Semantic Syntax
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
396 pages
978-0-631-16006-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents and exemplifies the theory of grammar called Semantic Syntax. The grammar, which offers a syntactic theory closely connected with semantic analyses, is a direct continuation of Generative Semantics; it will re-ignite interest in that framework which flourished and promised so much in the 1960s and 1970s.
Reviews / Votes
"In Semantic Syntax Pieter Seuren elegantly and solidly accomplishes what the generative semantics movement had set out to do in the seventies: the generation of surface structure from a semantic base. The relevance for realistic modelling of language production cannot be overestimated. The semantics has a thorough cognitive foundation in the speaker's developing discourse domain. The syntax displays an impressive coverage of speakers' basic syntactic patterns in a range of languages, including recalcitrant German. And the theory is computationally entirely transparent." Willem J. M. Levelt, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics"This book covers a vast array of constructions which are at the forefront of the current theoretical discussions.Denis Bochard, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
"Semantic Syntax constitutes an important contribution to grammatical formalism and syntactic theory." Comptes Rendus
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
699 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-16006-9 (9780631160069)
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Semantic Syntax
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Person
Pieter Seuren is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nijmegen. He was previously Lecturer in Linguistics at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. His books include Discourse Semantics (Blackwell Publishers, 1985).
Content
Preface. 1. Introduction.
2. Some Formal Properties of Grammars, Trees and Rules.
3. The English Auxiliary and Complementation System.
4. The French Auxiliary and Complementation System.
5. The Dutch Auxiliary and Complementation System.
6. The German Auxiliary and Complementation System.
7. Any Other Business.
List of French Words.
List of Dutch Words.
List of German Words.
Bibliography.
Index.
2. Some Formal Properties of Grammars, Trees and Rules.
3. The English Auxiliary and Complementation System.
4. The French Auxiliary and Complementation System.
5. The Dutch Auxiliary and Complementation System.
6. The German Auxiliary and Complementation System.
7. Any Other Business.
List of French Words.
List of Dutch Words.
List of German Words.
Bibliography.
Index.