The dynamics of language an introduction /

• Main Author: Cann, Ronnie
• Other Authors: Kempson, Ruth M., Marten, Lutz
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2005.
• Series: Syntax and semantics ; v. 35.
• Subjects: Language and languages > Philosophy.; Linguistics.; Language Arts & Disciplines > Linguistics > General.

For the whole of the last half-century, most theoretical syntacticians have assumed that knowledge of language is different from the tasks of speaking and understanding. There have been some dissenters, but, by and large, this view still holds sway. This book takes a different view: it continues the...