Theory of Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theory of Language write by Steven Weisler. This book was released on 2000. Theory of Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Along with coverage of phonics, phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax, the text covers more unconventional topics including language and culture, and language evolution."--BOOK JACKET.
Language Description Informed by Theory
Language Description Informed by Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Description Informed by Theory write by Rob Pensalfini. This book was released on 2014-01-15. Language Description Informed by Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume explores how linguistic theories inform the ways in which languages are described. Theories, as representations of linguistic categories, guide the field linguist to look for various phenomena without presupposing their necessary existence and provide the tools to account for various sets of data across different languages. A goal of linguistic description is to represent the full range of language structures for any given language. The chapters in this book cover various sub-disciplines of linguistics including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition, and anthropological linguistics, drawing upon theoretical approaches such as prosodic Phonology, Enhancement theory, Distributed Morphology, Minimalist syntax, Lexical Functional Grammar, and Kinship theory. The languages described in this book include Australian languages (Pama-Nyungan and non-Pama-Nyungan), Romance languages as well as English. This volume will be of interest to researchers in both descriptive and theoretical linguistics.
Constructing a Language
Constructing a Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Constructing a Language write by Michael TOMASELLO. This book was released on 2009-06-30. Constructing a Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this groundbreaking book, Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, Tomasello demonstrates that we don't need a self-contained "language instinct" to explain how children learn language. Their linguistic ability is interwoven with other cognitive abilities.
Theory of Language
Theory of Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theory of Language write by Karl Bühler. This book was released on 2011-04-27. Theory of Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Karl Bühler (1879–1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of the twentieth century. Although primarily a psychologist, Bühler devoted much of his attention to the study of language and language theory. His masterwork Sprachtheorie (1934) quickly gained recognition in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and the psychology of language. This new edition of the English translation of Bühler’s theory begins with a survey on ‘Bühler’s legacy’ for modern linguistics (Werner Abraham), followed by the Theory of Language, and finally with a special ‘Postscript: Twenty-five Years Later ...’ (Achim Eschbach). Bühler’s theory is divided into four parts. Part I discusses the four axioms or principles of language research, the most famous of which is the first, the organon model, the base of Bühler's instrumental view of language. Part II treats the role of indexicality in language and discusses deixis as one determinant of speech. Part III examines the symbolic field, dealing with context, onomatopoeia and the function of case. Part IV deals with the elements of language and their organization (syllabification, the definition of the word, metaphor, anaphora, etc).The text is accompanied by an Introduction (Achim Eschbach); Translator's preface (Donald Fraser Goodwin); Glossary of terms; and a Bibliography of cited works.
A Theory of Language and Information
A Theory of Language and Information - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Theory of Language and Information write by Zellig Sabbettai Harris. This book was released on 1991. A Theory of Language and Information available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written by one of the most respected figures in American linguistics, this book develops an approach to the analysis of language on a mathematical model. Harris presents a formal theory of language structure, in which syntax is characterized as an orderly system of departure from random combinings of sounds, words, and all the elements of language. He argues that the combining of words in a sentence constitutes a mathematical object, and that each departure from randomness is a contribution to the structure and meaning of a sentence. Discussing the differences in the structure and content of language, mathematics, and music, Harris shows that the use of language in a science constitutes a distinguishable sub-language. Remarkable and compelling, Harris's magnum opus will be considered the classical analysis of the structuring of information and development of language.
