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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    20 April 2023
    27 April 2023
    ISBN:
    9781009030663
    9781316516591
    9781009015875
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009030663
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.6kg, 318 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.462kg, 316 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, Morphology, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (170)
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    Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, Morphology, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (170)
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    Supported by data from linguistic fieldwork conducted in the Faroe Islands and Iceland, this book presents a pioneering approach to syntactic analysis, 'Optimal Linking Grammar' (OLG), which brings together two existing models, Linking Theory and Optimality Theory (OT). OT, which assumes spoken language to be based on the highest-ranking outcome from a number of competing underlying constraints, has been central mainly to phonology; however its application to syntax has also gained ground in recent years. OLG not only provides a robust account of case-marking phenomena in Faroese and Icelandic; it also explains a wide range of sentence types, including passives, ditransitives, object shift, and word order variation. The book demonstrates how OLG can resolve numerous issues in competing theories of formal syntax, and how it might be successfully applied to other languages in future research. It is essential reading for researchers and students in syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics, and European languages.

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