Coordination: Its Implications for the Theory of General Linguistics
Author: Simon C. Dik
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13:
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Coordination in Syntax
Author: Niina Ning Zhang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0521767555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAddresses the syntactic issues raised by coordinate pairings, with particularly emphasis on their properties in English and Chinese.
The Semantics of Coordination
Author: Ewald Lang
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1984-01-01
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9027230080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study is an attempt to explain coordinate conjoining as a rule-governed process of establishing specific semantic relations within and between sentences. Coordination is thus conceived of both as a basic device of linguistic complex formation and as a rather fundamental principle underlying the creation of the text. From the point of view of achieving coherence, coordinate conjoining is described in this monograph as an integrative process. Described are the conditions governing this process, the rules according to which take place, in short: the complex interaction of various linguistically identifiable features displayed by coordinate structures. Coordinate conjoining is regarded here as the result of the interplay of three factors which belong to distinct levels of semantic description: the meaning of the conjuncts, the relation between the meaning of the conjuncts and the meaning of the connectors. The step-by-step explication of the interaction of these levels in determining the semantic interpretation of coordinate structures forms the core of the present study.
The Syntax of Coordination
Author: Robert R. van Oirsouw
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-08-13
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1000639428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCoordination is a syntactic construction which occurs in most languages. In the past, it has been a fruitful area of research, but also a controversial one. Arguments from coordination have been used in support of transformations, and against phrase-structure rules, but also in support of phrase-structure rules and against transformations. This
Superparticles
Author: Moreno Mitrović
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-12-08
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9402420509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is all about the captivating ability that the human language has to express intricately logical (mathematical) meanings using tiny (microsemantic) morphemes as utilities. Languages mark meanings with identical inferences using identical particles and these particles thus creep up in a wide array of expressions. Because of their multi-tasking capacity to express seemingly disparate meanings, they are dubbed Superparticles. These particles are perfect windows into the interlock of several grammatical modules and the nature of the interaction of these modules through time. With a firm footing in the module where grammatical bones are built and assembled (narrow morpho-syntax), superparticles acquire varied interpretation (in the conceptual-intentional module – semantics) depending on the structure they fea- ture in. What is more, some of the interpretations these particles trigger are inferential and belong, under the standard account, to the realm of pragmatics. How can such tiny particles, rarely exceeding a syllable of sound, have such powerful and over-arching effects across the inter-modular grammatical space? This is the Platonic background against which this book is set.
Ontology of Communication
Author: Roland Hausser
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-01-03
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 3031227395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book gives a comprehensive discussion of Database Semantics (DBS) as an agent-based data-driven theory of how natural language communication essentially works. In language communication, agents switch between speak mode, driven by cognition-internal content (input) resulting in cognition-external raw data (e.g. sound waves or pixels, which have no meaning or grammatical properties but can be measured by natural science), and hear mode, driven by the raw data produced by the speaker resulting in cognition-internal content. The motivation is to compare two approaches for an ontology of communication: agent-based data-driven vs. sign-based substitution-driven. Agent-based means: design of a cognitive agent with (i) an interface component for converting raw data into cognitive content (recognition) and converting cognitive content into raw data (action), (ii) an on-board, content-addressable memory (database) for the storage and content retrieval, (iii) separate treatments of the speak and the hear mode. Data-driven means: (a) mapping a cognitive content as input to the speak-mode into a language-dependent surface as output, (b) mapping a surface as input to the hear-mode into a cognitive content as output. Oppositely, sign-based means: no distinction between speak and hear mode, whereas substitution-driven means: using a single start symbol as input for generating infinitely many outputs, based on substitutions by rewrite rules. Collecting recent research of the author, this beautiful, novel and original exposition begins with an introduction to DBS, makes a linguistic detour on subject/predicate gapping and slot-filler repetition, and moves on to discuss computational pragmatics, inference and cognition, grammatical disambiguation and other related topics. The book is mostly addressed to experts working in the field of computational linguistics, as well as to enthusiasts interested in the history and early development of this subject, starting with the pre-computational foundations of theoretical computer science and symbolic logic in the 30s.
Inflectional Morphology
Author: P. H. Matthews
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1972-09-07
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780521083720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a thorough discussion of morphological theory and is based directly on an 'inflecting' or 'fusional' language - Latin.
The Positions of Adjectives in English
Author: Peter Hugoe Matthews
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 0199681597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the uses of adjectives in different constructions, and of the problems that arise in their analysis, both in terms of syntactic theory and philosophy of grammar. Professor Matthews also examines a variety of other issues relating to individual adjective positions, including the basic structure of noun phrases and the justification for binary constituents; the status of the copular and its uses in the progressive; the indeterminacy of what were once described as raised constructions; and the function of postmodifying adjectives and adjective phrases in relation to others. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical and descriptive linguistics, especially those focusing on the history of the English language and lexicology.
Functional Grammar
Author: Simon C. Dik
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2021-03-22
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 3112420128
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax
Author: Silvia Luraghi
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-02-14
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 1441195939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Bloomsbury Companion is the most wide-ranging, state-of-the-art resource to a key area of contemporary linguistics. It covers fundamental issues, concepts, movements and approaches within the most relevant theoretical perspectives on syntax, encompassing the relationship between syntax and other levels of grammar. This book is a major tool for understanding syntax and its essential assumptions in the broader framework of current linguistic research. It is the most complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working in syntax and neighboring fields. In addition, this companion offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key terms and topics in syntax, research areas and new directions. With its section on methodology, it features a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field. It provides a review of current research as well as practical guidance for advanced study in the area.
