LINGUIST List 22.713 Fri Feb 11 2011 Books: Cognitive Science/Pragmatics/Syntax: Keizer Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Joyce Reid , The English Noun Phrase: Keizer Message 1: The English Noun Phrase: Keizer Date: 09-Feb-2011 From: Joyce Reid <jreidcambridge.org> Subject: The English Noun Phrase: Keizer E-mail this message to a friend Title: The English Noun Phrase Subtitle: The Nature of Linguistic Categorization Published: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge University Press                 http://us.cambridge.org Author: Evelien Keizer Paperback: ISBN: 9780521183956 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 28.99 Paperback: ISBN: 9780521183956 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 50.00 Abstract: 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 2007 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. 1. Introduction; Part I. The Structural Approach: Possibilities and Limitations: 2. Headedness within the NP; 3. Close appositions; 4. Appositions with of; 5. Binominals; 6. Pseudo-partitives; 7. Sort/kind/type-constructions; 8. Conclusion; Part II. The Cognitive-Pragmatic Approach: Some Applications: 9. The flexibility of language; 10. Complements and modifiers; 11. Discontinuous NPs; 12. Possessive constructions: 'the author's opinions vs. the opinion of the author'; 13. Conclusion. Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science                             General Linguistics                             Pragmatics                             Syntax Subject Language(s): English (eng) Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=53010 New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ Georgetown University Press http://www.press.georgetown.edu John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ Morgan & Claypool Publishers Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/ University of Toronto Press http://www.utpjournals.com/ ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT http://www.lotpublications.nl/ Pacific Linguistics http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ University of Nebraska Press Page Updated: 11-Feb-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.