The Semantics Of Grammar
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The Semantics Of Grammar
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Author : Anna Wierzbicka
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1988-01-01
The Semantics Of Grammar written by Anna Wierzbicka and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
“The semantics of grammar” presents a radically semantic approach to syntax and morphology. It offers a methodology which makes it possible to demonstrate, on an empirical basis, that syntax is neither “autonomous” nor “arbitrary”, but that it follows from “semantics”. It is shown that every grammatical construction encodes a certain semantic structure, which can be revealed and rigorously stated, so that the meanings encoded in grammar can be compared in a precise and illuminating way, within one language and across language boundaries. The author develops a semantic metalanguage based on lexical universals or near-universals (and, ultimately, on a system of universal semantic primitives), and shows that the same semantic metalanguage can be used for explicating lexical, grammatical and pragmatic aspects of language and thus offers a method for an integrated linguistic description based on semantic foundations. Analyzing data from a number of different languages (including English, Russian and Japanese) the author explores the notion of ethnosyntax and, via semantics, links syntax and morphology with culture. She attemps to demonstrate that the use of a semantic metalanguage based on lexical universals makes it possible to rephrase the Humboldt-Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in such a way that it can be tested and treated as a program for empirical research.
Victor Dudman S Grammar And Semantics
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Author : J. Curthoys
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-10-29
Victor Dudman S Grammar And Semantics written by J. Curthoys and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-29 with Philosophy categories.
Victor Dudman's revolutionary English Grammar brings grammar and logic together by conceiving grammar as 'the necessary preliminary to logic'. The focus, for logicians, is the discussion of 'conditionals'; for grammarians it is the concise and accurate explanation of the infamous English modals.
Word Meaning And Montague Grammar
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Author : D. R. Dowty
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1979-10-31
Word Meaning And Montague Grammar written by D. R. Dowty and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-10-31 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The most general goal of this book is to propose and illustrate a program of research in word semantics that combines some of the methodology and results in linguistic semantics, primarily that of the generative semantics school, with the rigorously formalized syntactic and semantic framework for the analysis of natural languages developed by Richard Montague and his associates, a framework in which truth and denotation with respect to a model are taken as the fundamental semantic notions. I hope to show, both from the linguist's and the philosopher's point of view, not only why this synthesis can be undertaken but also why it will be useful to pursue it. On the one hand, the linguists' decompositions of word meanings into more primitive parts are by themselves inherently incomplete, in that they deal only in distinctions in meaning without providing an account of what mean ings really are. Not only can these analyses be made complete by a model theoretic semantics, but also such an account of these analyses renders them more exact and more readily testable than they could ever be otherwise.
The Semantics Of Syntax
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Author : Denis Bouchard
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1995-12
The Semantics Of Syntax written by Denis Bouchard and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
During the last thirty years, most linguists and philosophers have assumed that meaning can be represented symbolically and that the mental processing of language involves the manipulation of symbols. Scholars have assembled strong evidence that there must be linguistic representations at several abstract levels—phonological, syntactic, and semantic—and that those representations are related by a describable system of rules. Because meaning is so complex, linguists often posit an equally complex relationship between semantic and other levels of grammar. The Semantics of Syntax is an elegant and powerful analysis of the relationship between syntax and semantics. Noting that meaning is underdetermined by form even in simple cases, Denis Bouchard argues that it is impossible to build knowledge of the world into grammar and still have a describable grammar. He thus proposes simple semantic representations and simple rules to relate linguistic levels. Focusing on a class of French verbs, Bouchard shows how multiple senses can be accounted for by the assumption of a single abstract core meaning along with background information about how objects behave in the world. He demonstrates that this move simplifies the syntax at no cost to the descriptive power of the semantics. In two important final chapters, he examines the consequences of his approach for standard syntactic theories.
A Grammar Of Kagayanen
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Author : Carol J. Pebley
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date : 2024-07-05
A Grammar Of Kagayanen written by Carol J. Pebley and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Kagayanen is a resilient Austronesian>Greater Central Philippine>Manobo language spoken by about 30,000 individuals, mostly in Palawan province in the Philippines. This grammar is the result of nearly 40 years of research by Carol Pebley and a team of Kagayanen speakers and non-Kagayanen co-workers. The primary data source is a corpus of texts collected over a 20 year period. These texts, three of which appear in an appendix to this book, provide vivid insights into Kagayanen ways of being. The grammar is written with a general linguistics audience in mind, from a "communication first" perspective. It should prove useful to specialists in Austronesian languages, linguistic typologists, and others interested in doing research in the central Philippines. It is also hoped that this grammar will be an encouragement to Kagayanen speakers, proving that their language is wonderfully complex and deserves an equal place alongside other regional and international languages.
