5. Taking structure seriously, I: Constituency and the VP node

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface xvii
4. 1. Prospectus, somewhat jaundiced 1
5. 2. Markedness as meta-iconicity: Distributional and cognitive correlates of syntactic structure 25
6. 3. The functional basis of grammatical typology 71
7. 4. Modal prototypes of truth and action 111
8. 5. Taking structure seriously, I: Constituency and the VP node 175
9. 6. Taking structure seriously, II: Grammatical relations 225
10. 7. The distribution of grammar in text: On interpreting conditional associations 305
11. 8. Coming to terms with cognition: Coherence in text vs. Coherence in mind 341
12. 9. On the co-evolution of language, mind and brain 393
13. Notes 446
14. Bibliography 449
15. Index 479