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Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 14:22:04
From: Dan Iredale [diredale at cambridge.org]
Subject: Universal Semantic Syntax: Fortuin, Geerdink-Verkoren

 


Title: Universal Semantic Syntax 
Subtitle: A Semiotactic Approach 
Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/grammar-and-syntax/universal-semantic-syntax-semiotactic-approach?localeText=United+States&locale=en_US&query=&remember_me=on 


Author: Egbert Fortuin
Author: Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren

Electronic: ISBN:  9781108757836 Pages: 206 Price: U.S. $ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108476805 Pages: 206 Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108476805 Pages: 206 Price: U.K. £ 85.00


Abstract:

Syntactic theory has been dominated in the last decades by theories that
disregard semantics in their approach to syntax. Presenting a truly semantic
approach to syntax, this book takes as its primary starting point the idea
that syntax deals with the relations between meanings expressed by
form-meaning elements and that the same types of relations can be found
cross-linguistically. The theory provides a way to formalize the syntactic
relations between meanings so that each fragment of grammar can be analyzed in
a clear-cut way. A comprehensive introduction into the theoretical concepts of
the theory is provided, with analyzes of numerous examples in English and
various other languages, European and non-European, to illustrate the
concepts. The theory discussed will enable linguists to look for similarities
between languages, while at the same time acknowledging important language
specific features.


Part I. The Semiotactic Theory:
1. Basic theoretical principles
2. Semiotactic relations and symbols
3. Nexus: subject-predicate relation
4. Valences
5. Set expression 'SE'
6. Nexus relation as entity (Bahuvrihi)
7. Negation
8. The auxiliary verb 'do'
9. Appositions
10. Formal and syntactic sentences
11. Abstraction
12. The basic principles of the formalization
Part II. Application of the Theory:
1. Noun modifications
2. Verb constructions
3. Impersonal constructions
4. Other constructions in non-European languages
5. Word order and propositional contents
Conclusion: the syntactic theory from a semantic perspective.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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