The 'whole' of the doughnut : syntax and its boundaries / S.-Y. Kuroda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuroda, S.-Y.

Series:

SIGLA ; 1

Studies in Generative Linguistic Analysis ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

viii, 255 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ghent : E. Story-Scientia, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the author's preface: "I once facetiously stated: 'Syntax is to semantics as the hole of the doughnut is to the whole of the doughnut.' Semantics without syntax, thus, is like a doughnut without a hole. This was in the heyday of generative semantics, and having heard that my major interest was syntax, someone was able, perhaps also facetiously, to respond: 'Does it exist?' Most of the papers collected here originated in those days and previously appeared in various linguistic journals and anthologies. The reader may note that the topics dealt with in these papers all have their roots in syntax, but in most cases relate to its boundary areas. The boundary areas are not restricted to semantics, but the above analogy of the doughnut might still apply to what syntax is to those boundary areas. Hence the title of the book.".

Contents:

THE 'W'HOLE OF THE DOUGHNUT

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

PREFACE

Table of contents

THE CATEGORICAL AND THE THETIC JUDGMENT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. TERMINOLOGICAL PRELIMINARIES

III. A DESCRIPTIVE PRELIMINARY: SPECIFIC AND GENERIC

IV. wa AND SPECIFIC SENTENCES

V. wa AND GENERIC SENTENCES

VI. SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS IN JAPANESE AND THEIR GENERAL IMPLICATIONS

VII. SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS

NOTES

THE CONCEPT OF SUBJECT IN GRAMMAR AND THE IDEA OF NOMINATIVE IN THE PORT-ROYAL GRAMMAR

I

II

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ANTON MARTY AND THE TRANSFORMATIONAL THEORY OF GRAMMAR

III

IV

V

VI

VII

EDMUND HUSSERL, GRAMMAIRE GÉNÉRALE ET RAISONNÉE AND ANTON MARTY

VIII

ATTACHMENT TRANSFORMATIONS

ENGLISH RELATIVIZATION AND CERTAIN RELATED PROBLEMS

SOME REMARKS ON ENGLISH MANNER ADVERBIALS

II. ADVERBS LIKE UNBELIEVABLY

III. POSTALIAN NOUNS

IV. ADVERBS LIKE HAPPILY

V. ADVERBS LIKE ELEGANTLY

VI. CONCLUSION

WHERE EPISTEMOLOGY, STYLE, AND GRAMMAR MEET: A CASE STUDY FROM JAPANESE

IX

X

XI

XII

ADDENDUM

REFLECTIONS ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF NARRATIVE THEORY, FROM A LINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW

I. THE COMMUNICATIONAL THEORY OF NARRATION

II. CRITICISMS OF THE COMMUNICATIONAL THEORY OF NARRATION

III. TOWARDS AN ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION OF NARRATION

IV. A POETIC THEORY OF NARRATION

GEACH AND KATZ ON PRESUPPOSITION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-272-7128-3

OCLC:

851972261