{"product_id":"syntax-in-the-treetops-isbn-9780262543491","title":"Syntax in the Treetops","description":"\u003cb\u003eA proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSyntax in the Treetops\u003c\/i\u003e, Shigeru Miyagawa proposes that syntax extends into the domain of discourse by making linkages between core syntax and the conversational participants. Miyagawa draws on evidence for this extended syntactic structure from a wide variety of languages, including Basque, Japanese, Italian, Magahi, Newari, Romanian, and Spanish, as well as the language of children with autism. His proposal for what happens at the highest level of the tree structure used by linguists to represent the hierarchical relationships within sentences—“in the treetops”—offers a unique contribution to the new area of study sometimes known as “syntacticization of discourse.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMiyagawa’s main point is that syntax provides the basic framework that makes possible the performance of a speech act and the conveyance of meaning; although the role that syntax plays for speech acts is modest, it is critical. He proposes that the speaker-addressee layer and the Commitment Phrase (the speaker’s commitment to the addressee of the truthfulness of the proposition) occur together in the syntactic treetops. In each succeeding chapter, Miyagawa examines the working of each layer of the tree and how they interact.\u003cbr\u003e Series Foreword vii\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations xv\u003cbr\u003e1 Setting the Stage 1\u003cbr\u003e2 The SAP and the Politeness Φ-Feature 37\u003cbr\u003e3 The SAP, CommitP, and Sentence Final Particles 89\u003cbr\u003e4 Is the Judgment Phrase Needed? A View from Topicalization 127\u003cbr\u003e5 Questions and the Commitment Phrase 163\u003cbr\u003e6 Concluding Thoughts: The Uniqueness of Human Language 197\u003cbr\u003eNotes 201\u003cbr\u003eReferences 207\u003cbr\u003eName Index 225\u003cbr\u003eSubject Index 229“Shigeru Miyagawa’s monograph amounts to a resurrection of one of the boldest, yet most criticized, proposals in syntax, the ‘performative hypothesis’ by Ross (1970), Davison (1973), and Sadock (1974). Drawing on his own research and the research of many other scholars investigating a wide range of languages, Miyagawa presents a full and innovative picture of syntax beyond those structures that are concerned with formulating mere truth conditions, and relate to the actual use of language in communication. As stated in a popular textbook on pragmatics in 1983, ‘the performative hypothesis cannot be dismissed as being of historical interest only, as publications still appear in which it is assumed to be true.’ In fact, it is very much alive fifty years after it was first conceived.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eManfred Krifka, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) and Humboldt Universität Berlin\u003c\/b\u003eShigeru Miyagawa is Professor of Linguistics at MIT and the author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Move? Why Agree?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAgreement Beyond Phi\u003c\/i\u003e, both also in the Linguistic Inquiry Monographs series.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302644207845,"sku":"NP9780262543491","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262543491.jpg?v=1767737701","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/syntax-in-the-treetops-isbn-9780262543491","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}