33.3674, Books: Coordination and the Syntax – Discourse Interface: Altshuler, Truswell

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From: Tyler Simnick [Tyler.Simnick at oup.com]
Subject: Coordination and the Syntax – Discourse Interface: Altshuler, Truswell


Title: Coordination and the Syntax – Discourse Interface
Series Title: Oxford Surveys in Syntax & Morphology
Publication Year: 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press
                http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/coordination-and-the
-syntax--discourse-interface-9780198804239?utm_source=linguistlist&utm
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Author: Daniel Altshuler
Author: Robert Truswell
Hardback: ISBN: 9780198804239 Pages: 368 Price: U.S. $ 100
Paperback: ISBN: 9780198804246 Pages: 368 Price: U.S. $ 45
Abstract:

This survey explores interactions between syntax and discourse,
through a case study of patterns of extraction from coordinate
structures. The theoretical breadth of the volume makes it the most
complete account of extraction from coordinate structures to date: at
first glance, it appears to be a syntactic matter, but the survey
raises theoretical and empirical questions not just for syntax, but
also across semantics, pragmatics, and discourse structure. Rather
than promoting a single analysis, Daniel Altshuler and Robert Truswell
outline reasonable hypotheses that allow theoretical conclusions to be
deducted from empirical facts. The theoretical conclusions show that
coordinate structures have the potential to discriminate between
current syntactic theories, and to inform work on the interfaces
between syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse. In many cases,
however, the necessary empirical work has not yet been carried out,
and too much of the literature revolves around the same handful of
primarily English examples. The volume offers a starting point for
further research on extraction from coordinate structures,
particularly in understudied languages, and provides a guide to how to
tease out the theoretical implications of empirical findings.

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Written In: English (eng)

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