Title: Direct Compositionality
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Published: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book examines the hypothesis of "direct compositionality" which requires that semantic interpretation proceed in tandem with syntactic combination. In the first extended discussion of the hypothesis for twenty years, contributors from both sides of the debate draw on examples from a wide range of languages and discuss the place of direct compositionality in generative grammar.
Linguistic Field(s):
Linguistic Theories
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Syntax