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At the syntax-pragmatics interface : verbal underspecification and concept formation in dynamic syntax

Title: At the syntax-pragmatics interface : verbal underspecification and concept formation in dynamic syntax / Lutz Marten.
Author: Marten, Lutz.
Publication: Oxford, Oxfordshire ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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xii, 224 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"At the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface explores the interaction of grammar and context in human communication. The author shows how the interpretation of verbs and verb phrases involves the complex interaction of language-specific syntactic knowledge and the general reasoning people need in order to understand and to make themselves understood. He argues that there is no syntactically defined interface level between these two components, but rather that hearers employ structural and pragmatic knowledge in tandem."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Oxford linguistics
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 4

Uniform Title

Oxford linguistics
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 4.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. A Formal Model of Utterance Interpretation -- 3. Arguments and Adjuncts -- 4. Verbal Underspecification -- 5. The Interpretation of Underspecified Verbs -- 6. Applied Verbs in Swahili -- 7. Conclusion.

ISBN

0199250634
9780199250639
0199250642
9780199250646

LCCN

2002074273

OCLC

ocm49942418
49942418
SCSB-1296798

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Princeton University Library