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OverviewThis book examines some knotty problems in natural language. These typically involve questions where the sense or the grammaticality of an utterance teeters on or over the edge of acceptability among native speakers. The phenomena in question have been examined within syntactic theory for over two decades with no wholly satisfactory outcome. Dr Truswell broadens the scope of the enquiry to the interface between syntactic structure and other, indirectly related, cognitive, and semantic structures such as aspect, agentivity, and presupposition. Uniting work from philosophical, cognitive and linguistic perspectives, he develops a model of the internal structure of events as perceptual and cognitive units. He deploys the model to explain and predict the acceptability of particular formulations. He considers the individuation of events in the light of the model and provides a novel account of patterns of question formation. He shows that these patterns throw new light on central claims of Chomsky's biolinguistic minimalist program and Jackendoff's parallel architecture theory of mind and language. This is work at the cutting edge of linguistic theory, catholic in its theoretical scope, open to insights from cognate fields, and illustrated with examples from a wide range of languages. It will interest philosophers, semanticists and cognitive scientists concerned with topics like events, agentivity, and planning, as well as linguists studying syntax or the syntax-semantics interface. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Truswell (University of Edinburgh)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.427kg ISBN: 9780199577781ISBN 10: 0199577781 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 20 January 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction Part I: The Structure of Events 2: The Variable Size of Events 3: Single Events From Multiple Verb Phrases and the Role of Agentivity 4: Structures Built From Events part II: Events and Locality 5: Where We Stand 6: Extraction From Adjuncts 7: Extraction From Complement Clauses and rhe Effect of Tense 8: Architectural Issues 9: Conclusion References Author Index Subject IndexReviewsReflects a deep understanding of both syntax and semantics, but never gets lost in technical issues ... Refreshingly framework-neutral with respect to the precise implementation of some theoretical issues, ending up by being compatible with a number of existing theories on locality and events. * Language * Reflects a deep understanding of both syntax and semantics, but never gets lost in technical issues ... Refreshingly framework-neutral with respect to the precise implementation of some theoretical issues, ending up by being compatible with a number of existing theories on locality and events. Language Author InformationRobert Truswell is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in Linguistics and English Language at the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh. His research broadly concerns the interfaces between syntax and semantics. He received his PhD in Phonetics and Linguistics from University College London in 2007 and then spent a year as a postdoctoral research fellow at Tufts University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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