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The Syntax and Semantics of Comparative Correlatives

Author : Eiichi Iwasaki,岩崎 永一
Publisher : 株式会社 三恵社
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9784864877299

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The Syntax and Semantics of Comparative Correlatives by Eiichi Iwasaki,岩崎 永一 Pdf

The Syntax and Semantics of Comparative Correlatives: A Generative-Cognitive Language Design is a long awaited collection of the author's published articles and their revisions in an attempt to present a thorough and consistent analysis of the syntax and semantics of this most challenging construction. A must for anyone currently engaged in or considering writing about the Comparative Correlative.

English Comparative Correlatives

Author : Thomas Hoffmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108477215

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English Comparative Correlatives by Thomas Hoffmann Pdf

Explores how comparative correlative constructions behave in English and how these change over time and space.

Correlatives Cross-linguistically

Author : Anikó Klára Lipták
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027208187

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Correlatives Cross-linguistically by Anikó Klára Lipták Pdf

This volume brings together recent work in generative syntax on "correlative relative constructions." Greatly expanding on the Hindi-oriented scope of previous studies, it describes and analyzes correlative constructions in a range of languages, such as Basque, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Sanskrit, Serbo-Croatian and Tibetan, in comparison to correlativization in Hindi. The articles zoom in on three areas of interest: firstly, the similarities and differences between correlatives and other wh- and relative constructions; secondly, the derivation of correlative constructions and the position correlative clauses occupy in the host clause and thirdly, the matching effects that characterize the pairings between relative phrases and demonstrative phrases. The studies presented here will appeal to researchers and students with an interest in syntax in general and relativization strategies in particular.

Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXXII

Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027260703

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Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXXII by Elly van Gelderen Pdf

This volume presents a collection of seven peer-reviewed articles on Arabic phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and applied linguistics. The authors address stress assignment, the phenomenon of 'imala, the place of articulation of the dorsal fricative, the structure of correlatives, the CP layer, sluicing and sprouting, and clinical linguistics. They do so by using data from Standard Arabic, and from Egyptian, Jordanian, Palestinian, and Saudi Arabian varieties of Arabic. The book will be of interest to linguists working in descriptive and theoretical areas of Arabic linguistics.

The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions

Author : A. Butler,E. Mathieu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230501607

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The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions by A. Butler,E. Mathieu Pdf

Split constructions are very widespread in natural languages. The separation of the semantic restriction of a quantifier from that quantifier is a typical example of such a construction. This study addresses the problem that such discontinuous strings exhibit a number of locality constraints, including intervention effects. These are shown to follow from the interaction of a minimalist syntax with a semantics that directly assigns a model-theoretic interpretation to syntactic logical forms. The approach is shown to have wide empirical coverage and a conceptual simplicity. The book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of syntax and semantics.

Little Words

Author : Ronald P. Leow,Héctor Campos,Donna Lardiere
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781589015968

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Little Words by Ronald P. Leow,Héctor Campos,Donna Lardiere Pdf

Little Words is an interdisciplinary examination of the functions and change in the use of clitics, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, discourse particles, auxiliary/light verbs, prepositions, and other “little words” that have played a central role in linguistic theory and in language acquisition research. Leading scholars present advanced research in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse function, historical development, variation, and acquisition by children and adults. This unique volume integrates the views and findings of these different research areas into one professional source to be used within and across disciplines. Languages studied include English, Spanish, French, Romanian, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Slavonic, and Medieval Leonese.

Current Approaches to Syntax

Author : András Kertész,Edith Moravcsik,Csilla Rákosi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110540253

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Current Approaches to Syntax by András Kertész,Edith Moravcsik,Csilla Rákosi Pdf

Even though the range of phenomena syntactic theories intend to account for is basically the same, the large number of current approaches to syntax shows how differently these phenomena can be interpreted, described, and explained. The goal of the volume is to probe into the question of how exactly these frameworks differ and what if anything they have in common.Descriptions of a sample of current approaches to syntax are presented by their major practitioners (Part I) followed by their metatheoretical underpinnings (Part II). Given that the goal is to facilitate a systematic comparison among the approaches, a checklist of issues was given to the contributors to address. The main headings are Data, Goals, Descriptive Tools, and Criteria for Evaluation. The chapters are structured uniformly allowing an item-by-item survey across the frameworks. The introduction lays out the parameters along which syntactic frameworks must be the same and how they may differ and a final paper draws some conclusions about similarities and differences.The volume is of interest to descriptive linguists, theoreticians of grammar, philosophers of science, and studies of the cognitive science of science.

