Neo-Firthian approaches to linguistic typology:
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Beteilige Person: McGregor, William 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT Equinox Publishing Ltd 2021
Schriftenreihe:Key concepts in systemic functional linguistics
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Abstract:"This book identifies the inadequacies of the dominant 'atheoretical' approaches to linguistic typology, and shows how these can be circumvented through a firm foundation in a Neo-Firthian theoretical framework. It also contends that Neo-Firthian approaches must take typology seriously as a criterion of theoretical adequacy, and be able to account for the full range of grammatical phenomena and their variation across languages, as well as those features that are universal. Case studies illustrate this argument through a selection of grammatical phenomena"--
Umfang:xvi, 223 Seiten Illustrationen 26 cm
ISBN:9781781796672
9781781796665