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Anaphora: A Reference Guide

ISBN: 978-0-631-21117-4

January 2003

Wiley-Blackwell

304 pages

Description

Anaphora: A Reference Guide is a collection of essays that report on the major results of recent research in anaphora and set the stage for further inquiry.

  • Reports on the major results of recent research in anaphora and sets the stage for further inquiry.
  • Features contributions from among the world's leading researchers on anaphora.
  • Presents an exciting picture of how broad the phenomenon of anaphora is and how it can reveal many mysterious properties of language.
  • Includes articles of interest to many disciplines, including philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, linguistics, language studies, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics.
About the Author
Andrew Barss is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Associate Research Social Scientist in Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona. His research interests include anaphora, movement phenomena, and scope; the syntax of logical form; derivational models of syntax and their relation to performance models; and competition-based models of syntactic form and the constraints they impose on semantic interpretation.
Features

  • Reports on the major results of recent research in anaphora and sets the stage for further inquiry.
  • Features contributions from among the world's leading researchers on anaphora.
  • Presents an exciting picture of how broad the phenomenon of anaphora is and how it can reveal many mysterious properties of language.
  • Includes articles of interest to many disciplines, including philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, linguistics, language studies, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics.