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Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence, this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small set of universal categories and language-specific units of language. Throughout the book the Universal Spine Hypothesis is compared to two alternative theories - the Universal Base Hypothesis and the No Base Hypothesis. This valuable addition to the field will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in linguistics.

Grammar --- Linguistique structurale --- Catégories grammaticales --- Universaux (linguistique) --- Linguistique structurale. --- Catégories grammaticales.

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This volume, which has partly grown from a Round Table at the XIVth International Congress of Linguists, argues for a large amount of underlying unity in outlook among different frameworks in present-day linguistics: the contemporary Prague School; the Noematic approach; the UNITYP model; Integrational Linguistics; Natural Morphology; much recent work in phonology; and Popperian Interactionism as applied, in particular, to historical linguistics. Section I discusses philosophical issues such as realism vs. cognitivism; Section II characterizes current frameworks; and Section III deals with ind

Structural linguistics --- Structural linguistics. --- Linguistics [Structural ] --- Linguistique structurale --- Linguïstiek [Structurele ] --- Structurele linguïstiek --- Structurele taalwetenschap --- Taalwetenschap [Structurele ] --- Linguistics

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Linguistic change --- Structural linguistics --- Changement linguistique --- Linguistique structurale --- Linguistics --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Language and languages --- Linguistic change. --- Structural linguistics.

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One of the earliest structural linguists, Baudouin de Courtenay was a pioneer in systematic phonology and a formative influence on Saussure, Jacobsen, and the Prague school of linguistics. This translation of de Courtenay's major writings gives Western scholars direct contact with his work for the first time. (Indiana University Studies in the History and Theory of Linguistics)

Linguistik --- Aufsatzsammlung --- Linguistics. --- Linguistique structurale. --- Linguistique. --- Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan Niecisław. --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Language and languages --- Historical & comparative linguistics

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This successful textbook introduces beginning university students of English to the study of English linguistics. Now updated and expanded, the second edition features a more detailed discussion of the differences between British and North American English, and explains the differences in the two traditions of phonetic transcription. The major difference between this book and its potential competitors lies in its hands-on didactic orientation, with a strong focus on linguistic analysis and argumentation. Language and linguistic theory are approached from a strictly empirical perspective: given a certain set of data to be accounted for, theoretical and methodological problems must be solved in order to analyze and understand the data properly. The book is not written in the perspective of a particular theoretical framework and draws on insights from various research traditions. Introduction to English Linguistics concentrates on gaining expertise and analytical skills in the traditional core areas of linguistics, i.e. phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The final chapter on "Extensions and applications" widens the perspective to other areas of linguistic research, such as historical, socio- and psycholinguistics. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises and suggestions for further reading. A glossary and an index facilitate access to terms and topics.

English language. --- Linguistics. --- English language --- Grammar. --- Structural linguistics. --- Anglais (Langue) --- Linguistique structurale --- Grammaire --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Analysis and parsing --- Diagraming --- Language and languages --- Germanic languages --- Composition and exercises --- English/ Language. --- Textbook.