17.1229, Books: Semantics/Syntax: Van Valin, Jr

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Date: 23-Apr-2006
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface: Van Valin, Jr 

	
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Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:47:19
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface: Van Valin, Jr 
 



Title: Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface 
Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Robert D. Van Valin, Jr, State University of New York

Hardback: ISBN: 0521811791 Pages: 330 Price: U.S. $ 75.00
Paperback: ISBN: 052101056X Pages: 330 Price: U.S. $ 34.99


Abstract:

While all languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they 
each use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent 
ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across languages. 
Written within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar, which proposes 
a set of rules to link semantic and syntactic relations to each other, 
this book discusses in detail how structure, meaning, and communicative 
function interact in human languages. Clearly written and comprehensive, 
it will be welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax, 
semantics and pragmatics. 



Contents
1. Syntactic structure; 
2. Lexical representation and semantic roles; 
3. Information structure; 
4. Syntactic relations and case marking; 
5. Linking syntactic and semantic representations in simple sentences; 
6. The structure of complex sentences; 
7. Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences. 


Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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