Cognitive Foundations of Grammar

by Bernd Heine

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The main function of language is to convey meaning. Therefore, argues Bernd Heine in these pages, the question of why language is structured the way it is must first of all be answered with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations offered in terms of other exponents of language structure (for example, syntax) are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal--rather than central--characteristics of language structure. Heine provides...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195102525

ISBN13:9780195102529

Release Date:November 1997

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 2.8" x 11.7"

Related Subjects

Anatomy Anatomy & Physiology Behavioral Sciences Biological Sciences Biology & Life Sciences Education & Reference Foreign Language Study & Reference Grammar Humanities Language Arts

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