Prakash Mondal

The Cognitive Variation of Semantic Structures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the cognitive constraints and principles of variation in structures of linguistic meaning across languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781032726281
• ISBN-10: 1032726288
• Artikelnr.: 69484874

Autorenporträt

Prakash Mondal is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
1 Introduction 1
2 Semantic Structures and Linguistic Universals 5
3 Towards a Unified Representation of Linguistic Meanings 29
4 Semantic Variation from Semantic Representations: Negation, Negative
Polarity and Negative Concord 67
5 Semantic Variation from Semantic Representations: Modality, Tense and
Plurality 94
6 Implications for Language Typology and Cognition 136
7 Concluding Remarks 183
Language Index 187
Subject Index 189