Building Meaning in Context

<p><i>Building Meaning in Context: A Dynamic Approach to Bantu Clause Structure</i> uses the tools of the Dynamic Syntax framework to explore morphosyntactic phenomena in a number of Bantu languages.<br /><br /></p> <ul> <li>Examines word order alternations, inversion constructions and negation in Bantu, showing the incremental nature of the build-up of meaning in context</li> <li>Highlights cross-linguistic parallels, drawing on data from Japanese, Korean, Romance languages and varieties of Greek</li> <li>Offers a radical new perspective on the nature of human language, showing the centrality of the concepts of underspecification and update which lie at the heart of the DS structure building process</li> <li>An innovative analysis with a broad empirical coverage</li> </ul>