Towards an Integrated Theory of Adverb Position in English
| Author | : Thomas Boyden Ernst |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 342 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : |
Towards An Integrated Theory Of Adverb Position In English
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Agent-Oriented Manner Adverbials in German
| Author | : Ekaterina Gabrovska |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2024-08-19 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110755149 |
The work offers a new perspective on the semantics of agent-oriented manner adverbials, actions and intentionality. It proposes a treatment of these adverbials which accounts for their impact on the manner of the event as well as for their agent-orientation. The analysis is developed in a case study of German sorgfältig (‘carefully’) and vorsichtig (‘cautiously’) and makes use of the philosophical concept of action-plans. It is proposed that the modifier sorgfältig has impact on the given goal of the agent while vorsichtig introduces an additional goal of minimizing risk. The modification of the goal restricts the possible methods of realization of the action, i.e. the manner of action. The analysis makes use of Goldman’s Theory of Human Action and is spelled out in Düsseldorf Frame Theory, including extensions in the form of Cascade Theory and the semantic adaptation of models of intention from the philosophical literature. Altogether, the formalization involves a detailed representation of actions and plans, i.e. of intentionality, necessary to capture the complexity of a number of modification phenomena.
The Syntactic Phenomena of English, Volume 2
| Author | : James D. McCawley |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 1988-10-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780226556260 |
This second edition of James D. McCawley's classic textbook offers in one volume a complete course in the syntactic structure of English. New to this edition are sections on appositive constructions, parasitic gaps, contrastive negation, and comparative conditional sentences, as well as expanded coverage of cleft sentences and free relatives. The presentation is coherent, comprehensive, and systematically organized, beginning with an overview of McCawley's approach to syntactic analysis and progressing through the major constructions and processes of English grammar. No prior special knowledge of syntax is presupposed, and the number and variety of exercises after each chapter have been increased. And now available from the author! Answers to Selected Exercises. Instructors using James D. McCawley's The Syntactic Phenomena of English, Second Edition may request a complimentary copy of Answers to Selected Exercises in The Syntactic Phenomena of English by writing on their department's letterhead to the author, James D. McCawley, Department of Linguistics, 1010 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. [Note: This material is available only from the author and is not available from the University of Chicago Press.]
The Syntactic Phenomena of English, Volume 1
| Author | : James D. McCawley |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0226556247 |
This second edition of James D. McCawley's classic textbook offers in one volume a complete course in the syntactic structure of English. New to this edition are sections on appositive constructions, parasitic gaps, contrastive negation, and comparative conditional sentences, as well as expanded coverage of cleft sentences and free relatives. The presentation is coherent, comprehensive, and systematically organized, beginning with an overview of McCawley's approach to syntactic analysis and progressing through the major constructions and processes of English grammar. No prior special knowledge of syntax is presupposed, and the number and variety of exercises after each chapter have been increased. And now available from the author! Answers to Selected Exercises. Instructors using James D. McCawley's The Syntactic Phenomena of English, Second Edition may request a complimentary copy of Answers to Selected Exercises in The Syntactic Phenomena of English by writing on their department's letterhead to the author, James D. McCawley, Department of Linguistics, 1010 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. [Note: This material is available only from the author and is not available from the University of Chicago Press.]
The Directionality of (Inter)subjectification in the English Noun Phrase
| Author | : Lobke Ghesquière |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2014-10-10 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110395266 |
The book investigates pathways of (inter)subjectification followed by prenominal elements in the English Noun Phrase, by tracing the development of identifying, noun-intensifying and subjective compound uses. By means of in-depth corpus study, the assumed unidirectionality of (inter)subjectification in the NP is verified and refined.
Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Language
| Author | : Karen Sullivan |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
| Release | : 2013-01-01 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027204365 |
Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphoric and non-metaphoric constructions, make it possible to apply findings from Frame Semantics, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar to understand how conceptual metaphor surfaces in language.
MetaNet
| Author | : Miriam R.L. Petruck |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2018-09-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027263418 |
The papers in this collection document the work of the first research project on metaphor that incorporates the findings of Frame Semantics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Construction Grammar with Corpus Linguistics techniques for the analysis of linguistic expressions of metaphor in very large natural language corpora. Under severe constraints, the MetaNet project, based at the International Computer Science Institute designed and populated a sophisticated and accessible repository of conceptual metaphors, developed a formalization for Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and created tools and techniques for the automatic identification and analysis of the linguistic expression of metaphor. For those interested in metaphor, be that from a linguistic, literary, poetic, cognitive, or computational perspective, this book is a must-read. Originally published in Constructions and Frames 8:2 (2016).
Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax
| Author | : J. Ouhalla |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9401003513 |
The aim of this enterprise is to assemble together in one volume works on various syntactic aspects of Arabic and Hebrew, in the hope that it will spur further comparative work within the Semitic family at the level of richness achieved in other language families such as Germanic and Romance. Although a substantial amount of work on the syntax of Arabic and Hebrew already exists in various forms, volumes of the type we have attempted are still practically non-existent. Moreover, apart from some notable exceptions, existing studies rarely take a systematic within-family comparative stance towards the phenomena they discuss, although cross-references between studies on Arabic and Hebrew are not uncommon. Obviously, we would ideally have preferred the volume to include papers on numerous other Semitic languages, including the languages of the Ethio Semitic branch as well as numerous spoken varieties of Arabic that have yet to be explored. Unfortunately, this was not possible due to circumstances beyond our control. We very much hope that the existence of this volume will make more inclusive volumes on the syntax of the Semitic languages only a matter of time.
Discourse Markers and Modal Particles
| Author | : Liesbeth Degand |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2013-11-14 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027271224 |
Discourse markers and modal particles are fuzzy linguistic categories that are difficult to describe. The contributions in this volume go beyond this statement. They discuss the intersection between modal particles and discourse markers and examine whether or not it is possible to draw a line between these two types of linguistic expressions. On the basis of new synchronic and diachronic data, from speech and writing, from European and Asian languages or cross-linguistically, the authors answer the question whether discourse markers and modal particles are distinct categories, whether they form a cline, or whether modal particles are a subcategory of discourse markers. This common question shows up throughout all chapters, which makes the book to a coherent whole. By disentangling the complexity of categorizing multifunctional expressions, this book also sheds new light on the processes of meaning extension. The traditional discourse and modal functions are complemented by interactional and textual ones. A must read for functional linguists.
Feature Distribution in Swedish Noun Phrases
| Author | : Kersti Borjars |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 1999-01-26 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0631208712 |
This book examines in some detail two issues associated with Swedish noun phrases. Firstly, it considers the issue of the headedness of these phrases in the light of a general discussion of criteria for head status. Secondly, the status of the definite ending is discussed from a typological perspective. Based on the findings of this examination of the data, a theoretical account of Swedish noun phrases is provided in terms of Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar.
