Exploring the syntax-semantics interface / Robert D. Van Valin.
"This book looks in detail at how structure, meaning, and communicative function interact in human languages. Working within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), Van Valin proposes a set of rules, called the 'linking algorithm', which relates syntactic and semantic repre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Summary: | "This book looks in detail at how structure, meaning, and communicative function interact in human languages. Working within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), Van Valin proposes a set of rules, called the 'linking algorithm', which relates syntactic and semantic representations to each other, with discourse-pragmatics playing a role in the linking. Using this model, he discusses the full range of grammatical phenomena, including the structures of simple and complex sentences, verb and argument structure, voice, reflexivization and extraction restrictions. Clearly written and comprehensive, this book will be welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 310 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521811791 052101056X (pbk.) |