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 facilitate an understanding of key issues in compositional semantics. The syntactic background offered is generative, the major semantic tool used is set theory."--Zadní strana obálky

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Beck, Sigrid, 1968- (Author), Gergel, Remus, 1974- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]
Subjects
komparativní mluvnice
angličtina
němčina
syntax
sémantika
comparative grammar
English language
German language
semantics
monografie
monographs
ISBN9783110300055
978-3-11-034619-0
Physical Descriptionxii, 315 stran : ilustrace ; 23 cm

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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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