Anderson John M., John M. Anderson

A Notional Theory of Syntactic Categories

Herausgeber: Anderson, S. R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an innovative theory of syntactic categories and the lexical classes they define. It revives the traditional idea that these are to be distinguished notionally (semantically). It allows for there to be peripheral members of a lexical class which may not obviously conform to the general definition. The author proposes a notation based on semantic features which accounts for the syntactic behaviour of classes. The book also presents a case for considering this classification - again in rather traditional vein - to be basic to determining the syntactic structure of sentences. Syntactic structure is thus erected in a very restricted fashion, without recourse to movement or empty elements.

Table of contents:
1. Prelude; 2. Fundamentals of a notional theory; 3. The syntax of categories; References, Index.

This book presents an innovative theory of syntactic categories and the lexical classes they define. It revives the traditional idea that these are to be distinguished notionally (semantically). The author proposes a notation based on semantic features which accounts for the syntactic behaviour of classes.

This book presents an innovative theory of syntactic categories and the lexical classes they define.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 749g
• ISBN-13: 9780521580236
• ISBN-10: 0521580234
• Artikelnr.: 21545468

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of abbreviations
Part I. Prelude: 1. Notionalism
2. Analogism
3. Minimalism
Part II. Fundamentals of a Notional Theory: 4. Syntactic categories and notional features
5. Relations between elements
6. Further categories: the role of feature dependencies
7. Markedness and category continuity
8. Cross-classification
9. Gradience and second-order categories
10. Secondary categories
11. Non-complements
Part III. The Syntax of Categories: 12. Verbal valencies
13. The content of the functor category
14. The basic syntax of predications
15. The formation of ditransitives
16. Variation in argument structure
17. Verbals as arguments
18. The structure of primary arguments
References, Index.