Contrasting English and German grammar an introduction to syntax and semantics / Sigrid Beck, Remus Gergel.

Author/creator Beck, Sigrid
Other author Gergel, Remus, 1974-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]
Descriptionxii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Subjects

Contents Part 1. Structure and meaning: an introduction to syntax and semantics -- Introduction to the field: syntax and semantics -- Categories, phrases and phrase structure rules -- A systematic way of constructing phrases -- Clause structure and movement -- Goals and methods in semantics -- Composing sentence meanings-first steps -- Extending the theory -- NP semantics -- Appendix: syntactic and semantic rules for Part 1 -- Part 2. Extending the theory and applying it to crosslinguistic differences -- Introduction and roadmap to the second part -- Clause sturcture-English and German -- Quantifiers and scope -- Negation and polarity -- Focus -- Ellipsis -- Tense and aspect -- Conclusions.
Abstract "This book offers an introduction to the derivation of meaning that is accessible and worked out to facilitate an understanding of key issues in compositional semantics. The syntactic background offered is generative, the major semantic tool used is set theory."--Back cover
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 298-311), appendix, and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013497467
ISBN3110300052
ISBN9783110300055 (acid-free paper)

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