Like New
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
This collection of papers addresses questions of what the atomic elements of grammatically relevant meanings should be and how they must be represented. Among the phenomena described are alternations of aspectual classes of predicates, event modification and event elaboration, and presuppositions; languages discussed include English, Malay, Malayalam, and Mandarin.
The exploration of meaning in human languages has traditionally focused on the relation between linguistic forms and what they refer to in the world. Most approaches to formal semantics have been driven by this preoccupation. Recent years, however, have seen the growth of a parallel preoccupation, that of exploring the relation between patterns of meaning and grammatical structure, leading to the search for a restricted subset of meanings that interact with the grammatical system of human languages. As part of this research program of 'grammatical semantics', this collection of papers addresses questions of what the atomic elements of grammatically relevant meanings should be, how they must be represented, and how these representations interact with representations of other dimensions of language structure. The papers converge on the idea that morpheme-internal and phrasal meanings are represented along a single dimension, distinct from syntactic representations. Among the phenomena described are alternations of aspectual classes of predicates, event modification and event elaboration, and presuppositions, and the languages include English, Malay, Malayalam, and Mandarin.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
£ 3.72
Within U.S.A.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has light rubbing with a few tiny specks/smudges to covers, some bumps and scuffs to edges, tiny bends to corners, "AMZ" written to top corner of front endpage. otherwise in very good condition, tight binding, bright pages with unmarked text; an overall sturdy copy with clean interiors. Seller Inventory # 997956
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. pp. 296. Seller Inventory # 26271700
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Condition: New. pp. 296. Seller Inventory # 7576203
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: George Longden, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Black cloth boards. Springing boards. No dustjacket. A clean, bright copy, with a barcode & price sticker in bottom corner of back board. Bookseller's label in bottom corner of front paste-down. 285pp. Book. Seller Inventory # 58382
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
8vo. pp 296. Large format paperback. ISBN: 1575862026 Near fine. Seller Inventory # C43338
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book. Seller Inventory # ERICA75815758620265
Quantity: 1 available