Book Description
Written by two of the leading figures in the field, this is a lucid and systematic introduction to formal semantics.
Author : Irene Heim
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,62 MB
Release : 1998-01-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780631197133
Written by two of the leading figures in the field, this is a lucid and systematic introduction to formal semantics.
Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027979643
No detailed description available for "Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar".
Author : Carsten Breul
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027227928
The notion of focus structure in this work refers to the distinction between categorical, thetic and identificational sentences. The central claim is that the syntactic representation of every sentence has to encode which of these types of focus structure is realized. This claim is discussed in great detail with respect to syntax, intonation and semantics within the framework of the Minimalist Program. It is shown that the incorporation of focus structure into syntax offers new perspectives for a solution of vexing problems in syntax and semantics. For example, fronting (preposing, 'topicalisation') is treated as a syntactic operation which clearly belongs to core grammar, i.e. is not optional or 'stylistic'; the semantic notion of quantifier raising is dispensed with in favour of a focus structural treatment of phenomena which gave rise to it. The book appeals to generative linguists and to functional linguists who do not believe in an unbridgeable gap between the formal and functional analysis of language.
Author : Janet Dean Fodor
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Author : Mihaela Tănase-Dogaru
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1527571815
This volume brings together a number of researchers working on generative syntax and semantics, language acquisition and phonology to explore various theoretical frameworks, ranging from generative grammar and formal semantics to more descriptive approaches. The contributions gathered here investigate various aspects in the syntax, semantics, phonology and acquisition of Romanian in comparison with other (mainly Romance) languages. The book will be of interest to linguists who are keen on keeping up with the latest advances in the field of Romance studies, as well as those whose research bears on languages such as Hungarian, German, and Maltese, among others.
Author : Marcel den Dikken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1412 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107354587
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.
Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3112316002
No detailed description available for "Syntactic Structures".
Author : F. Kiefer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9401017077
In the last decade a profound change has occurred in linguistic science. Not only have old problems been tackled from an entirely new point of view but also quite a few new fields of linguistic research have been opened. The common characteristic of the majority of the theories and methods developed recently is the search for a more adequate description of language. Adequacy does not mean simply that the theory must conform to the facts. It must also meet the general requirements of present-day theories: coherence, clear-cut notions, rigor of presentation. It has also become abundantly clear that linguistic research cannot be content with the registration and classification of linguistic phenomena. In one way or another linguistics must try to explain the deep-seated regularities in language which in general do not appear on the surface in some straightforward way. Therefore, we find the attribute 'deep' very often in contemporary linguistic literature. Linguistic theories seek an explanation for the observed facts in terms of a system of hypotheses about the functioning of language. As research proceeds these will undergo essential changes. Some of them will be waived, others com plemented. The papers of the present volume follow these general principles of linguistic theory though they may differ from each other in the way of presentation considerably. Some of the papers make use of the framework of transformational-generative grammar (e. g. Kuroda; Perlmutter), others approach the pertinent problem from a different angle (e. g. Dupraz and Rouault; Apresyan, Mel'cuk, and Zolkovski).
Author : Claudia Maienborn
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 24,13 MB
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110589249
Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material gathered here is perfect for anyone who needs a detailed and accessible introduction to the important semantic theories. Designed for a wide audience, it will be of great value to linguists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and computer scientists working on natural language. The book covers theories of lexical semantics, cognitively oriented approaches to semantics, compositional theories of sentence semantics, and discourse semantics. This clear, elegant explanation of the key theories in semantics research is essential reading for anyone working in the area.
Author : Anna Asbury
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 2008-05-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027290741
The category P belongs to a less studied area in theoretical linguistics, which has only recently attracted considerable attention. This volume brings together pioneering work on adpositions in spatial relations from different theoretical and cross-linguistic perspectives. The common theme in these contributions is the complex semantic and syntactic structure of PPs. Analyses are presented in several different frameworks and approaches, including generative syntax, optimality theoretic semantics and syntax, formal semantics, mathematical modeling, lexical syntax, and pragmatics. Among the languages featured in detail are English, German, Hebrew, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, and Persian. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of formal semantics, syntax and language typology, as well as scholars with a more general interest in spatial cognition.