6.119 New Books: Syntax, Semantics

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-119. Fri 27 Jan 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 70
 
Subject: 6.119 New Books: Syntax, Semantics
 
Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar at tam2000.tamu.edu>
            Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at emunix.emich.edu>
 
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               Ann Dizdar <dizdar at tam2000.tamu.edu>
               Ljuba Veselinova <lveselin at emunix.emich.edu>
 
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SYNTAX
 
THE ANTISYMMETRY OF SYNTAX
Richard S. Kayne
Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Twenty-Five
The MIT Press
$17.95 paper, $35.95 cloth
To order:  <mitpress-orders at mit.edu> or 800.356.0343 or 617.625.8569
Prposes a restrictive theory of word order and phrase structure, where
the latter always entirely determines linear order.
Available for discussion.
 
 
SEMANTICS
 
Unaccusativity at the Syntax-Lexical Semantics Interface
by Beth Levin and Malka Rappaport Hovav
Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Twenty-Six
The MIT Press
$19.95 paper, $39.95 cloth
To order:  <mitpress-orders at mit.edu> or 800.356.0343 or 617.625.8569
Builds on theory of lexical semantic representation, and elucidates
mapping from lexical semantics to syntax.
Available for discussion.
 
 
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