ID - 444086 TI - Word order PY - 2012 SN - 9780521872140 9780521693127 0521693128 0521872146 9781139033930 9781139376716 1139376713 9781139379571 1139379577 1139365614 110722585X 1280663898 9786613640826 1139378147 1139375288 113903393X 1139371290 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Grammar KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Grammaire comparée KW - Word order KW - Ordre des mots KW - Word order. KW - Grammaire comparée KW - Language and languages KW - Order (Grammar) KW - Linear ordering (Grammar) KW - Ordering constraints (Grammar) KW - Sequence (Linguistics) KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - Linguistics KW - Philology KW - Syntaxe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:444086 AB - Word order is one of the major properties on which languages are compared and its study is fundamental to linguistics. This comprehensive survey provides an up-to-date, critical overview of this widely debated topic, exploring and evaluating word order research carried out in four major theoretical frameworks - linguistic typology, generative grammar, optimality theory and processing-based theories. It is the first book to bring these theoretical approaches together in one place and is therefore a one-stop resource covering the current developments in word order research. It explains word order patterns in different languages and at different structural levels and critically evaluates (and where possible, compares) the theoretical assumptions and word order principles used in the different approaches. Also highlighted are issues and problems that require further investigation or remain unresolved. This book will be invaluable to those investigating word order, and researchers and students in syntax, linguistic theory and typology. ER -