"Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective collects twelve new papers that explore the syntax of Chinese in comparison with other languages"
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Chapter 6. Noun-Verb Complex Predicates in Hindi and the Rise of Non-Canonical Subjects (Montaut) -- Chapter 7. Malayalam Ceyy-Support and Its Relation to Event and Argument Structure (Paul) -- Chapter 8. Complex Predicates as Complementation Structures (Svenonius) -- Chapter 9.…
A major question for linguistic theory concerns how the structure of sentences relates to their meaning. There is broad agreement in the field that there is some regularity in the way that lexical semantics and syntax are related, so that thematic roles are predictably associate…
Retuarã syntax
by Strom, Clay
fromSummer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas…
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Retuarã syntax
by Strom, Clay
fromSummer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas…
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Type: Book
In light of recent claims that complex syntax is not a universal property of all living languages, the issue of how to detect and define syntactic complexity has been revived. This volume contains contributions about the formal complexity of natural language, specific issues of …
Introduction -- Speech Communication in Human Interaction -- Prosody in a Functional Framework: The Kiel Intonation Model (KIM) -- The REPRESENTATION Function -- The APPEAL function -- The EXPRESSION Function -- Linguistic Form of Communicative Functions in Language Comparison.
This volume offers a selection of interface studies in generative linguistics, a valuable "one-stop shopping" opportunity for readers interested in the ways in which the various modules of linguistic analysis intersect and interact. The boundaries between the lexicon and morphop…
The interplay between the interpretation of pronouns (e.g. bound/referential) and their form (e.g. null/overt) is still ill-understood. This volume has a cross-linguistic orientation with in-depth investigations of more than 10 different languages. It unites researchers from the…
