The semantic structure of Spanish : meaning and grammatical form / Larry D. King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Larry D. (Larry Dawain), 1949-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 90.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Semantics.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Verb.

Spanish language--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, linguistics has become increasingly more willing to allow some type of representation of 'meaning' in the study of language. However, most approaches deal with sentence or utterance meaning and thereby ignore the meaning of linguistic form. Yet no description of linguistic semantics can be complete without a comprehensive account between meaning and form. This study returns to the problem of form and meaning by presenting a detailed account of certain forms in Spanish which have traditionally been called grammatical forms, or grammatical categories, and associated with grammat

Contents:

THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF SPANISH MEANING AND GRAMMATICAL FORM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Verb; Chapter 3. Tense; Chapter 4. Orientation; Chapter 5. Aspect; Chapter 6. Mood; Chapter 7. Partitivity and Deixis; Chapter 8. Status; Chapter 9. The Comparative Semantics of Spanish and English; Chapter 10. Conclusion; References; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects and Terms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-292) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31320-0

9786613313201

90-272-7745-1

OCLC:

759397388