A01=Thomas Wasow
Author_Thomas Wasow
Category=CFK
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Product details
- ISBN 9781575864020
- Weight: 284g
- Dimensions: 15 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2002
- Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Compared to many languages, English has relatively fixed word order, but the ordering among phrases following the verb exhibits a good deal of variation. This monograph explores factors that influence the choice among possible orders of postverbal elements, testing hypotheses using a combination of corpus studies and psycholinguistic experiments. Wasow's final chapters explore how studies of language use bear on issues in linguistic theory, with attention to the roles of quantitative data and Chomsky's arguments against the use of statistics and probability in linguistics.
Thomas Wasow is professor of linguistics and philosophy and director of the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University.
