LINGUIST List 5.1466

Sun 18 Dec 1994

Books: Syntax, History of ling, Socioling, Langs

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    SYNTAX Wesley Hudson. Pragmatic Constraints on Binding into Noun Phrases. Ph. D. Diss. U.S.C. Distr. by GSIL Publications (gsilusc.edu) This study analyzes a set of constructions referred to as Specificity Effects, where the possibility of extracting from within or binding into a Noun Phrase depends on non-syntactic properties of the NP. In contrast to a number of syntactic studies of this phenomenon (Fiengo and Higginbotham (1981), Bower (1987), Diesing (1990)), this work argues for a non-syntactic analysis of Specificity Effects. Thus the inability to quantify into specific NPs follows from a pragmatic equivalent to structurally determined wide scope readings. The class of NPs which induce such wide scope readings is defined in terms of two distinct pragmatic properties. The first is referentiality as defined in Burge (1974), where the interpretations of referential NPs are relativized to acts of reference performed on particular occasion of utterance. The second property is based on Hawkins (1991)'s approach to anaphora with (in)definite NPs' and involves the implicatures speakers utilize in conveying whether or not a referent is identifiable. These pragmatic properties are shown to correlate with the opacity of NPs more closely than syntactic or semantic properties. GSIL Pulbications Patricia Schneider-Zioga. The Syntax of Clitic Doubling in Modern Greek. 1994 In this dissertation it is argued that Clitic Doubling involves a predication structure where a Clitic Left Dislocated (CLLDed) expression, which is a copy of the clitic doubled expression, is the subject of the predication and the clitic and doubled expression serve as the predicate variable (cf. Iatridou (1991) for CLLD): (a) Noun Phrasej [predicate ... cliticj-V Noun Phrasej ...] Either the CLLDed or the doubled argument may phonetically delete. The difference between clitic doubling and CLLD is a matter of whether the topic or the doubled expression is phonetically (but not syntactically) deleted. This proposal accounts for what kind of lexical projections allow clitic- doubling; the difference in behavior between accusative and oblique clitic doubled expressions; the impossibility of doubling QPs that contain expressions needing antecedents and other reconstruction effects; as well as the scope interpretation of doubled QPs. Assymetries between clitic doubling and CLLD are also addressed. For more information, please contact: gsilusc.edu Liliane Haegeman, THE SYNTAX OF SENTENTIAL NEGATION. 1993/94 ca.250pp. paperbound approx. USD 50 Rosenberg & Sellier via Andrea Doria 14, I-10123 Torino (credit card accepted) This collection comprises papers by: L. Haegeman, N. Duffield, I. Laka, J. Ouhalla, E. Pearce, L. Progovac, G. Puskas, M-L. Rivero and R. Zanuttini. It appears in two successive issues of "Rivista di Linguistica": 5,2 (1993) and 6,1 (1994); the second one will be available very soon. An obvious alternative to the separate purchase of these issues is the subscription to the journal. |||| ---- Pier Marco Bertinetto Scuola Normale Superiore /////// ------- /////// ------- tel. ++39/(0)50/509111 p.za dei Cavalieri 7 /////// ------- fax: ++39/(0)50/563513 I-56126 PISA /////// ------- /////// ---------------------- HISTORY OF LING Murray, Stephen O. (El Instituto Obregsn, San Francisco). Theory Groups and the Study of Language in North America. A Social History. JOHN BENJAMINS 1994 xxi, 596 pp. HISTORY OF LING Hb: US: 1 55619 364 5 / 90 272 4556 8 US$110.00 / Hfl. 210,-- This is a detailed social history of North American linguistic traditions and "revolutionary" challenges to them, covering the last century and a half. In particular, the book traces the relatively recent growth of generative syntax out of neo-Bloomfieldian structuralism, under the nurturing (contrary to popular myth) of powerful "gatekeepers" like LANGUAGE editor Bernard Bloch. Although focusing on groups, Murray resurrects many of the forgotten writers on language in society who were not participants in schools or theory groups. Moreover, he formulates a theory of the social basis for claims of "scientific revolution", and provides a suggestive analysis of why some approaches succeeded while others failed in the continuing and often rhetorically violent contention in linguistics. Includes a 74-page bibliography. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 69 SOCIOLING THE DISCOURSE OF NEGOTIATION - Studies of Language in the Workplace Edited by Alan Firth, Denmark ISBN: 0-08-042400-7 Hardback Viewing negotiations at a micro level of analysis, this book focuses on a wide variety of settings, from industrial meetings to comsumer helplines. *Available for discussion* Published October 1994 by Elsevier Science Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843685 LANGS Langauge in the Andes, P. Cole, G. Hermon & M. D. Martin (eds.), 400 pp., Latin American Studies Program, 113 Ewing Hall, U. of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, pcoleudel.edu. Volume includes papers on sociolinguistics (P. P. Plaza, U. von Gleich & W. Wolck, A. M. Escobar, N. Hornberger, Diana Weber); syntax (W. Adelaar, S. Dedenbach- Salazar Saenz & J. de Dios Yapita Moya, R. Floyd, P. Muysken, N. Ostler, S. van de Kerke, David Weber); phonology (R. Aranovich, R. Cerron-Palomino, P. Landerman); & language teaching (R. Andersen, J. L. Daza & R. Robison). Price: US $12, individuals; $20, libraries & other institutions) incl. shipping; $2 surcharge to addresses outside the U.S. To order, send a check in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank made out to the University of Delaware to above address. This series is not automatically purchased by libraries so you may wish to recommend the book to your library.
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