Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface

Van Valin Robert D. Jr.

ISBN 10: 052101056X / ISBN 13: 9780521010566

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2005

pp. 334 67:B&W 6.69 x 9.61 in or 244 x 170 mm (Pinched Crown) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam. N° de réf. du vendeur 7525622

Synopsis :

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.

À propos de l?auteur: Robert D. Van Valin Jr is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at the State University of New York, Buffalo.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition : 2005
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New