Selected lexical and grammatical issues in the meaning-text theory : in honour of Igor Melʾčuk / edited by Leo Wanner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wanner, Leo.

Melʹčuk, Igorʹ A. (Igorʹ Aleksandrovič), 1932-

Series:

Studies in language companion series 0165-7763 ; v. 84.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xviii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2007]

Summary:

The Meaning Text Theory (MTT) is a lexicon-centred and dependency-based theory for the description of language using a holistic model that incorporates semantics, syntax, morphology and lexis. This volume, prepared on the occasion of Igor Mel'čuk's 70th birthday, offers a cross-section of the current advances in MTT and its applications. The first part of the book focuses on lexical phenomena that are still largely neglected in mainstream linguistics: sound symbolism as manifested by ideophones, and idiosyncratic lexical relations as manifested by lexical functions (LFs). In particular, LFs are addressed from different angles (including the introduction of new "standard" LFs, the argument structure and semantic decomposition of lexical relations captured by LFs, automatic recognition of LF-instances in corpora, and the use of LFs in terminology and natural language processing). The second part of the book deals with such prominent model-oriented issues as semantic paraphrasing in MTT, the role of phrase structure in MTT and syntactic analysis within MTT.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789027230942

9027230943

OCLC:

76864603