Rarely Used Structures and Lesser-Studied Languages: Insights from the Margins

This book investigates marginal syntactic structures in lesser-studied Indic languages, highlighting their implications for linguistic theory. It explores fundamental properties of human language, such as displacement, ellipsis, and clausal peripheries, and advocates for the study of lesser-studied languages in generative syntax.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into a collection of marginal syntactic structures that have played a pivotal role in shaping generative theory. While focusing on lesser-studied languages within the Indic family, it also highlights the broader implications of these structures for linguistic theory. After establishing a clear definition of marginal syntactic structures, the book employs a micro-comparative approach to examine fundamental properties of human language, such as displacement, ellipsis, unbounded dependencies, and the role of clausal peripheries in languages like Kashmiri and Romani. Through this rigorous exploration, Manetta challenges and ultimately reaffirms the significance of marked and marginal strings in generative syntax while advocating for the importance of studying lesser-studied languages in understanding these properties. This book is an essential resource for advanced graduate students and researchers in linguistics and syntax, as well as those with an interest in the study of Indic languages.

This comprehensive book delves into a collection of marginal syntactic structures that have played a pivotal role in shaping generative theory.

While focusing on lesser-studied languages within the Indic family, it also highlights the broader implications of these structures for linguistic theory. After establishing a clear definition of marginal syntactic structures, the book employs a micro-comparative approach to examine fundamental properties of human language, such as displacement, ellipsis, unbounded dependencies, and the role of clausal peripheries in languages like Kashmiri and Romani. Through this rigorous exploration, Manetta challenges and ultimately reaffirms the significance of marked and marginal strings in generative syntax while advocating for the importance of studying lesser-studied languages in understanding these properties. This book is an essential resource for advanced graduate students and researchers in linguistics and syntax, as well as those with an interest in the study of Indic languages.

Weight: 313g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367784072