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Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface
Häftad, 2005
820 kr
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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 …
Syntax
Structure, Meaning, and Function
Av Robert D. van Valin Jr, Randy J. LaPolla
Häftad, 1997
874 kr
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This book is an introduction to syntactic theory and analysis which can be used for both introductory and advanced courses in theoretical syntax. Offering an alternative to the standard generative view of the subject, it deals with the major issues in syntax with which all theories are concerned. …
Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar
Av William A. Foley, Robert D. Van Valin, Jr
Häftad, 1984
754 kr
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The key argument of this book, originally published in 1984, is that when human beings communicate with each other by means of a natural language they typically do not do so in simple sentences but rather in connected discourse - complex expressions made up of a number of clauses linked together in …
An Introduction to Syntax
Inbunden, 2001
1526 kr
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This comprehensive textbook is an engaging introduction to syntax. Clearly organized and accessible, it provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages. The book guides students through the basic concepts …
An Introduction to Syntax
Häftad, 2001
639 kr
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This comprehensive textbook is an engaging introduction to syntax. Clearly organized and accessible, it provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages. The book guides students through the basic concepts …
Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface
Inbunden, 2005
1677 kr
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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 …
The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
Av Delia Bentley, Ricardo Mairal Usón m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2574 kr
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Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is a theory of language in which linguistic structures are accounted for in terms of the interplay of discourse, semantics and syntax. With contributions from a team of leading scholars, this Handbook provides a field-defining overview of RRG. Assuming no prior …
The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar
Av Delia Bentley, Ricardo Mairal Usón m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
623 kr
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Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is a theory of language in which linguistic structures are accounted for in terms of the interplay of discourse, semantics and syntax. With contributions from a team of leading scholars, this Handbook provides a field-defining overview of RRG. Assuming no prior …
Information Structuring of Spoken Language from a Cross-linguistic Perspective
Av M. M. Jocelyne Fernandez-Vest, Robert D. Van Valin Jr.
Inbunden, 2015
2390 kr
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Information structure and the organization of oral texts have been rarely studied crosslinguistically. This book contains studies of the grammatical organization of information in languages from different areas (e.g. Amazonian, Finno-Ugric, South-Asian) from a variety of theoretical angles. It will …
Information Structuring of Spoken Language from a Cross-linguistic Perspective
Av M. M. Jocelyne Fernandez-Vest, Robert D. Van Valin Jr.
Häftad, 2017
288 kr
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Information structure and the organization of oral texts have been rarely studied crosslinguistically. This book contains studies of the grammatical organization of information in languages from different areas (e.g. Amazonian, Finno-Ugric, South-Asian) from a variety of theoretical angles. It will …
