Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction. Volume II

by Talmy Givón and Talmy Givón

The long-awaited second volume of the two-volume work on syntax from a functional-typological perspective. Grammar is viewed as a non-arbitrary language-processing device, to be understood in terms of the various substantive parameters relevant to language: Communicative function, cognitive processing, socio-culture and neuro-biology. Distortions in this complex yet highly iconic code are due to conflicting functional requirements, most commonly introduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556190972
• ISBN13: 9781556190971
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 554 Pages