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Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P

By Anna Asbury , Jakub Dotlacil , Berit Gehrke , Rick Nouwen

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year
2008
ISBN
9027255032, 9789027255037
LCC
P285 .S97 2008
Open Library ID
OL16383406M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5193832 bytes)
Series
Linguistik Aktuell Linguistics Today
Edition
120
Pages
425\425
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The category P belongs to a less studied area in theoretical linguistics, which has only recently attracted considerable attention. This volume brings together pioneering work on adpositions in spatial relations from different theoretical and cross-linguistic perspectives. The common theme in these contributions is the complex semantic and syntactic structure of PPs. Analyses are presented in several different frameworks and approaches, including generative syntax, optimality theoretic semantics and syntax, formal semantics, mathematical modeling, lexical syntax, and pragmatics. Among the languages featured in detail are English, German, Hebrew, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, and Persian. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of formal semantics, syntax and language typology, as well as scholars with a more general interest in spatial cognition.

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