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A short history of structural linguistics /

This book is a concise historical survey of structural linguistics, charting its development from the 1870s to the present day. Peter Matthews examines the beginnings of structuralism and analyzes the vital role played in it by the study of sound systems and the problems of how systems change. He di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Matthews, P. H. (Peter Hugoe)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Languages; 2.1 Linguistics as the study of language systems; 2.2 Languages as sets of utterances; 2.3 The autonomy of linguistics; 3 Sound systems; 3.1 The prehistory of the phoneme; 3.2 Phonology; 3.3 Structuralism; 4 Diachrony; 4.1 Diachronic phonology; 4.2 System and norm; 4.3 Universals; 5 The architecture of a language system; 5.1 Expression and content; 5.2 Phonology and grammar; 5.3 Deep structure and surface structure; 6 Internalised language; 6.1 Generative grammars; 6.2 Knowing a language; 6.3 Universal Grammar and diachrony.