Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases
Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases

Author: Paul Portner

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 3110587300

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Gain a deeper understanding of essential research on the semantics of noun phrases and verb phrases. Clear explanations of significant recent research bring complex issues to life, with expert guidance on topics of debate within the field. The book gives readers valuable insights into topics such as definiteness, specificity, genericity aspect, aktionsart and mood. It also discusses directions for future research. Written by a world-class team of authors, these highly cited articles are here in paperback for the first time since their original publication. An essential reference for researchers in the area.

Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases
Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases

Author: Paul Portner

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 3110589443

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Gain a deeper understanding of essential research on the semantics of noun phrases and verb phrases. Clear explanations of significant recent research bring complex issues to life, with expert guidance on topics of debate within the field. The book gives readers valuable insights into topics such as definiteness, specificity, genericity aspect, aktionsart and mood. It also discusses directions for future research. Written by a world-class team of authors, these highly cited articles are here in paperback for the first time since their original publication. An essential reference for researchers in the area.

Semantics - Typology, Diachrony and Processing
Semantics - Typology, Diachrony and Processing

Author: Klaus Heusinger

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 3110589826

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Now available in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material in this book provides a broad, accessible guide to semantic typology, crosslinguistic semantics and diachronic semantics. Coming from a world-leading team of authors, the book also deals with the concept of meaning in psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, and the understanding of semantics in computer science. It is packed with highly cited, expert guidance on the key topics in the field, making it a bookshelf essential for linguists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and computer scientists working on natural language.

Semantics - Foundations, History and Methods
Semantics - Foundations, History and Methods

Author: Klaus Heusinger

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 3110393344

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Get to grips with the fundamentals of semantics research. Written by a team of world-class experts, this book introduces the subject for a broad audience of linguists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and computer scientists. It explores the core concepts of sentential semantics and includes sections on questions, imperatives, copular clauses, and existential sentences. It also features essential research on sentence types, and explains central concepts in the theory of information structure and discourse structure. Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material in this modern classic is an ideal resource for anyone involved in semantics research.

Semantics - Interfaces
Semantics - Interfaces

Author: Claudia Maienborn

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 3110587297

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Explore the exciting research where semantics meets morphology, syntax and pragmatics. In this book, leading researchers use in-depth articles to explain a wide range of topics at these interfaces, including the semantics of intonation, inflection, compounding, argument structure, type shifting, compositionality, implicature, context dependence, deixis and presupposition. Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the highly cited material in this book is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in semantics where it crosses over with other dimensions of grammar.

Semantics - Lexical Structures and Adjectives
Semantics - Lexical Structures and Adjectives

Author: Claudia Maienborn

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 3110623137

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Discover vital research on the lexical and cognitive meanings of words. In this exciting book from a team of world-class researchers, in-depth articles explain a wide range of topics, including thematic roles, sense relation, ambiguity and comparison. The authors focus on the cognitive and conceptual structure of words and their meaning extensions such as coercion, metaphors and metonymies. The book features highly cited material – available in paperback for the first time since its publication – and is an essential starting point for anyone interested in lexical semantics, especially where it meets other cognitive and conceptual research.

Semantics - Sentence and Information Structure
Semantics - Sentence and Information Structure

Author: Paul Portner

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 633

ISBN-13: 3110587319

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Read this book to get a deeper understanding of a wide range of semantics research on complex sentences and meaning in discourse. These in-depth articles from leading names in their fields cover the core concepts of sentential semantics such as tense, modality, conditionality, propositional attitudes, scope, negation, and coordination. The highly cited material, covers questions, imperatives, copular clauses, and existential sentences. It also includes essential research on sentence types, and explains central concepts in the theory of information structure and discourse structure, such as topics, cohesion and coherence, accessibility and discourse particles.

Analyzing Syntax and Semantics
Analyzing Syntax and Semantics

Author: Virginia A. Heidinger

Publisher: Gallaudet University Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780913580912

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This 22-chapter text explores the structure of language and the meaning of words within a given structure. The text/workbook combination gives students both the theory and practice they need to understand this complex topic. Analyzing Syntax and Semantics features the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) approach. This method uses student performance objectives, practice, feedback, individualization of pace, and repeatable testing as instructional strategies.