Handbook Of Ai Based Mechatronics Systems And Smart Solutions In Industrial Automation
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Author : Pushpalatha Naveenkumar
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2025-09-02
Handbook Of Ai Based Mechatronics Systems And Smart Solutions In Industrial Automation written by Pushpalatha Naveenkumar and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-09-02 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and mechatronics are booming areas where most of the industrial sectors are becoming smart nowadays. This handbook includes material of multidisciplinary content from the AI, mechanical, and electronics engineering domains, among others. It gives insights into various application sectors discussing current global developments in mechatronics employing AI technology and addressing the complexity of current issues and the effects of diverse mechatronics systems. Handbook of AI-Based Mechatronics Systems and Smart Solutions in Industrial Automation focuses on system automation, predictive analysis, preventive analysis, and real-time decision-making systems for next-generation automation. It discusses the advancements of mechatronics systems using AI applications along with the global approach toward smart industrial automation and presents the impact of AI on today’s work of autonomous and industrial automation. The book discusses future research potential and is beneficial to manufacturing, healthcare, and finance disputes, while it offers AI algorithms to analyze large amounts of data and identifies patterns, trends, and anomalies for accurate predictions and optimization processes. The handbook also addresses use cases and case studies related to AI in mechatronics along with applications. Scholars in the field of AI in mechatronics and related applications will find this book useful. In particular, attention is drawn to both fundamental ideas and important practical contexts. Readers interested in the most recent findings in the field of problem-oriented processing approaches in mechatronics, including those in academia, data science, industry, research, and graduate and undergraduate students, will find this fascinating handbook extremely interesting.
The Role Of Data At The Semantics Pragmatics Interface
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Author : Enikő Németh T.
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2010
The Role Of Data At The Semantics Pragmatics Interface written by Enikő Németh T. and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Computers categories.
Mouton Series in Pragmatics (MSP) is a timely response to the growing demand for innovative and authoritative monographs and edited volumes from all angles of pragmatics. Recent theoretical work on the semantics/pragmatics interface, applications of evolutionary biology to the study of language, and empirical work within cognitive and developmental psychology and intercultural communication has directed attention to issues that warrant reexamination, as well as revision of some of the central tenets and claims of the field of pragmatics. The series welcomes proposals that reflect this endeavour and exploration within the discipline and neighboring fields such as language philosophy, communication, information science, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition and cognitive science. MSP will provide a forum for authors who represent different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and intercultural paradigms, and have important and intriguing ideas and research findings to share with scholars who are interested in linguistics in general and pragmatics in particular.
Semantics
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Author : Frank Robert Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1981-08-13
Semantics written by Frank Robert Palmer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-08-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
When the first edition of Semantics appeared in 1976, the developments in this aspect of language study were exciting interest not only among linguists, but among philosophers, psychologists and logicians. Professor Palmer's straightforward and comprehensive book was immediately welcomed as one of the best introductions to the subject. Interest in Semantics has been further stimulated recently by a number of significant, and often contriversial, theoretical advances; and the publication of this second edition has enabled Professor Palmer to bring his survey thoroughly up to date. There is also an important new chapter on 'Semantics and logic', showing clearly and simply the influence that logical models have had on the study of meaning. Professor Palmer always illustrates his argument with helpful examples, and his non-technical explanations will be readily intelligible to the interested layman as well as to beginning students of language and linguistics.
Critical Call Proceedings Of The 2015 Eurocall Conference Padova Italy
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Author : Francesca Helm
language : en
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Release Date : 2015-12-02
Critical Call Proceedings Of The 2015 Eurocall Conference Padova Italy written by Francesca Helm and has been published by Research-publishing.net this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-02 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The theme of the conference this year was Critical CALL, drawing inspiration from the work carried out in the broader field of Critical Applied Linguistics. The term ‘critical’ has many possible interpretations, and as Pennycook (2001) outlines, has many concerns. It was from these that we decided on the conference theme, in particular the notion that we should question the assumptions that lie at the basis of our praxis, ideas that have become ‘naturalized’ and are not called into question. Over 200 presentations were delivered in 68 different sessions, both in English and Italian, on topics related specifically to the theme and also more general CALL topics. 94 of these were submitted as extended papers and appear in this volume of proceedings.
Language At Large
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Author : Alexandra Aikhenvald
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-07-27
Language At Large written by Alexandra Aikhenvald and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon, highlighting their expertise in various fields of linguistics. The first part focusses on linguistic typology, covering case markers used on verbs, argument-determined constructions, unusual meanings of causatives, the semantic basis for a typology, word-class-changing derivations, speech reports and semi-direct speech. The second part concentrates on documentation and analysis of previously undescribed languages, from South America and Indigenous Australia. The third part addresses a variety of issues in grammar and lexicography of English. This includes pronouns with transferred reference, comparative constructions, features of the noun phrase, and the discussion of 'twice'. The treatment of Australian Aboriginal words in dictionaries is discussed in the final chapter.