Comparative Germanic Syntax

Author : Peter Ackema,Rhona Alcorn,Caroline Heycock,Dany Jaspers,Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck,Guido Vanden Wyngaerd
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027273642

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Comparative Germanic Syntax by Peter Ackema,Rhona Alcorn,Caroline Heycock,Dany Jaspers,Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck,Guido Vanden Wyngaerd Pdf

The present volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 23rd and 24th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop held at the University of Edinburgh and the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussels. The contributions provide new perspectives on several topics of current interest for syntactic theory on the basis of comparative data from a wide range of Germanic languages. Among the theoretical and empirical issues explored are various ellipsis phenomena, the internal structure of the DP, the syntax-morphology interface, the syntax-semantics interface, Binding Theory, various diachronic developments, and ‘do-support’-type phenomena. This book is of interest to syntacticians with an interest in theoretical, comparative and/or diachronic work, as well as to morphologists and semanticists interested in the connections their fields have with syntax. It will also be of interest to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in linguistic disciplines.

Projecting the Adjective

Author : Christopher Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136532399

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Projecting the Adjective by Christopher Kennedy Pdf

First Published in 1999. The main argument presented in this volume is that gradable adjectives like bright, dense and short denote measure functions- functions from objects to abstract representations of measurement, or scales and degrees. This proposal is shown to provide a foundation for principled explanations of a wide range of syntactic and semantic properties of gradable adjectives and the constructions in which they appear, ranging from the syntactic distribution of gradable adjectives to the scopal characteristics of comparatives and the empirical effects of adjectival polarity.

Elements of Comparative Syntax

Author : Enoch Aboh,Eric Haeberli,Genoveva Puskás,Manuela Schönenberger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501504037

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Elements of Comparative Syntax by Enoch Aboh,Eric Haeberli,Genoveva Puskás,Manuela Schönenberger Pdf

This volume brings together a selection of articles illustrating the multifaceted nature of current research in generative syntax. The authors, including some of the leading figures in the field, present analyses of typologically diverse languages, with some studies drawing on dialectal, acquisitional and diachronic evidence. Set against this rich empirical background, the contributions address an equally wide range of theoretical issues.

Coordination and Subordination

Author : Sandra Pereira,Clara Pinto,Fernanda Pratas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781443895576

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Coordination and Subordination by Sandra Pereira,Clara Pinto,Fernanda Pratas Pdf

Recent studies on the syntax and semantics of complex sentences have dealt with several challenges to the traditional boundaries between coordination and subordination. Some constructions belong to one of the two types according to syntactic criteria but relate to the other type on semantic grounds, whereas other constructions are not compatible with either the canonical syntactic or semantic tests traditionally employed to establish this distinction. Other constructions, by contrast, seem to have evolved in such a way that they now cross the divide between both types. The collection of papers in this volume delves further into the theoretical implications of previous analyses and focuses on a wide array of data from different languages, taking those challenges as a point of departure to develop innovative perspectives and to advance thought-provoking ideas.

Symmetry in Syntax

Author : Barbara Citko
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139501347

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Symmetry in Syntax by Barbara Citko Pdf

While much has been written on asymmetric aspects of sentence structure, symmetric aspects have been largely ignored, or claimed to be non-existent. Does symmetry in syntax exist, and if it does, how do we account for it? In this book, Barbara Citko sets out to tackle these questions and offers a unified approach to a number of phenomena that have so far been studied only in isolation. Focusing on three core minimalist mechanisms: merge, move and labeling, she advances a new theory of these mechanisms, by showing that under certain well-defined circumstances merge can create symmetric structures, move can target either of two potentially moveable objects, and labels can be constructed symmetrically from the features of two objects. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students interested in minimalist syntax, the structure of questions, relative clauses, coordination, double object constructions and copular sentences.

