Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems

N. J. Enfield (ed)

Synopsis

Dependency is a fundamental concept in the analysis of linguistic systems. The many if-then statements offered in typology and grammar-writing imply a causally real notion of dependency that is central to the claim being made—usually with reference to widely varying timescales and types of processes. But despite the importance of the concept of dependency in our work, its nature is seldom defined or made explicit. This book brings together experts on language, representing descriptive linguistics, language typology, functional/cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, research on gesture and other semiotic systems, developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, and linguistic anthropology to address the following question: What kinds of dependencies exist among language-related systems, and how do we define and explain them in natural, causal terms?

Chapters

  • Dependencies in language
    N. J. Enfield
    Chapter 1
  • Implicational universals and dependencies
    Sonia Cristofaro
    Chapter 2
  • New approaches to Greenbergian word order dependencies
    Jennifer Culbertson
    Chapter 3
  • From biology to language change and diversity
    Dan Dediu
    Chapter 4
  • Language intertwined across multiple timescales
    Processing, acquisition and evolution
    Morten H. Christiansen
    Chapter 5
  • What comes first in language emergence?
    Wendy Sandler
    Chapter 6
  • Is language development dependent on early communicative development?
    Elena Lieven
    Chapter 7
  • Dependency and relative determination in language acquisition
    The case of Ku Waru
    Alan Rumsey
    Chapter 8
  • Beyond binary dependencies in language structure
    Damián E. Blasi, Seán G. Roberts
    Chapter 9
  • Real and spurious correlations involving tonal languages
    Jeremy Collins
    Chapter 10
  • What (else) depends on phonology?
    Larry M. Hyman
    Chapter 11
  • Dependencies in phonology: hierarchies and variation
    Keren Rice
    Chapter 12
  • Understanding intra-system dependencies
    Sebastian Fedden, Greville G. Corbett
    Chapter 13
  • Structural and semantic dependencies in word class
    William A. Foley
    Chapter 14
  • On the margins of language
    Ideophones, interjections and dependencies in linguistic theory
    Mark Dingemanse
    Chapter 15

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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems

Author Biography

N. J. Enfield, University of Sydney
N. J. Enfield is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. His wide-ranging research on language, culture, and cognition is based on extensive field work in mainland Southeast Asia, especially Laos. His books include “A Grammar of Lao” (Mouton 2007), “The Utility of Meaning” (Oxford 2015), and “Natural Causes of Language” (Language Science Press 2014).

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Published

May 17, 2017
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Series

Studies in Diversity Linguistics

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2363-5568
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Enfield, N. J. (ed.). 2017. Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems. (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 14). Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.573773
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978-3-946234-88-3

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2017-06-17

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10.5281/zenodo.573773

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