Structure preserved : studies in syntax for Jan Koster /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 395 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 164
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 164.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213178
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Other authors / contributors:Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter.
Vries, Mark de, 1973-
Koster, Jan, 1945-
ISBN:9789027255471
9027255474
9789027287908
9027287902
1282721593
9781282721593
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:"Structure is at the rock-bottom of all explanatory sciences" (Jan Koster). Forty years ago, the hypothesis that underlying the bewildering variety of syntactic phenomena are general and unified structural patterns of unexpected beauty and simplicity gave rise to major advancements in the study of Dutch and Germanic syntax, with important implications for the theory of grammar as a whole. Jan Koster was one of the central figures in this development, and he has continued to explore the structure preserving hypothesis throughout his illustrious career. This collection of articles by over forty.
Other form:Print version: Structure preserved. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010 9789027255471