Simpler Syntax

Author : Peter W. Culicover,Ray Jackendoff
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191533808

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Simpler Syntax by Peter W. Culicover,Ray Jackendoff Pdf

This groundbreaking book offers a new and compelling perspective on the structure of human language. The fundamental issue it addresses is the proper balance between syntax and semantics, between structure and derivation, and between rule systems and lexicon. It argues that the balance struck by mainstream generative grammar is wrong. It puts forward a new basis for syntactic theory, drawing on a wide range of frameworks, and charts new directions for research. In the past four decades, theories of syntactic structure have become more abstract, and syntactic derivations have become ever more complex. Peter Culicover and Ray Jackendoff trace this development through the history of contemporary syntactic theory, showing how much it has been driven by theory-internal rather than empirical considerations. They develop an alternative that is responsive to linguistic, cognitive, computational, and biological concerns. At the core of this alternative is the Simpler Syntax Hypothesis: the most explanatory syntactic theory is one that imputes the minimum structure necessary to mediate between phonology and meaning. A consequence of this hypothesis is a far richer mapping between syntax and semantics than is generally assumed. Through concrete analyses of numerous grammatical phenomena, some well studied and some new, the authors demonstrate the empirical and conceptual superiority of the Simpler Syntax approach. Simpler Syntax is addressed to linguists of all persuasions. It will also be of central interest to those concerned with language in psychology, human biology, evolution, computational science, and artificial intellige

Merging Features

Author : José M. Brucart,Anna Gavarró,Jaume Solà
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191564697

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Merging Features by José M. Brucart,Anna Gavarró,Jaume Solà Pdf

This book presents new work on how Merge and formal features, two basic factors in the Minimalist Program, should determine the syntactic computation of natural language. Merge combines simpler objects into more complex ones. Formal features establish dependencies within objects. In this book leading scholars examine the intricate ways in which these two factors interact to generate well-formed derivations in natural language. It is divided into two parts concerned with formal features and interpretable features - a subset of formal features. The authors combine grammatical theory with the analysis of data drawn from a wide range of languages, both in the adult grammar and in first language acquisition. The mechanisms at work in linguistic computation are considered in relation to a variety of linguistic phenomena, including A-binding, A'-dependencies and reconstruction, agreement, word order, adjuncts, pronouns and complementizers.

Co- and subordination in German and other languages

Author : Augustin Speyer
Publisher : Helmut Buske Verlag
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783875489576

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Co- and subordination in German and other languages by Augustin Speyer Pdf

Fragen der Koordination und der Subordination stehen seit langer Zeit im Fokus sprachwissenschaftlicher Forschung. Während in den 70er und auch noch in den 80er Jahren die Analyse der als kanonisch zu bezeichnenden Fälle im Vordergrund stand, drängten sich in den letzten 30 Jahren vor allem Grenzfälle wie weil-V2-Sätze, abhängige V2-Sätze, selbständige und weiterführende VL-Sätze etc. in das Zentrum des Interesses. Die Beiträge zum vorliegenden Band bauen auf den Erkenntnissen dieser Arbeiten auf, ergänzen sie aber systematisch um eine breit angelegte Diskussion typologischer, diachroner und erwerbstheoretischer Aspekte. Ein weiteres zentrales Anliegen der Arbeiten besteht darin,die theoretischen Konzepte zur Modellierung relevanter Strukturbedeutungen (z.B. V2) zu präzisieren. Linguistic research has focussed on issues related to coordination and subordination for a long time. Whereas in the 1970s and 1980s, the main concern was the analysis of canonical clause structure, the interest shifted towards non-canonical phenomena such as weil-verb-second-clauses, dependent verb-second-clauses, independent and continuative verb-final clauses etc. The contributions to this issue build on findings of these studies, at the same time systematically adding a broad discussion of typological, diachronic and acquisition-related aspects. A further central concern of the studies is to make precise theoretical concepts of modelling the semantics of relevant structural configurations, such as verb-second.