{"product_id":"heads-in-grammatical-theory-hardback-9780521420709","title":"Heads in Grammatical Theory (Hardback) 9780521420709","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHeads in Grammatical Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of the idea of the 'head' or dominating element of a phrase.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGreville G. Corbett (Edited by), Norman M. Fraser (Edited by), Scott McGlashan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521420709, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 3 cm, 0.695 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContemporary linguistic theories distinguish the principal element of a phrase - the 'head' - from the subordinate elements it dominates. This pervasive grammatical concept has been used to describe and account for linguistic phenomena ranging from agreement and government to word order universals, but opinions differ widely on its precise definition. A key question is whether the head is not already identified by some other, more basic notion or interacting set of notions in linguistics. Heads in Grammatical Theory is the first book devoted to the subject. Providing a clear view of current research on heads, some of the foremost linguists in the field tackle the problems set by the assumptions of particular grammatical theories and offer insights which have relevance across theories. Questions considered include whether there is a theory-neutral definition of head, whether heads have cognitive reality, how to identify the head of a phrase, and whether there are any universal correlations between headedness and deletability.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Norman M. Fraser, Greville G. Corbett and Scott McGlashan\u003cbr\u003e 2. The head of Russian numeral expressions Greville G. Corbett\u003cbr\u003e 3. The phonology of heads in Haruai Bernard Comrie\u003cbr\u003e 4. Patterns of headedness Ronnie Cann\u003cbr\u003e 5. Head-hunting on the trail of the nominal Janus Andrew Radford\u003cbr\u003e 6. The headedness of noun-phrases: slaying the nominal hydra John Payne\u003cbr\u003e 7. Head- versus dependent-marking: the case of the clause Nigel Vincent\u003cbr\u003e 8. Heads in discourse: structural versus functional centricity Johanna Nichols\u003cbr\u003e 9. Heads in head-driven phrase structure grammar Robert D. Borsley\u003cbr\u003e 10. Heads and lexical semantics Scott McGlashan\u003cbr\u003e 11. Heads, parsing and word-order universals John A. Hawkins\u003cbr\u003e 12. Do we have heads in our minds? Richard A. Hudson\u003cbr\u003e 13. Heads, bases and functors Arnold M. Zwicky\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007271063832,"sku":"9780521420709","price":88.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521420709i_28771310-70ec-4108-bdd6-3127c1d56b0b.jpg?v=1691381458","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/heads-in-grammatical-theory-hardback-9780521420709","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}