Adverbial Modification: Selected papers from the Fifth Colloquium on Romance Linguistics, Groningen, 10-12 September 1998: 203 (Faux Titre, 203) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042015640 ISBN 13: 9789042015647

Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V., 2001

Synopsis

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Cinquième Colloque de Linguistique Romane/Fifth Colloquium on Romance Linguistics, which was held at Groningen University in September 1998. The theme of the colloquium was ‘adverbial modification in Romance languages'.
Therefore, adverbial modification is the common denominator of the works in this volume. However, and interestingly enough, the viewpoints taken by the Various authors differ considerably: some of the works deal with traditional adverbs (Ocampo, Kampers-Manhe, Bok-Bennema, Molendijk), others with elements such as mood (de Jonge, Quer) or negation (de Swart). Degree modification is discussed by Cover and Doetjes. Modifying clauses are the topic of Le Draoulec's article and modifying nominals play a central role in Schroten's contribution. A special type of modification is the pragmatic one, which is represented by Montolio's article. Also, various theoretical approaches are represented in this volume, such as the generative approach (e.g. Kampers-Manhe, Bok-Bennema), formal semantics (Molendijk, De Swart) and functional-cognitive linguistics (Ocampo, De Jonge), among other ones. Moreover, the languages dealt with are Catalan, French, Rumanian and Spanish.
Thus, this volume offers a wide perspective on adverbial modification in Romance languages both from a theoretical point of view as from the point of view of the different languages involved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042015640
• ISBN 13: 9789042015647
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Bok-Bennema Reineke, Jonge Bob De, Kampers-Manhe Brigitte, Molendijk Arie L.