Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface

AvRobert D. van Valin, Jr.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

Language is a system of communication in which grammatical structures function to express meaning in context. While all languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across languages. This book looks in detail at how structure, meaning, and communicative function interact in human languages. Working within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), Van Valin proposes a set of rules, called the 'linking algorithm', which relates syntactic and semantic representations to each other, with discourse-pragmatics playing a role in the linking. Using this model, he discusses the full range of grammatical phenomena, including the structures of simple and complex sentences, verb and argument structure, voice, reflexivization and extraction restrictions. Clearly written and comprehensive, this book will be welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-07-07
Mått:170 x 244 x 19 mm
Vikt:730 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:334
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521811798

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Mer om författaren

Robert D. Van Valin Jr is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at the State University of New York, Buffalo.

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'this book on RRG linguistic theory succeeds to provide a fresh and deep analytic view on the exploration of the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics interfaces … A special remark should emphasize the cross-linguistic value of the whole investigation within the book.' Zentralblatt MATH

Innehållsförteckning

1. Syntactic structure; 2. Lexical representation and semantic roles; 3. Information structure; 4. Syntactic relations and case marking; 5. Linking syntactic and semantic representations in simple sentences; 6. The structure of complex sentences; 7. Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences.