On The Semantics Of Wh Clauses

Author : Stephen Berman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134998920

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On the Semantics of Wh-Clauses by Stephen Berman Pdf

First published in 1994, this book is concerned with certain kinds of wh-clauses, whose interpretations are easily and, the author argues, plausibly rendered by a logicosemantic analysis on which wh-phrases translate as open sentences, that is, as expressions of the semantically interpreted representation which contain free variables. After a review of influential contemporary analyses of the semantics of questions, concentrating on issues related to the truthconditional interpretation of these constructions, the author goes on to analyse logicosemantic similarities between wh-phrases and indefinite NPs. This analysis is extended in chapter V to account for asymmetries between wh-phrases and indefinites, but is preceded by the engagement and refutation of some of the challenges to it. The appendices discuss some peripheral points relating to the central points made by the author which are in need of further study.

Author : Richard Faure
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Greek language
ISBN : 900446753X

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The Syntax and Semantics of Wh-clauses in Classical Greek by Richard Faure Pdf

The book offers a new account of the distribution of the various types of wh-clauses in Classical Greek based on new findings regarding their syntax and semantics: their (non)identificational status, but not the traditional categories (relatives, interrogatives) is relevant.

Author : Paul Hirschbuhler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315513515

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The Syntax and Semantics of Wh-Constructions by Paul Hirschbuhler Pdf

This title, first published in 1985, provides a detailed analysis of aspects of the semantics and the syntax of some wh-constructions. The first part of the book deals with the semantics of questions, whilst the other part discusses the syntax of que and quoi (what) in questions in French and the syntax of free relatives in French and other languages. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

Author : Łukasz Jędrzejowski,Postdoctoral Researcher Lukasz Jędrzejowski,Carla Umbach
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192844620

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Non-Interrogative Subordinate Wh-Clauses by Łukasz Jędrzejowski,Postdoctoral Researcher Lukasz Jędrzejowski,Carla Umbach Pdf

This volume examines subordinate wh-clauses that lack an interrogative interpretation, particularly those in which the wh-word seems to deviate from its literal meaning. These include subordinate manner wh-clauses that have a declarative-like meaning, locative wh-clauses expressing kinds, and headed relatives that serve as recognitional cues, among many others. While regular interrogative embedding has been widely studied in recent years, little is known about the circumstances under which non-interrogative (subordinate) wh-clauses are licensed, nor why some, but not all, wh-phrases can be polyfunctional. The chapters in the book combine the study of cross-linguistic variation in patterns of subordination with formal semantic and syntactic analyses, with data drawn from a wide range of languages including Basque, Czech, English, Mandarin, Romanian, and Taiwan Southern Min. They provide novel insights into the ways in which wh-phrases can be used to introduce complements, relative clauses, and adverbial clauses, and show how the meanings associated with wh-words are exploited beyond their standard distribution. The findings have implications for our understanding of both the phenomenon of subordination as a whole and the relationship between form and meaning in wh-clauses.

Author : Joe Trotta
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004333895

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Wh-Clauses in English by Joe Trotta Pdf

This study provides the first description-oriented, theoretically-unaligned account ofwh-clauses in Modern English. The author employs a data-based approach to examine aspects of both generative and non-generative work as regards their relative strengths and weaknesses. Wh-clauses in English: Aspects of Theory and Description is a unique combination of statistical findings and qualitative analysis. It is not only underpinned by a systematic investigation of the Brown University corpus but also includes attested material from other sources such as the British National Corpus, the CobuildDirect corpus as well as material gleaned from the internet. The qualitative and quantitative analyses are combined to approach a wide range of theoretical and descriptive issues, such as wh-movement, landing-sites for moved wh-XPs, vacuous movement, island constraints, among others. Not insignificantly, many questions of indeterminacy are addressed, such as the interface of conjunctions and relative words, the problems of demarcation between interrogatives and free relatives as well as structural ambiguities between interrogatives and exclamatives.

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 3362 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315520285

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Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology by Various Authors Pdf

Semantics and semiology are two of the most important branches of linguistics and have proven to be fecund areas for research. They examine language structures and how they are dictated by both the meanings and forms of communication employed — semantics by focusing on the denotation of words and fixed word combinations, and semiology by studying sign and sign processes. As numerous interrelated fields connect to and sub-disciplines branch off from these major spheres, they are essential to a thorough grounding in linguistics and crucial for further study. ‘Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology’ collects together wide-ranging works of scholarship that together provide a comprehensive overview of the preceding theoretical landscape, and expand and extend it in numerous directions. A number of interrelated disciplines are also discussed in conjunction with semantics and semiology such as anaphora, pragmatics, syntax, discourse analysis and the philosophy of language. This set reissues 14 books originally published between 1960 to 2000 and will be of interest to students of linguistics and the philosophy of language.

