Description: Phrase Structure and Argument Structure : A Case Study of the Syntax-Semantics Interface, Hardcover by Lohndal, Terje, ISBN 0199677115, ISBN-13 9780199677115, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book focuses on the relationship between syntax and meaning. Terje Lohndals core claim is that it is possible to create a transparent mapping from syntax to logical form such that each syntactic Spell-Out domain directly corresponds to a conjunct at logical form. The argument focuses on
two domains of grammar - phrase structure and argument structure - and brings together two independently established but seemingly unconnected hypotheses: that verbs do not require arguments, and that specifiers are not required by the grammar.
Following the introduction, the second chapter looks in detail at the separation of the verb from its thematic arguments, and presents data from argument structure, reciprocals, and adjectival passives, while the third examines the claim that specifiers do not play a role as the target of various
grammatical operations. Chapter 4 then brings these arguments together and proposes a syntax that maps transparently onto logical forms where all thematic arguments are severed from the verb. Moreover, the broader consequences of this approach are outlined in terms of Spell-Out, movement,
linearization, thematic uniqueness, and agreement. Th closes with an examination of the relationship between grammatical and conceptual meaning, and a detailed discussion of the nature of compositionality.
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Book Title: Phrase Structure and Argument Structure : A Case Study of the Syn
Number of Pages: 186 Pages
Publication Name: Phrase Structure and Argument Structure : a Case Study of the Syntax-Semantics Interface
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Linguistics / Syntax, Linguistics / Semantics, Linguistics / Psycholinguistics, Linguistics / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2014
Item Weight: 15.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Terje Lohndal
Item Length: 9.5 in
Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
