基本説明
This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed.
Full Description
This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed. In this way, the issue of fit becomes a matter of greater or lesser proximity to a canonical ideal. Drawing on the expertise of world class scholars in the field, the book addresses the issue of cross-linguistic comparability, illustrates the range of areas - from morphosyntactic features to reported speech - to which linguists are currently applying this methodology, and explores to what degree the approach succeeds in discovering the elusive canon of linguistic phenomena.
Contents
1. What there might be and what there is: an introduction to Canonical Typology ; 2. A base for canonical negation ; 3. Canonical morphosyntactic features ; 4. Some problems in the typology of quotation: a canonical approach ; 5. Unpacking finiteness ; 6. The canonical clitic ; 7. Passive agents: prototypical vs. canonical passives ; 8. The criteria for reflexivization ; 9. Possession and modification - a perspective from Canonical Typology ; 10. An ontological approach to Canonical Typology: laying the foundations for e-linguistics ; References ; Author Index ; Language Index ; Subject Index
