Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface

While all languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across languages. Written within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar, which proposes a set of rules to link semantic and syntactic relations to each other, this book discusses in detail how structure, meaning, and communicative function interact in human languages. Clearly written and comprehensive, it will be welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

Author: Robert D. Van Valin Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/07/2005
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.98h x 7.10w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780521811798

About the Author
Valin Jr, Robert D. Van: - Robert D. Van Valin Jr is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at the State University of New York, Buffalo.Valin Jr, Robert D. Van: - Robert D. Van Valin Jr is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at the State University of New York, Buffalo.