Author : Stephen Berman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016767324

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On the Semantics and Logical Form of Wh-clauses by Stephen Berman Pdf

Author : C. Jones
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401134781

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Purpose Clauses by C. Jones Pdf

The purpose clause is a common fonn of adverbial modification in English. The bracketed phrases below are purpose clauses, and they look and sound unremarkable. We hear and see these things all the time. John came [to play with the children] [to play with] I brought John along Insofar as purpose clauses appear to be adverbial, they frequently occupy a relatively low place on the scale of important things for syntactic theory to address itself to. In this book I assume the theoretical framework that has come to be known as 'Government-Binding' theory (GB), initiated in Chomsky (1981). The general fonn of the analyis of purpose clauses in GB dates roughly from Chomsky (1977). where several kinds of constructions akin to purpose clauses are identified. Within GB. this analysis is so widely accepted that it deserves to be considered the standard theory. This book, then. is about a few syntactically peripheral ell~ments that have enjoyed a relatively long-lived. virtually universally accepted. theoretical treatment What is perhaps an obvious question arises in this context. Why write a GB book about purpose clauses? This book. I hope, will supply an interesting answer. Simply put. purpose clause:;, and related constructions, have various properties that are not accounted for in the standard theory. In this book I propose an alternative analysis of purpose clauses, an analysis from which. I think. more of their properties follow more naturally.

Author : Veneeta Dayal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401148085

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Locality in WH Quantification by Veneeta Dayal Pdf

Locality in WH Quantification argues that Logical Form, the level that mediates between syntax and semantics, is derived from S-structure by strictly local movement. The primary data for the claim of locality at LF is drawn from Hindi but English data is used in discussing the semantics of questions and relative clauses. The book takes a cross-linguistic perspective showing how the Hindi and English facts can be brought to bear on the theory of universal grammar. There are several phenomena generally thought to involve long-distance dependencies at LF, such as scope marking, long-distance list answers and correlatives. In this book they are handled by explicating novel types of local relationships that interrogative and relative clauses can enter. Amore articulated semantics is shown leading to a simpler syntax. Among other issues addressed is the switch from uniqueness/maximality effects in single WH constructions to list readings in multiple WH constructions. These effects are captured by adapting the treatment of WH expressions as quantifying over functions to the cases of multiple WH questions and correlatives. List readings due to functional dependencies are systematically distinguished from those that are based on plurality.

Author : Paul Hirschbühler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106012788060

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The Syntax and Semantics of Wh-constructions by Paul Hirschbühler Pdf

Author : Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027227535

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The Syntax of Relative Clauses by Artemis Alexiadou Pdf

This book presents a cross-section of recent generative research into the syntax of relative clauses constructions. Most of the papers collected here react in some way to Kayne's (1994) proposal to handle relative clauses in terms of determiner complementation and raising of the relativized nominal. The editors provide a thorough introduction of these proposals, their background and motivations, arguments for and against. There are detailed studies in the syntax and the semantics of relative clauses constructions in Latin, Ancient Greek, Romanian, Hindi, (Old) English, Old High German, (dialects of) Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, and Japanese. The book should be of interest to any linguist working within generative syntax.

Author : Uli Lutz,Gereon Müller,Arnim von Stechow
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027227584

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Wh-scope Marking by Uli Lutz,Gereon Müller,Arnim von Stechow Pdf

This volume deals with what the WH-movement parameter has to say about varieties of WH-dependencies in different languages. Section two introduces WH-scope marking and the related concept of partial WH-movement. Section three, the main approaches to WH-scope marking are introduced.

Author : Hongyuan Dong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351021562

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Semantics of Chinese Questions by Hongyuan Dong Pdf

Semantics of Chinese Questions is the first major study of Chinese questions, especially wh-questions, within the framework of Alternative Semantics. It takes an interface approach to study the syntax, semantics, and phonology of questions and proposes a phonological scope-marking strategy in Chinese questions, based upon experimental data. It also incorporates historical linguistic data regarding the grammaticalization of sentence-final particles such as –ne and –ma to study the formal diachronic semantics of questions. Primarily suitable for scholars in the field of Chinese linguistics, this book makes new theoretical contributions to the study of questions.

Author : Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Semantics
ISBN : 0415266327

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Semantics by Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach Pdf

This collection contains a selection of the most important contributions to semantic theory ranging from Gottlob Frege's essay 'On Sense and reference' written in 1892 to present-day thinkers in the field.

Author : Howard Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317901150

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Grammar and Meaning by Howard Jackson Pdf

Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of English grammar, from words through to sentences and texts. It introduces and explains the linguistic terms needed to talk about the ways in which language works, from simple terms like adjective to more complex terms like non-finite clause. To meet the needs of both students and scholars, Howard Jackson has produced an innovative approach to the study of English grammar. Instead of concentrating on the formal and theoretical discussion of grammar, as many introductions do, this original analysis examines the 'meanings' we want to express when we use language. Beginning with the question, "What do we talk about?", it goes on to investigate how these meanings are structured in the grammar of English. These notions are closer to our ordinary understanding of what language is doing, and therefore the forms and structures of grammar are more easily grasped. The book is extensively illustrated with examples from real English. With analytical exercises in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary of terms, the book will prove and invaluable aid to students of English language, linguistics and English as a Foreign Language, whilst also being accessible to anyone who studies English grammar as part of their course.