Direct Compositionality. Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics.

Author:   Dr Chris Barker ,  Pauline Jacobson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9786611148737


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 March 2007
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This book examines the hypothesis of, which requires that semantic interpretation proceed in tandem with syntactic combination. Although associated with the dominant view in formal semantics of the 1970s and 1980s, the feasibility of direct compositionality remained unsettled, and more recently the discussion as to whether or not this view can be maintained has receded. The syntax-semantics interaction is now often seen as a process in which the syntax builds representations which, at the abstract level of logical form, are sent for interpretation to the semantics component of the language faculty. In the first extended discussion of the hypothesis of direct compositionality for twenty years, this book considers whether its abandonment might have been premature and whether in fact direct compositionality is not after all a simpler and more effective conception of the grammar than the conventional account of the syntax-semantics interface in generative grammar.

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Author:   Dr Chris Barker ,  Pauline Jacobson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
ISBN:  

9786611148737


ISBN 10:   6611148736
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 March 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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