This two-volume work on syntax views grammar as a non-arbitrary language-processing device, to be understood in terms of the various substantive parameters relevant to language: communicative function, cognitive processing, socio-culture and neuro-biology. Distortions in this complex yet highly iconic code are due to conflicting functional requirements, most commonly introduced into the code through the course of diachronic change. Cross-linguistic variation within each functional domain is highly constrained and yields a coherent typology of the most natural ways the same communicative functions can be performed.
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It's like he speaks. Intelligent yet hard to understand...,
This review is from: Syntax: A Functional Typological Introduction (2 Volumes) (Paperback)
Oh, the greatest joy is having your instructor of syntax to be the one, the only Tom Givon. I suppose for all the non-UO students, you must merely read his grand text, which we are discussing here. To all who are getting this for school, yes he even speaks this way. In fact, it's stranger in person because of his thick accent (born in Israel, raised in Spain). But don't get me wrong, he is at the top of his field for the subject, he just needs to work on the delivery. This is also chock full of examples, for the proof-desiring.
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