Scales and hierarchies : a cross-disciplinary perspective

Scales and hierarchies : a cross-disciplinary perspective / edited by Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Andrej L. Malchukov, Marc D. Richards.

The volume advances our understanding of the role of scales and hierarchies across the linguistic sciences. Although scales and hierarchies are widely assumed to play a role in the modelling of linguistic phenomena, their status remains controversial, and it is these controversies that the present v...

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Other Authors: Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Ina, 1979- (Editor), Malʹchukov, A. L. (Andreĭ Lʹvovich) (Editor), Richards, Marc (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 277.
Subjects:
Hierarchy (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Case.
Functionalism (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Case
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Summary:The volume advances our understanding of the role of scales and hierarchies across the linguistic sciences. Although scales and hierarchies are widely assumed to play a role in the modelling of linguistic phenomena, their status remains controversial, and it is these controversies that the present volume tackles head-on.
Physical Description:1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110344134
3110344130
9783110344141
3110344149
3110395002
9783110395006
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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