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Author : Iria Pastor Gómez
Publisher : Univ Santiago de Compostela
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Marianne Hundt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781107032798
Using increasingly sophisticated databases, this volume explores grammatical usage from the Late Modern period in a broad context.
Author : Dušková, Libuše
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9788024628790
The volume presents the author’s articles written in the last fifteen years, dealing with the interaction between syntax, functional sentence perspective (information structure) and text in present-day English. It is divided into five parts, I Syntactic Constancy, II Syntax FSP Interface, III FSP and Semantics, IV Syntax, FSP, Text and V Style, which reveal the two facets of functional sentence perspective: syntactic structures as realization forms of the carriers of FSP functions, and the connection of FSP with the level of text. The first and the last two parts frame the content of the volume in treating the role of functional sentence perspective at the syntactic and the textual levels. At the former, FSP is investigated as a potential factor of syntactic divergence between English and Czech, at the latter the role of FSP is examined with respect to theme development, text build-up and style. The points discussed in the other parts concern, among others, the hierarchical relationship between syntax and FSP, the question of potentiality in FSP structure, different realization forms of FSP structure and FSP functions, general and specific questions of word order, with major attention paid to the role of semantics.
Author : Jan Rijkhoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199269645
Jan Rijkhoff investigates noun phrases--linguistic constructions with the noun as central element--in a representative sample of the world's 6000 languages and proposes a semantic model to describe their underlying structure. Assuming no knowledge of any formal or functional theory of grammar, he shows that the noun phrase word order patterns of any language can be derived from three universal ordering principles and furthermore that these principles are elaborations of a general ordering strategy, by which elements that belong together semantically tend to occur together syntactically.
Author : Artemis Alexiadou,Liliane Haegeman,Melita Stavrou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110207491
The goal of this book is twofold. On the one hand we want to offer a discussion of some of the more important properties of the nominal projection, on the other hand we want to provide the reader with tools for syntactic analysis which apply to the structure of DP but which are also relevant for other domains of syntax. In order to achieve this dual goal we will discuss phenomena which are related to the nominal projection in relation to other syntactic phenomena (e.g. pro drop will be related to N-ellipsis, the classification of pronouns will be applied to the syntax of possessive pronouns, N-movement will be compared to V-movement, the syntax of the genitive construction will be related to that of predicate inversion etc.). In the various chapters we will show how recent theoretical proposals (distributed morphology, anti-symmetry, checking theory) can cast light on aspects of the syntax of the NP. When necessary, we will provide a brief introduction of these theoretical proposals. We will also indicate problems with these analyses, whether they be inherent to the theories as such (e.g. what is the trigger for movement in antisymmetric approaches) or to the particular instantiations. The book cannot and will not provide the definitive analysis of the syntax of noun phrases. We consider that this would not be possible, given the current flux in generative syntax, with many new theoretical proposals being developed and explored, but the book aims at giving the reader the tools with which to conduct research and to evaluate proposals in the literature. In the discussion of various issues, we will apply the framework that is most adequate to deal with problems at hand. We will therefore not necessarily use the same approach throughout the discussion. Though proposals in the literature will be referred to when relevant, we cannot attempt to provide a critical survey of the literature. We feel that such a survey would be guided too strongly by theoretical choices, which would not be compatible with the pedagogical purposes this book has. The book is comparative in its approach, and data from different languages will be examined, including English, German, Dutch (West-Flemish), Greek, Romance, Semitic, Slavic, Albanian, Hungarian, Gungbe.
Author : Thomas E. Payne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521763295
Unlike other textbooks, it helps students to understand grammar rather than see it as a set of facts and rules.
Author : Evelien Keizer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107320796
English has an interesting variety of noun phrases, which differ greatly in structure. Examples are 'binominal' (two-noun) phrases ('a beast of a party'); possessive constructions ('the author's opinion'); and discontinuous noun phrases ('the review [came out yesterday] of his book'). How are these different noun phrases structured? How do we produce and understand them? These questions are central to this study, which explores the interaction between the form of noun phrases, their meaning, and their use. It shows how, despite the need in linguistic analysis for strict categories, many linguistic constructions in fact defy straightforward classification - and concludes that in order to fully explain the internal structure of utterances, we must first consider the communicative, pragmatic and cognitive factors that come into play. Drawing on a range of authentic examples, this book sheds light not only on the noun phrase itself but also the nature of linguistic classification.
Author : Manindra K. Verma
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : English language
ISBN : 8120822951
The development of the transformational approach to the theory of language structure in the past decade has stimulated new ways of looking at a number of linguistic questions. One such important area may be considered the comparative study of the surface structure behaviour of substantive universals. This book seeks to provide an account of the structure of the noun phrase in English and Hindi within such a framework.
