Author : Robert D. Van Valin (Jr.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 1997-12-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521499156
An introduction to syntactic theory and analysis.
Author : Ray Jackendoff
Publisher :
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 1981
Category :
ISBN : 9780262600095
Author : David Adger
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 16,29 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262518309
A new approach to grammar and meaning of relational nouns is presented along with its empirical consequences.
Author : Ljiljana Progovac
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 26,56 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027233578
This volume brings the data that many in formal linguistics have dismissed as peripheral straight into the core of syntactic theory. By bringing together experts from syntax, semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, language acquisition, aphasia, and pidgin and creole studies, the volume makes a multidisciplinary case for the existence of nonsententials, which are analyzed in various chapters as root phrases and small clauses (Me; Me First!; Him worry?!; Class in session), and whose distinguishing property is the absence of Tense, and, with it, any syntactic phenomena that rely on Tense, including structural Nominative Case. Arguably, the lack of Tense specification is also responsible for the dearth of indicative interpretations among nonsententials, as well as for their heavy reliance on pragmatic context. So pervasive is nonsentential speech across all groups, including normal adult speech, that a case can be made that continuity of grammar lies in nonsentential, rather than sentential speech.
Author : Igor Aleksandrovic Mel'cuk
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780887064500
This work presents the first sustained examination of Dependency Syntax. In clear and stimulating analyses Mel'cuk promotes syntactic description in terms of dependency rather than in terms of more familiar phrase-structure. The notions of dependency relations and dependency structure are introduced and substantiated, and the advantages of dependency representation are demonstrated by applying it to a number of popular linguistic problems, e.g. grammatical subject and ergative construction. A wide array of linguistic data is used - the well-known (Dyirbal), the less known (Lezgian), and the more recent (Alutor). Several "exotic" cases of Russian are discussed to show how dependency can be used to solve difficult technical problems. The book is not only formal and rigorous, but also strongly theory-oriented and data-based. Special attention is paid to linguistic terminology, specifically to its logical consistency. The dependency formalism is presented within the framework of a new semantics-oriented general linguistic theory, Meaning-Text theory.
Author : Heejeong Ko
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 22,71 MB
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0191635707
This book examines how word order variations in language can be regulated by various factors in cyclic syntax. In particular, it offers a valuable contribution to the current debate concerning the effect of cyclic Spell-out on the (re-)ordering of elements in scrambling. Heejeong Ko provides in-depth discussion of the interaction of the syntax-phonology interface with operations at the syntax proper, as well as examining how the semantic meaning of a structure can be correlated with certain types of orderings in cyclic edges of the syntax. The author's proposal accounts for a wide range of scrambling data in East Asian languages such as Korean and Japanese, with particular focus on the consequences of cyclic linearization for (sub-)scrambling, types of quantifier floating, variations in predicate fronting, and types of argument structure and secondary predicates. The book will be of interest to syntacticians from graduate level upwards, particularly those interested in the syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics interfaces. The range of novel data presented will make it a valuable resource for linguists studying Korean, Japanese, and scrambling languages in general.
Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 1997-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521589147
This textbook provides a concise, readable introduction to contemporary work in syntactic theory, particularly to key concepts of Chomsky's minimalist programme. Andrew Radford gives a general overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive devices used in 1990s work. The discussion is largely based on data from a range of varieties of English (not only Modern Standard, but also Belfast English, Shakespearean English, Jamaican Creole, etc.) and does not presuppose any prior knowledge of syntax. There are exercises and a substantial glossary. This is an abridged version of Radford's major textbook Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach, and will be welcomed as a short introduction to current syntactic theory.
Author : Marcel den Dikken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1412 pages
File Size : 43,41 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 : Mikael Olsson
Publisher : Apress
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 2013-09-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1430262877
The Java Quick Syntax Reference is a condensed code and syntax reference to the Java programming language. It presents the essential Java syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a language reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any Java programmer. In the Java Quick Syntax Reference, you will find: A concise reference to the Java language syntax Short, simple and focused code examples A well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review
Author : Robert D. van Valin, Jr.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 38,98 MB
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139445375
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.
