Formal Approaches to Function in Grammar In honor of Eloise Jelinek

• Main Authors: Carnie, Andrew, Harley, Heidi, Willie, MaryAnn
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2003; John Benjamins
• Edition: 1
• Series: Linguistik Artuell/Linguistics Today S
• Subjects: Functionalism (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general

The contributions making up this volume in honor of Eloise Jelinek are written from a formalist perspective that deals with stereotypically functionalist questions about language. Jelinek's pioneering work in formalist syntax has shown that autonomous syntax need not exist in a vacuum. Her work...