Overview

This book presents and exemplifies the theory of grammar called Semantic Syntax. The grammar, which offers a syntactic theory closely connected with semantic analyses, is a direct continuation of Generative Semantics; it will re-ignite interest in that framework which flourished and promised so much in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Author:   Peter A. M. Seuren (Nijmegen University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.699kg
ISBN:  

9780631160069

ISBN 10:   063116006
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   25 October 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Some Formal Properties of Grammars, Trees and Rules. 3. The English Auxiliary and Complementation System. 4. The French Auxiliary and Complementation System. 5. The Dutch Auxiliary and Complementation System. 6. The German Auxiliary and Complementation System. 7. Any Other Business. List of French Words. List of Dutch Words. List of German Words. Bibliography. Index.

Reviews

"In Semantic Syntax Pieter Seuren elegantly and solidly accomplishes what the generative semantics movement had set out to do in the seventies: the generation of surface structure from a semantic base. The relevance for realistic modelling of language production cannot be overestimated. The semantics has a thorough cognitive foundation in the speaker's developing discourse domain. The syntax displays an impressive coverage of speakers' basic syntactic patterns in a range of languages, including recalcitrant German. And the theory is computationally entirely transparent." Willem J. M. Levelt, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics "This book covers a vast array of constructions which are at the forefront of the current theoretical discussions.Denis Bochard, Universite du Quebec a Montreal "Semantic Syntax constitutes an important contribution to grammatical formalism and syntactic theory." Comptes Rendus

Author Information

Pieter Seuren is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nijmegen. He was previously Lecturer in Linguistics at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. His books include Discourse Semantics (Blackwell Publishers, 1985).

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