Contrasting English and German Grammar : an Introduction to Syntax and Semantics.

This book offers an introduction to the derivation of meaning that is accessible and worked out to facilite an understanding of key issues in compositional semantics. The syntactic background offered is generative, the major semantic tool used is set theory. These tools are applied step-by-step to d...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beck, Sigrid
Other Authors: Gergel, Remus
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2014.
©2014
Series:Mouton textbook.
Subjects:
English language > Grammar, Comparative > German.
German language > Grammar, Comparative > English.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Semantics, Comparative.
Syntaxe.
Sémantique comparée.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language > Grammar, Comparative > German
German language > Grammar, Comparative > English
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Semantics, Comparative
Semantics.
Syntax.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Structure and meaning: an introduction to syntax and semantics
  • Introduction to the field: syntax and semantics
  • Categories, phrases and phrase structure rules
  • A systematic way of constructing phrases
  • Clause structure and movement
  • Goals and methods in semantics
  • Composing sentence meanings-first steps
  • Extending the theory
  • NP semantics
  • Appendix: syntactic and semantic rules for Part 1
  • Part 2. Extending the theory and applying it to crosslinguistic differences
  • Introduction and roadmap to the second part
  • Clause sturcture-English and German
  • Quantifiers and scope
  • Negation and polarity
  • Focus
  • Ellipsis
  • Tense and aspect
  • Conclusions.

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