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The Sound Patterns of Syntax
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Full title: | the-sound-patterns-of-syntax |
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ISBN: | 9780199556861 |
ISBN 10: | 0199556865 |
Authors: | Lisa Rochman Nomi Erteschik-Shir |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Usa |
Edition: | 1 |
Num. pages: | 352 |
Binding: | Hardcover |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2010 |
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Synopsis
In this book leading scholars address the issues surrounding the syntax-phonology interface. These principally concern whether the phonological component can influence syntax and if so how far and in what ways: such questions are a prominent component of current work on the biolinguistics of speech production and reception. The problematic relationship between syntax and phonology has long piqued the interest of syntacticians and phonologists: the connections between sound and structure have played a key role in generative grammar from its inception, initially relating to focus and the prosodic marking of constituent structure and more recently to word-order constraints. This book advances this work in a series of critical and interlinked presentations of the latest thinking and research. In doing so it draws on data from a wide range of languages, evidence from disordered language, and related work in language acquisition.