Date: 06-Dec-2008 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Investigations of the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface: Van Valin (Ed) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Investigations of the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface
Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 105
Published: 2008
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027290335 Pages: 508 Price: U.S. $ 173.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027290335 Pages: 508 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027205728 Pages: 508 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027205728 Pages: 508 Price: U.S. $ 173.00
Abstract:
Investigations of the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface presents on-going research in Role and Reference Grammar in a number of critical areas of linguistic theory: verb semantics and argument structure, the nature of syntactic categories and syntactic representation, prosody and syntax, information structure and syntax, and the syntax and semantics of complex sentences. In each of these areas there are important results which not only advance the development of the theory, but also contribute to the broader theoretical discussion. In particular, there are analyses of grammatical phenomena such as transitivity in Kabardian, the verb-less numeral quantifier construction in Japanese, and an unusual kind of complex sentence in Wari' (Chapakuran, Brazil) which not only illustrate the descriptive and explanatory power of the theory, but also present interesting challenges to other approaches. In addition, there are papers looking at the implications and applications of Role and Reference Grammar for neurolinguistic research, parsing and automated text analysis.
Linguistic Field(s):
Linguistic Theories
Pragmatics
Semantics
Syntax
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