cognition is revealed as a central concern, some of his insights having interesting affinity with modern connection

Psycholinguistics --- Philosophy of language --- Sociolinguistics --- Whorf, B. --- Whorf, Benjamin Lee --- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Analysis, Linguistic (Linguistics) --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Relativity (Linguistics) --- Whorf-Sapir hypothesis --- Anthropological linguistics --- Whorf, Benjamin Lee, --- Whorf, B. L. --- וורף, בנג׳מין לי, --- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis --- Analyse linguistique (Linguistique) --- Sapir-Whorf, Hypothèse de