a crosslinguistic perspective Hillert, Dieter. text bibliography cau San Diego Academic Press c1998 1998 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xvii, 437 p.) : ill. The innovative element of this volume is its overview of the fundamental psycholinguistic topics involved in sentence processing. While most psycholinguistic studies focus on a single language and induce a general model of universal sentence processing, this volume proposes a cross-linguistic approach. It contains two distinct features first embraced in the 18th century by brothers Freiherr Wilhelm von Humboldt and Alexander von Humboldt. First, it offers a linguistic theory that characterizes universal cognitive features of the human language processor (or the mind and its biological source), independent of a single language structure. Second, it contains a language theory which considers the diversity of linguistic structures and provides a powerful theory of language processing. Contributors cover a wide range of topics, including word recognition, fixed expressions, grammatical constraints, empty categories, and parsing. Their research involves analyses of 12 languages. This book provides an overview of central psycholinguistic topics in sentence processing; and combines deductive and inductive methods in fashioning an innovative approach. The contributors address word recognition, fixed expressions, grammatical constraints, empty categories, and parsing. Its original papers form a coherent presentation. edited by Dieter Hillert. Includes bibliographical references and index. Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax Grammar, Comparative and general Sentences Psycholinguistics Semantics Grammar, syntax Lexicography Language Arts & Disciplines Grammar & Punctuation Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics General P291 .S9 1998 415 81'36 San Diego : Academic Press, c1998 (DLC) 98191037 (OCoLC)39707696 9780585492230 (electronic bk.) : 0585492239 (electronic bk.) : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0092-4563/31 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0092-4563/31 ZJC 100917 20171018091354.0 ocn664400724 eng