The Dynamics of Language

by Ruth M. Kempson and Lutz Marten

For the whole of the last half-century, most theoretical syntacticians have assumed that knowledge of language is different from the tasks of speaking and understanding. There have been some dissenters, but, by and large, this view still holds sway. This book takes a different view: it continues the task set in hand by Kempson et al (2001) of arguing that the common-sense intuition is correct that knowledge of language consists in being able to use...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0126135355
• ISBN13: 9780126135350
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"