Author : Artemis Alexiadou,Liliane M. V. Haegeman,Melita Stavrou
Publisher : De Gruyter Mouton
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCSC:32106019093696
Annotation "Surveying noun phrases and their syntax, the book offers a theoretically oriented, comparative study that examines basic aspects of noun projection. The discussion includes the following topics: the DP hypothesis, the status of D in languages without determiners, demonstratives, the role of classifiers, the morphosyntactic features/projections of nouns, head and phrasal movement in the noun phrase, adjectival modification, possessors, argument structure of nouns, the partitive construction, and the N-of-an-N construction."
Author : Anna Szabolcsi,Ivan Sag
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0937073660
This volume contains new research on the lexicon and its relation to other aspects of linguistics. These essays put forth empirical arguments to claim that specific theoretical assumptions concerning the lexicon play a crucial role in resolving problems pertaining to other components of grammar. Topics include: syntactic/semantic interface in the areas of aspect, argument structure, and thematic roles; lexicon-based accounts of quirky case, anaphora, and control; the boundary between the lexicon and syntax in the domains of sentence comprehension and nominal compounding; and the possibility of extending the concept of blocking beyond the traditional lexicon. Ivan Sag is a professor of linguistics at Stanford University. Anna Szabolcsi is an associate professor of linglustics at UCLA.
Author : Guglielmo Cinque
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195348903
This volume presents the first results of a long-term research project, funded by the Italian government, which aims at mapping out the fine functional structure of sentences, nominal phrases, and other major phrases making up sentences. In particular, it examines the functional structure of DPs (determiner phrases) and IPs (inflection phrases).
Author : Sally Delgado
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101511
This book presents evidence in support of the hypothesis that Ship English of the early Atlantic colonial period was a distinct variety with characteristic features. It is motivated by the recognition that late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century sailors’ speech was potentially an influential variety in nascent creoles and English varieties of the Caribbean, yet few academic studies have attempted to define the characteristics of this speech. Therefore, the two principal aims of this study were, firstly, to outline the socio-demographics of the maritime communities and examine how variant linguistic features may have developed and spread among these communities, and, secondly, to generate baseline data on the characteristic features of Ship English. The methodology’s data collection strategy targeted written representations of sailors’ speech prepared or published between the dates 1620 and 1750, and prioritized documents that were composed by working mariners. These written representations were then analyzed following a mixed methods triangulation design that converged the qualitative and quantitative data to determine plausible interpretations of the most likely spoken forms. Findings substantiate claims that there was a distinct dialect of English that was spoken by sailors during the period of early English colonial expansion. They also suggest that Ship English was a sociolect formed through the mixing, leveling and simplification processes of koinization. Indicators suggest that this occupation-specific variety stabilized and spread in maritime communities through predominantly oral speech practices and strong affiliations among groups of sailors. It was also transferred to port communities and sailors’ home regions through regular contact between sailors speaking this sociolect and the land-based service-providers and communities that maintained and supplied the fleets. Linguistic data show that morphological characteristics of Ship English are evident at the word-level, and syntactic characteristics are evident not only in phrase construction but also at the larger clause and sentence levels, whilst discourse is marked by characteristic patterns of subordination and culture-specific interjection patterns. The newly-identified characteristics of Ship English detailed here provide baseline data that may now serve as an entry point for scholars to integrate this language variety into the discourse on dialect variation in Early Modern English period and the theories on pidgin and creole genesis as a result of language contact in the early colonial period.
Author : Kersti Börjars,Rachel Nordlinger,Louisa Sadler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107170568
A step-by-step introduction to lexical-functional grammar, using data from English and a range of typologically diverse languages.
Author : Elnora ten Wolde
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108830959
Taking a multi-theoretical approach, this book offers the first in-depth study of the function and development of evaluative of-binomials.
Author : Jean Aitchison,Diana Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134456857
New Media Language brings leading media figures and scholars together to debate the shifting relations between today's media and contemporary language. From newspapers and television to email, the Internet and text messaging, there are ever increasing media conduits for news. This book investigates how developments in world media have affected, and been affected by, language. Exploring a wide range of topics, from the globalization of communication to the vocabulary of terrorism and the language used in the wake of September 11, New Media Language looks at the important and wide-ranging implications of these changes. From Malcolm Gluck on wine writing, to Naomi Baron on email, the authors provide authoritative and engaging insights into the ways in which language is changing, and in turn, changes us. With a foreword by Simon Jenkins, New Media Language is essential reading for anyone with an interest in today's complex and expanding media.