Instruments and Related Concepts at the Syntax-Semantics Interface /
Instruments constitute a classic member of the thematic role inventory, yet they are usually analyzed only peripherally, taking a back seat to the more studied members such as Agent and Patient. This dissertation investigates the semantic reality behind the label instrument from the functionalist pe...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Düsseldorf :
düsseldorf university press,
[2018]
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Colección: | Dissertations in language and cognition ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Role and Reference Grammar
- 3 Instruments at the syntaxsemantics interface
- 4 Semantic range of instruments, agents & forces
- 5 Instruments and causation: A Force Dynamic view
- 6 The Instrument-Subject Alternation and subtypes of instruments
- 7 Delimiting instruments from instrument-like participants
- 8 Linking semantics to syntax
- 9 Conclusion: A semantic-syntactic landscape for instruments and related concepts
- Appendix: Figures
- References