Atypical Predicate Argument Relations

Author : Thierry Ruchot,Pascale Van Praet
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266255

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Atypical predicate-argument relations by Thierry Ruchot,Pascale Van Praet Pdf

This book deals with atypical predicate-argument relations. Although the relations between predicates, especially verbal, and their arguments have been long studied, most studies are concerned with typical telic verbs in the past tense, indicative mood, active voice, with all arguments expressed. Recently, linguists have become interested in other types of predicate-argument relations displaying atypical properties, be they morphological or syntactic, in one language or cross-linguistically. The articles in this book investigate some of these: argument marking with some special groups of verbs, arguments not foreseen in the verb valency and contributed by the construction, verbs in idiomatic constructions, valency-changing operations, arguments in thetic sentences or in participle constructions etc. The authors work within different theoretical frameworks and on various languages, from more current languages like English, Spanish, French or German, to Hebrew or lamaholot, an Austronesian language.

Author : Ruth A. Berman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027262066

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Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew by Ruth A. Berman Pdf

The goal of the volume is to shed fresh light on Modern Hebrew from perspectives aimed at readers interested in the domains of general linguistics, typology, and Semitic studies. Starting with chapters that provide background information on the evolution and sociolinguistic setting of the language, the bulk of the book is devoted to usage-based studies of the morphology, lexicon, and syntax of current Hebrew. Based primarily on original analyses of authentic spoken and online materials, these studies reflect varied theoretical frames-of-reference that are largely model-neutral in approach. To this end, the book presents a functionally motivated, dynamic approach to actual usage, rather than providing strictly structuralist or formal characterizations of particular linguistic systems. Such a perspective is particularly important in the case of a language undergoing accelerated processes of change, in which the gap between prescriptive dictates of the Hebrew Language Establishment and the actual usage of educated, literate but non-expert speaker-writers of current Hebrew is constantly on the rise.

Author : Mihaela Ilioaia
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783111055626

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The MIHI EST construction by Mihaela Ilioaia Pdf

This book examines the Romanian mihi est construction (Mi-e foame/frică, me.dat = is hunger/fear ‘I am hungry/ afraid’). While it disappeared from all other Romance languages to be replaced with a habeo structure, the mihi est pattern is in Romanian the most common way of expressing psychological or physiological states. By means of synchronic and diachronic corpus studies, the book investigates the status of the core arguments of the mihi est structure, i.e. the dative experiencer and the nominative state noun, as well as its evolution throughout the centuries. The data analysis reveals that the dative experiencer syntactically behaves like nominative subjects, whereas the state noun shows predicate behavior. As for the evolution of the mihi est structure, the analysis shows a certain tendency toward innovation, since in present-day Romanian it can coerce nouns coming from other semantic fields into the construction’s psychological or physiological interpretation. Could this be another unique trait of Romanian, which causes it to seemingly go against the tendency of most Romance languages toward canonical marking of core arguments?

Author : Fabio Alves,Arnt Jakobsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351712460

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The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Cognition by Fabio Alves,Arnt Jakobsen Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Cognition provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of how translation and cognition relate to each other, discussing the most important issues in the fledgling sub-discipline of Cognitive Translation Studies (CTS), from foundational to applied aspects. With a strong focus on interdisciplinarity, the handbook surveys concepts and methods in neighbouring disciplines that are concerned with cognition and how they relate to translational activity from a cognitive perspective. Looking at different types of cognitive processes, this volume also ventures into emergent areas such as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cognitive ergonomics and human–computer interaction. With an editors’ introduction and 30 chapters authored by leading scholars in the field of Cognitive Translation Studies, this handbook is the essential reference and resource for students and researchers of translation and cognition and will also be of interest to those working in bilingualism, second-language acquisition and related areas.

Author : Ron Kuzar
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027204349

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Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew by Ron Kuzar Pdf

Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew offers an innovative perspective on sentential syntax, in which sentence patterns are introduced as constructions within the general framework of Construction Grammar. Drawing on naturally occurring data collected from the Internet, the study challenges the prevailing view of predication as the sole mechanism of sentence formation, and introduces the idea of patterning as a complementary, sometimes even alternative mechanism. Major sentence patterns of English and Hebrew are systematically presented, targeting both their form and their function. A contrastive analysis of the sentence patterns in these two languages results in postulating a typological group, in which cognitive motivations are shown to account for both similarities and differences within the typology. Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew will appeal to scholars of constructional approaches, cognitive linguistics, typology, syntax, as well as anyone interested in English and Hebrew.

