Screen LibraryContrasting english and german grammar : an introduction to syntax and semantics /
This book offers an introduction to the derivation of meaning that is accessible and worked out to facilite an understanding of key issues in compositional semantics. The syntactic background offered is generative, the major semantic tool used is set theory. These tools are applied step-by-step to d...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This book offers an introduction to the derivation of meaning that is accessible and worked out to facilite an understanding of key issues in compositional semantics. The syntactic background offered is generative, the major semantic tool used is set theory. These tools are applied step-by-step to develop essential interface topics and a selection of prominent contrastive topics with material from English and German. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783110346190 |
| Index Number: | PE1099 |
| CLC: | H314 |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I-1 Introduction to the field: Syntax and semantics -- Chapter I-2 Categories, phrases and phrase structure rules -- Chapter I-3 A systematic way of constructing phrases -- Chapter I-4 Clause structure and movement -- Chapter I-5 Goals and methods in semantics -- Chapter I-6 Composing sentence meanings first steps -- Chapter I-7 Extending the theory -- Chapter I-8 NP semantics -- Appendix: Syntactic and semantic rules from Part I -- Chapter II-1 Introduction and roadmap to the second part -- Chapter II-2 Clause structure - English and German -- Chapter II-3 Quantifiers and scope -- Chapter II-4 Negation and polarity -- Chapter II-5 Focus -- Chapter II-6 Ellipsis -- Chapter II-7 Tense and aspect -- Chapter II-8 Conclusions -- References -- Index. |