At the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface: Verbal Underspecification and Concept Formation in Dynamic Syntax: No.4 (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics) - Hardcover

Marten, Lutz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199250634 ISBN 13: 9780199250639

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2002

Synopsis

This title explores the interaction of syntax, pragmatics, and semantics in the behaviour of verb phrases, incluing noun and prepositional phrases, and how they interact with the information provided by the verb. It also considers how the component elements of linguistic theory act together to explain and predict what appear to be simple utterances, but whose structure may be hard to analyse. The structure of "Fran is baking Mary a cake in the oven" must be different from "Fran is baking Mary a cake in the kitchen". The author explains how.

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About the Author

Lutz Marten has worked and studied in Hamburg, London, and Dar es Salaam. He is currently a Millennium Research Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he works on the dynamics of interpretation and the relation between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, as well as on the analysis of African languages, especially Swahili.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199250634
• ISBN 13: 9780199250639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238