2011, ISBN: 9780199571055

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In … Más…

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the mostsatisfactory and profitable ways to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first volume he addresses the methodology for recording, analysing, and comparing languages. He argues that grammatical structures and rules should be worked out inductively on the basis of evidence, explaining in detail thesteps by which an attested grammar and lexicon can built up from observed utterances. He shows how the grammars and words of one language may be compared to others of the same or different families, explains the methods involved in cross-linguistic parametric analyses, and describes how to interpretthe results. Volume 2 and volume 3 (to be published in 2011) offer in-depth tours of underlying principles of grammatical organization, as well as many of the facts of grammatical variation. ''The task of the linguist,'' Professor Dixon writes, ''is to explain the nature of human languages - eachviewed as an integrated system - together with an explanation of why each language is the way it is, allied to the further scientific pursuits of prediction and evaluation.''Basic Linguistic Theory is the triumphant outcome of a lifetime''s thinking about every aspect and manifestation of language and immersion in linguistic fieldwork. It is a one-stop text for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, as well as for those in neighbouring disciplines, such aspsychology and anthropology. | Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 1 by R. M. W. Dixon Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Languages > Linguistics P10116, R. M. W. Dixon<

ISBN: 9780199571055

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a comprehensive guide to the nature of human languages and their description and analysis. The … Más…

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a comprehensive guide to the nature of human languages and their description and analysis. The books are a one-stop text for undergraduate and graduate students, the triumphant outcome of a lifetime's immersion in every aspect of language, and a lasting monument to innovative scholarship., Historical & Comparative Linguistics<

2009, ISBN: 9780199571055

OXFORD UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 416 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-11-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: Tables, Figures, 1.92 kg, Linguistik, Sozialwissenschaf… Más…

OXFORD UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 416 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-11-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: Tables, Figures, 1.92 kg, Linguistik, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Format: Illustriert, OXFORD UNIV PR, 2009<

2009, ISBN: 9780199571055

Methodology, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2009