Author : Ewa Trutkowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110446173

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Topic Drop and Null Subjects in German by Ewa Trutkowski Pdf

This monograph deals with argument drop in the German prefield and it presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic dropped elements. Major issues are (inter alia) the drop of structurally vs. obliquely cased arguments and the question on which basis nominative/accusative and dative/genitive can be kept apart. Furthermore, it is shown that the (im)possibility of phi-feature mismatches concerning the antecedent and gap in topic drop dialogues allows to differentiate between coreference and "real" (quantifier) binding. Aside from topic drop, (1st/2nd vs. 3rd person) null subjects are investigated across a couple of unrelated languages, also focusing on the presence of syncretisms within verbal inflectional paradigms. It is proven that 1st/2nd person null subjects in German are not an instance of antecedent-dependent topic drop but that they are licensed by discrete verbal inflectional endings. Thus, according to this property, German can be classified as a partial pro-drop language. Next to theoretical discussions and considerations this book offers a broad (empirically covered) data basis, which makes it suitable for both theoretically and empirically interested (generative) linguists.

Author : Francis Katamba
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415270839

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Morphology: Morphology: its relation to semantics and the lexicon by Francis Katamba Pdf

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.

Author : William Croft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521004993

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Typology and Universals by William Croft Pdf

A thorough rewriting to reflect advances in typology and universals in the past decade.

Author : Axel Holvoet,Nicole Nau
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027267955

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Voice and Argument Structure in Baltic by Axel Holvoet,Nicole Nau Pdf

The second volume in the VARGReB series deals with voice in the wider sense, encompassing both alternations that preserve semantic valency, with passives as the most typical instance, and valency-changing devices such as the causative. Regarding the former, special attention is given to event-structural conditions on passivization, non-canonical passives, and the relation between passives and (active) impersonals. Papers dealing with causatives focus on valency patterns and argument marking in canonical as well as extended uses of causative morphology. Other articles consider converse constructions and the argument structure of middles, which seem to hold a position between voice in the narrow sense and valency-changing operations. An introductory article provides background information on the repertoire of voice alternations in Baltic from a cross-linguistic perspective. Representing different approaches and methods, the contributions to this volume offer fine-grained analyses of data from contemporary Latvian and Lithuanian.

Author : Sara Thomas Rosen
Publisher : Garland Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Causative (Linguistics)
ISBN : IND:30000021386499

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Argument Structure and Complex Predicates by Sara Thomas Rosen Pdf

Author : Lance J. Rips
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780195183054

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Lines of Thought by Lance J. Rips Pdf

How can we think about maths, despite the immateriality of numbers, sets, and other mathematical entities? How are we able to think about what might have happened if history had taken a different turn? Questions like these turn up in nearly every part of cognitive science and are central to our human position of having limited knowledge of what is true.

Author : William Croft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009302951

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Morphosyntax by William Croft Pdf

Bringing together the results of sixty years of research in typology and universals, this textbook presents a comprehensive survey of Morphosyntax - the combined study of syntax and morphology. Languages employ extremely diverse morphosyntactic strategies for expressing functions, and Croft provides a comprehensive functional framework to account for the full range of these constructions in the world's languages. The book explains analytical concepts that serve as a basis for cross-linguistic comparison, and provides a rich source of descriptive data that can be analysed within a range of theories. The functional framework is useful to linguists documenting endangered languages, and those writing reference grammars and other descriptive materials. Each technical term is comprehensively explained, and cross-referenced to related terms, at the end of each chapter and in an online glossary. This is an essential resource on Morphosyntax for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and linguistic fieldworkers.

Author : William Croft
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226120904

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Syntactic Categories and Grammatical Relations by William Croft Pdf

Analiza: Metodología sintáctica y gramática universal; Bases de las "marcas" lingúísticas para las categorías sintácticas; Hacia una definición externa de las categorias sintácticas; Roles temáticos, semántica verbal y estructura causal; Marcas de casos y orden causal de participantes; Formas verbales y conceptualización de los sucesos.

Author : Susan F. Chipman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199842193

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The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science by Susan F. Chipman Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science emphasizes the research and theory most central to modern cognitive science: computational theories of complex human cognition. Additional facets of cognitive science are discussed in the handbook's introductory chapter.

Author : Keith E. Nelson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0805813675

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Children's Language by Keith E. Nelson Pdf

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.