TY - BOOK ID - 27890269 TI - Heads in grammatical theory AU - Corbett, Greville G. AU - Fraser, Norman M. AU - McGlashan, Scott PY - 1993 SN - 0521420709 0521026520 0511659458 9780521026529 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - 801.56 KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - -Comparative grammar KW - Grammar KW - Grammar, Philosophical KW - Grammar, Universal KW - Language and languages KW - Philosophical grammar KW - Linguistics KW - Philology KW - 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Noun phrase KW - Grammar, Comparative KW - -801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Comparative grammar KW - Subject (Grammar) KW - Complex nominals KW - Subject KW - Nominals KW - Grammar [Comparative and general ] KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - Noun phrase. KW - -Linguistics KW - -Noun phrase UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:27890269 AB - Contemporary linguistic theories distinguish the principal element of a phrase - the 'head' - from the subordinate elements it dominates. This pervasive grammatical concept has been used to describe and account for linguistic phenomena ranging from agreement and government to word order universals, but opinions differ widely on its precise definition. A key question is whether the head is not already identified by some other, more basic notion or interacting set of notions in linguistics. Heads in Grammatical Theory is the first book devoted to the subject. Providing a clear view of current research on heads, some of the foremost linguists in the field tackle the problems set by the assumptions of particular grammatical theories and offer insights which have relevance across theories. Questions considered include whether there is a theory-neutral definition of head, whether heads have cognitive reality, how to identify the head of a phrase, and whether there are any universal correlations between headedness and deletability. ER -