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Author: Frederick J. Newmeyer (, Howard and Frances Nostrand Professor Linguistics)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.581kg
ISBN: 9780199274338
ISBN 10: 0199274339
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 13 October 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
...very well written, highly readable and extremely well informed... Marco Nicolis, Canadian Journal of Linguistics Most of the central claims of Possible and probable languages are quite independent of one's view of grammar , which commends this book to linguists of varying persuasions. Matthew S. Dryer, Journal of Linguistics
...very well written, highly readable and extremely well informed... Marco Nicolis, Canadian Journal of Linguistics Most of the central claims of Possible and probable languages are quite independent of one's view of grammar , which commends this book to linguists of varying persuasions. Matthew S. Dryer, Journal of Linguistics
`In this fast-paced and provocative book, Newmeyer challenges some dearly held tenets of both functionalist and generativist theory. He argues, with characteristic clarity and verve, that, although Universal Grammar underlies much of human language, it is irrelevant to explaining typological generalisations. For that, we must look to performance, rather than competence.' David Adger, Queen Mary College, University of London `A remarkably readable and highly thought-provoking work which will undoubtedly help scholars to crystallize their own views with respect to current debates in theoretical linguistics and contribute to a wider understanding of these debates.' Anna Siewierska
Author Information
Frederick J. Newmeyer is Howard and Frances Nostrand Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington in Seattle where he has taught since 1969. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Linguistic Society of America from 1989 to 1993 and its President in 2002. He specializes in syntax and the history of linguistics and in his current research program seeks to synthesize the results of formal and functional linguistics. He is the author of the books English Aspectual Verbs (1975), Linguistic Theory in America (1980), Grammatical Theory: Its Limits and its Possibilities (1983), The Politics of Linguistics (1986), Generative Linguistics: Historical Perspective (1996), and Language Form and Language Function (1998). He was also editor of the four-volume compilation Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey (1988).
