LINGUIST List 4.819

Mon 11 Oct 1993

Books: grammar, linguistic theory, semantics

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    GRAMMAR

    Givon, T. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. A FUNCTION-BASED INTRODUCTION. PARTS I & II John Benjamins 1993 xii,301pp.+index;350pp.+index Grammar, English, Textbook I:HB US:1 55619 457 9/EUR:90 272 2098 0 US$59.00/Hfl.100,-- I:PB US:1 55619 464 1/EUR:90 272 2115 4 US$24.95/Hfl.50,-- II:HB:US:1 55619 458 7/EUR:90 272 2099 9 US$59.00/Hfl.100,-- II:PB:US:1 55619 465 X/EUR:90 272 2116 2 US$24.95/Hfl.50,-- The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is unabashedly functional: Grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is a means to an end, an instrument for constructing concise, coherent communication. This book is intended for both researchers and teachers for both native and nonnative speakers.

    LINGUISTIC THEORY

    Hualde, Jose Ignacio & Jon Ortiz De Urbina (eds.) GENERATIVE STUDIES IN BASQUE LINGUISTICS John Benjamins 1993 vi, 334 pp. Linguistic Theory,Basque Cloth US:1 55619 559 1/EUR:90 272 3607 0 US$85.00/Hfl.,-- Presents a collection of articles which are representative of current work being done on Basque from a generative perspective. Most of the major issues in Basque Syntax, Morphology and Phonology are examined in this book and the implications of the Basque data for theories of universal grammar are made explicit.

    SEMANTICS

    Pustejovsky, James; Brandeis Un; Semantics and the Lexicon; 416 pp. PB 0-7923-2386-6; Kluwer Academic, Email vanderlindenwkap.nl This book integrates the research being carried out in the field of lexical semantics in linguistics with the work on knowledge representation and lexicon design in computational linguistics. It provides a stimulating and unique discussion between the computational perspective of lexical meaning and the concerns of the linguist for the semantic description of lexical items in the context of syntactic descriptions.