This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed. In this way, the issue of fit becomes a matter of greater or lesser proximity to a canonical ideal. Drawing on the expertise of world class scholars in the field, the book addresses the issue of cross-linguistic comparability, illustrates the range of areas - from morphosyntactic features to reported speech - to which linguists are currently applying this methodology, and explores to what degree the approach succeeds in discovering the elusive canon of linguistic phenomena.
| ISBN | 9780199604326 |
| Autor(a) | Brown, Dunstan |
| Editora | Oxford University Press - USA |
| Ano de edição | 2013 |
| Páginas | 336 |
| Acabamento | Capa Dura |
| Dimensões | 23,40 X 15,50 |