Egbert Fortuin (Universiteit Leiden), Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren (Universiteit Leiden)

Universal Semantic Syntax

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Syntactic theory has been dominated in the last decades by theories that disregard semantics in their approach to syntax. This book presents an alternative approach to syntax, showing that syntax can be analyzed from a semantic perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9781108701587
• ISBN-10: 1108701582
• Artikelnr.: 62151199

Autorenporträt

Egbert Fortuin is Associate Professor of Russian Linguistics at Universiteit Leiden. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Lingua, Cognitive Linguistics and Russian Linguistics. He is currently editor of the book series Studies in General and Slavic Linguistics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Semiotactic Theory: 1. Basic theoretical principles
2. Semiotactic relations and symbols
3. Nexus: subject-predicate relation
4. Valences
5. Set expression 'SE'
6. Nexus relation as entity (Bahuvrihi)
7. Negation
8. The auxiliary verb 'do'
9. Appositions
10. Formal and syntactic sentences
11. Abstraction
12. The basic principles of the formalization
Part II. Application of the Theory: 1. Noun modifications
2. Verb constructions
3. Impersonal constructions
4. Other constructions in non-European languages
5. Word order and propositional contents
Conclusion: the syntactic theory from a semantic perspective.