Overview

Lexical and Conceptual Structure addresses the nature of the interface between conceptual and linguistic structure. It is a long-standing observation that there is a correspondence between formal linguistic and notional categories, which is incomplete, yet real. Presumably every language will contain a formal category which at least contains the expressions denoting prototypical objects, another containing the expressions which denote prototypical actions, and so on. If formal linguistic categories have images at some level of cognitive structure, the question arises what the nature of this level is: What are its elements and how do they combine? What is the relation between cognitive structure and the domain of interpretation? Finding the answer to questions of this type is of the utmost importance in order to understand how the language faculty relates to the other cognitive abilities. One of the important challenges facing us is to find a substantive theory of the relation between meanings as linguistic entities and real-world entities. This book attempts to provide such a theoretical framework.

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Author:   E. Reuland ,  W. Abraham
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780792317906

ISBN 10:   0792317904
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   30 June 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Volume I 0. Introduction; E. Reuland, W. Abraham. 1. Reflections on Knowledge and Language; E. Reuland. 2. Mental Construction and Social Reality; N. Chomsky. 3. Some Reflections on our Sceptical Crisis; H. Bracken. 4. The `Least Effort' Principle in Child Grammar: Choosing a Marked Parameter; T. Roeper. 5. The Emergence of Bound Variable Structures; T. Roeper, J. de Villiers. 6. Categories in the Parameters Perspective: Null Subjects and V-to-I; M.R. Manzini. 7. Linguistic Theory and Language Acquisition Facts: Reformulation, Maturation or Invariance of Binding Principles; C. Jakubowicz. 8. Universal Grammar and Learnability Theory: The Case of Binding Domains and the `Subset Principle'; S. Kapur, B. Lust, W. Harbert, G. Motohardjono. 9. The Subset Principle is an Intensional Principle; K. Wexler. 10. Lexical Access and Speech Production; W.J.M. Levelt. Index. Volume II Introduction; E. Reuland, W. Abraham. Semantic Structures and Semantic Properties; B. Partee. The Combinatorial Structure of Thought: The Family of Causative Concepts; R. Jackendoff. Input Systems, Anaphora, Ellipsis, and Operator Binding; R. Kempson. Conceptual Structure and its Relation to the Structure of Lexical Items; J. Kornfilt, N. Correa. From Conceptual Structure to Syntax: Projecting from Resultatives; J. Carrier, J. Randall. Obligatory Adjuncts and the Structure of Events; J. Grimshaw, S. Vikner. Stage and Adjunct Predicates; T. Rapoport. Middle Constructions; T. Hoekstra, I. Roberts. Index.

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