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zedat.fu-berlin.de>NEW COURSE BOOK Peter Harder FUNCTIONAL SEMANTICS A Theory of Meaning, Structure and Tense in English 1997. 23 x 15,5 cm. XV, 586 pages. Paperback DM 58,-/approx. US$ 41.00 ISBN 3-11-015721-7 Mouton de Gruyter * Berlin * New York What is the role of meaning in relation to linguistic structure? This book tells the story of meaning from Plato to the present, and shows why the accepted current picture of linguistic meaning is wrong as well as confusing. The book argues that the essential job of syntax is to combine simpler meanings into more complex meanings; that `semantic' meaning is essentially interactive; that the evolution of syntax is bound up with the development of purely conceptual meaning - and that this is reflected in universal regularities of clause structure. The core of linguistic structure is constituted by functional-interactive meanings in syntactic collaboration, and tense in English is used to illustrate this claim. Examination copies for course adoption are available upon request. Please contact the publisher. ___________________________________________________________________ Mouton de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter, Inc. Postfach 30 34 21 200 Saw Mill River Road D-10728 Berlin Hawthorne, NY 10532 Germany USA Fax: +49 (0)30 26005-351 Fax: +1 914 747-1326 email: 100064.2307Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue