Investigations of the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface / edited by Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Role and Reference Grammar Conference, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Van Valin, Robert D.

Conference Name:

Role and Reference Grammar Conference (2006 : University of Leipzig)

International RRG Conference.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 105.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 105

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Role and reference grammar--Congresses.

Role and reference grammar.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Congresses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Investigations of the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface presents on-going research in Role and Reference Grammar in a number of critical areas of linguistic theory: verb semantics and argument structure, the nature of syntactic categories and syntactic representation, prosody and syntax, information structure and syntax, and the syntax and semantics of complex sentences. In each of these areas there are important results which not only advance the development of the theory, but also contribute to the broader theoretical discussion. In particular, there are analyses of grammatical phenomena such as transitivity in Kabardian, the verb-less numeral quantifier construction in Japanese, and an unusual kind of complex sentence in Wari’ (Chapakuran, Brazil) which not only illustrate the descriptive and explanatory power of the theory, but also present interesting challenges to other approaches. In addition, there are papers looking at the implications and applications of Role and Reference Grammar for neurolinguistic research, parsing and automated text analysis.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

List of contributors

Part I. Introduction by the Editor

Editor's introduction

Part II. Verbs, argument structure and transitivity

"Saying" verbs in Spanish

Split intransitivity in Japanese revisited

Reintroducing inverse constructions in Japanese

Transitivity in Kabardian

Ditransitive constructions: Towards a new Role and Reference Grammar account?

Fluid transitivity and generalized semantic roles

Part III. Syntactic and morphological categories

Unification and separation in a functional theory of morphology

Modality in RRG

RPs and the nature of lexical and syntactic categories in Role and Reference Grammar

“Floating plurals”, prodrop and agreement – an optimality-based RRG approach

Where is the precore slot? Mapping the layered structure of the clause and German sentence topology

Part IV. Syntax, pragmatics and prosody

A prosodic projection for Role and Reference Grammar

Is Role and Reference Grammar an adequate grammatical theory for punctuation?

The interplay of focus structure and syntax

How missing is the missing verb?

Predication and reference in specificational sentences – functions of English noun phrases

Part V. The analysis of complex sentences

Alternative expressions of 'want' complements

An RRG approach to French complementation patterns

Complementizer-gap phenomena

Wari’ Intentional State Constructions

Part VI. Neurolinguistic and computational aspects of RRG

Unmarked transitivity

Parsing for Role and Reference Grammar

A Role-Lexical Module (RLM) for Biblical Hebrew

Index of languages

Index of subjects

Notes:

Selection of the papers presented at the Role and Reference Grammar Conference at the University of Leipzig in September, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612104619

9781282104617

1282104616

9789027290335

9027290334

OCLC:

309783908