Download or Read eBook Syntax PDF written by Robert D. van Valin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-12-11 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Download or Read eBook Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface PDF written by Robert D. van Valin, Jr. and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Book Synopsis Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface by : Robert D. van Valin, Jr.
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.
Download or Read eBook The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax PDF written by Marcel den Dikken and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax by : Marcel den Dikken
Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various directions. The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax provides a historical context for what is happening in the field of generative syntax today, a survey of the various generative approaches to syntactic structure available in the literature and an overview of the state of the art in the principal modules of the theory and the interfaces with semantics, phonology, information structure and sentence processing, as well as linguistic variation and language acquisition. This indispensable resource for advanced students, professional linguists (generative and non-generative alike) and scholars in related fields of inquiry presents a comprehensive survey of the field of generative syntactic research in all its variety, written by leading experts and providing a proper sense of the range of syntactic theories calling themselves generative.
Download or Read eBook The Syntax of Argument Structure PDF written by Leonard H. Babby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Download or Read eBook The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax PDF written by Adam Ledgeway and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax by : Adam Ledgeway
Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the study of historical syntax offers even greater possibilities. Over recent decades, the study of historical syntax has proven to be a powerful scientific tool of enquiry with which to challenge and reassess hypotheses and ideas about the nature of syntactic structure which go beyond the observed limits of the study of the synchronic syntax of individual languages or language families. In this timely Handbook, the editors bring together the best of recent international scholarship on historical syntax. Each chapter is focused on a theme rather than an individual language, allowing readers to discover how systematic descriptions of historical data can profitably inform and challenge highly diverse sets of theoretical assumptions.
Download or Read eBook Syntax - Theory and Analysis PDF written by Tibor Kiss and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Book Synopsis Syntax - Theory and Analysis by : Tibor Kiss
The handbook offers an overview of syntactic theory and analysis, in terms of different theories, different languages, and different methods. The Handbook presents the state of art in syntactic analysis, also dealing with the methodology employed, and the rules of argumentation required to achieve such analyses for a wide range of phenomena.
Download or Read eBook Core Syntax PDF written by David Adger and published by Oxford University. This book was released on 2003 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
This fast-track introduction to syntax assumes no prior knowledge of linguistic theory. It is designed for specialist undergraduates and for those coming to linguistics for the first time as graduates.
Download or Read eBook The Routledge Handbook of Syntax PDF written by Andrew Carnie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Syntax by : Andrew Carnie
The study of syntax over the last half century has seen a remarkable expansion of the boundaries of human knowledge about the structure of natural language. The Routledge Handbook of Syntax presents a comprehensive survey of the major theoretical and empirical advances in the dynamically evolving field of syntax from a variety of perspectives, both within the dominant generative paradigm and between syntacticians working within generative grammar and those working in functionalist and related approaches. The handbook covers key issues within the field that include: • core areas of syntactic empirical investigation, • contemporary approaches to syntactic theory, • interfaces of syntax with other components of the human language system, • experimental and computational approaches to syntax. Bringing together renowned linguistic scientists and cutting-edge scholars from across the discipline and providing a balanced yet comprehensive overview of the field, the Routledge Handbook of Syntax is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in syntactic theory.
Download or Read eBook Morphology: Morphology: its relation to syntax PDF written by Francis Katamba and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Book Synopsis Morphology: Morphology: its relation to syntax by : Francis Katamba
This six-volume collection draws together the most significant contributions to morphological theory and analysis which all serious students of morphology should be aware of. By comparing the stances taken by the different schools about the important issues, the reader will be able to judge the merits of each, with the benefit of evidence rather than prejudice.
Download or Read eBook Germanic syntax PDF written by Stefan Müller and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
This book is an introduction to the syntactic structures that can be found in the Germanic languages. The analyses are couched in the framework of HPSG light, which is a simplified version of HPSG that uses trees to depict analyses rather than complicated attribute value matrices. The book is written for students with basic knowledge about case, constituent tests, and simple phrase structure grammars (advanced BA or MA level) and for researchers with an interest in the Germanic languages and/or an interest in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar/Sign-Based Construction Grammar without having the time to deal with all the details of these theories.
