{"product_id":"9781119532255","title":"Building Meaning in Context A Dynamic Approach to Bantu Clause Structure","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePublications of the Philological Society\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBuilding Meaning in Context\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Dynamic Approach to Bantu Clause Structure\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHannah Gibson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Sociolinguistics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Meaning in Context: A Dynamic Approach to Bantu Clause Structure\u003c\/i\u003e uses the tools of the Dynamic Syntax framework to explore morphosyntactic phenomena in a number of Bantu languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines word order alternations, inversion constructions and negation in Bantu, showing the incremental nature of the build-up of meaning in context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights cross-linguistic parallels, drawing on data from Japanese, Korean, Romance languages and varieties of Greek\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a radical new perspective on the nature of human language, showing the centrality of the concepts of underspecification and update which lie at the heart of the DS structure building process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn innovative analysis with a broad empirical coverage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Gibson \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Essex, UK. Prior to this, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Osaka University and a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at SOAS, University of London. Her research is concerned with the description and analysis of linguistic variation - this includes work within the Dynamic Syntax theoretical model, as well as in the fields of syntax, morphosyntax and language contact, with a particular focus on the Bantu languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 June 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119532255\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378864156812,"sku":"9781119532255","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119532255.jpg?v=1780116544","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119532255","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}