Modularity in language : constructional and categorial mismatch in syntax and semantics / by Etsuyo Yuasa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yuasa, Etsuyo, 1966-

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 159.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 159

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Modularity.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Semantics.

Categorial grammar.

Japanese language--Grammar, Comparative--English.

Japanese language.

English language--Grammar, Comparative--Japanese.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Modularity in Language, Etsuyo Yuasa investigates exceptions and idiosyncrasies in various complex clauses in Japanese and English within the framework of multi-modular approaches to grammar. She proposes original analyses of various complex clauses in Japanese and English, which deviate from the norms of other complex clauses in the same language or in other languages, and shows how these cases of syntax-semantics mismatch justify the independence (or 'autonomy') of different levels of grammatical structures. Yuasa's significant contribution is the incorporation of the notion of 'construction' from Construction Grammar into multi-modular approaches to grammar. She claims that the idiosyncratic cases examined in this study are instances of constructional and categorial mismatches where a syntactic representation of a prototypical construction is paired with a semantic representation of another prototypical construction. Modularity in Language is aimed at those interested in grammatical theories in general, the parallel architecture of grammar (including Lexical-Functional Grammar, Autolexical Grammar, Representational Modularity), Constructional Grammar, syntax/semantics interface, and Japanese linguistics.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Correspondence and mismatch

Chapter 3. The coordination-subordination mismatch

Chapter 4. Dependency mismatch: Nonrestrictive relative clause

Chapter 5. Dependency mismatch II: Performative adverbial clauses

Chapter 6. Categorial mismatch

Chapter 7. Conclusion

Notes

Back matter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.

ISBN:

9786613428370

9781283428378

1283428377

9783110197525

3110197529

OCLC:

191935963