Linguistic meaning meets linguistic form / Patrick Duffley.
| Author/creator | Duffley, Patrick J. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. |
| Description | vi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford linguistics Oxford linguistics. ^A520562 |
| Summary | This book steers a middle course between two opposing conceptions that currently dominate the field of semantics, the logical and cognitive approaches. Patrick Duffley brings to light the inadequacies of both of these frameworks, arguing that linguistic semantics must be based on the linguistic sign itself and on the meaning that it conveys across the full range of its uses. The book offers 12 case studies that demonstrate the explanatory power of a sign-based semantics, dealing with topics such as complementation with aspectual and causative verbs, control and raising, wh- words, full-verb inversion, and existential-there constructions. It calls for a radical revision of the semantics/pragmatics interface, proposing that the dividing line be drawn between content that is linguistically encoded and content that is not encoded but still communicated. While traditional linguistic analysis often places meaning at the level of the sentence or construction, this volume argues that meaning belongs at the lower level of linguistic items, where the linguistic sign is stored in a stable, permanent, and direct relation with its meaning outside of any particular context. Building linguistic analysis from the ground up in this way provides it with a more0solid foundation and increases its explanatory power. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-211) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Duffley, Patrick J. Linguistic meaning meets linguistic form. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020 9780192591128 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020934977 |
| ISBN | 9780198850724 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0198850727 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780198850700 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0198850700 (hbk.) |
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