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Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface

By Jr. , Robert D. van Valin

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0521811791, 9780521811798, 9780511126291, 052101056X, 9780521010566
LCC
P291 .V3578 2005
Open Library ID
OL18986912M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2907567 bytes)
Pages
332\334
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

While all languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across languages. Written within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar, which proposes a set of rules to link semantic and syntactic relations to each other, this book discusses in detail how structure, meaning, and communicative function interact in human languages. Clearly written and comprehensive, it will be welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

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