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Author: Eva Engels Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing ISBN: 902728184X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 363
Book Description
Adverb positions vary within a single language as well as across diverse languages. Based on the study of adverbs in English, French and German, this monograph shows that the distribution of adverbs is influenced by various factors at distinct levels of linguistic representation – comprising semantics, syntax, phonology and information structure –, which interact in determining adverb positions. The results of the investigation are formulated within the theoretical framework of Optimality Theory, which captures the complex interaction of these factors by hierarchically ranked constraints, deriving cross-linguistic variation of adverb positions by differences in the language-specific constraint hierarchies. The book is divided into two parts: While Part I examines adverb positions in general, Part II investigates under which circumstances an adverb may attach to a phonetically empty constituent in the languages under discussion. The book appeals to a linguistic audience interested in Germanic and Romance languages as well as in theoretical syntax in general.
Author: Eva Engels Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing ISBN: 902728184X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 363
Book Description
Adverb positions vary within a single language as well as across diverse languages. Based on the study of adverbs in English, French and German, this monograph shows that the distribution of adverbs is influenced by various factors at distinct levels of linguistic representation – comprising semantics, syntax, phonology and information structure –, which interact in determining adverb positions. The results of the investigation are formulated within the theoretical framework of Optimality Theory, which captures the complex interaction of these factors by hierarchically ranked constraints, deriving cross-linguistic variation of adverb positions by differences in the language-specific constraint hierarchies. The book is divided into two parts: While Part I examines adverb positions in general, Part II investigates under which circumstances an adverb may attach to a phonetically empty constituent in the languages under discussion. The book appeals to a linguistic audience interested in Germanic and Romance languages as well as in theoretical syntax in general.
Author: Jennifer R. Austin Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing ISBN: 9789027227942 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 362
Book Description
Adverbials have become an important testing ground for research on the interfaces between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The articles selected for this volume present recent research on this topic. Among the issues addressed are the occurrence of adverbials in various domains of the sentence Mittelfeld, left and right periphery, adverbials in front of gaps, and the influence of the discourse context on the interpretation and position of adverbials. Particular classes of adverbials that are discussed include domain, locative, temporal, manner, transparent, and degree adverbials. Beyond the exploration of these topics, the volume reflects the current debate between proponents of semantic-driven approaches to the positioning of adverbials which assume adverbials to be adjuncts and approaches that claim a primacy of syntax in conceiving of adverbials as specifiers in a universally valid hierarchy of functional projections.
Author: Reinhard Blutner Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion ISBN: Category : Grammar, Comparative and general Languages : en Pages : 200
Author: Eva Engels
Author: Eva Engels
Author: Jennifer R. Austin
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Author: Reinhard Blutner
Author: Sara Hawker
Author: Ralf Vogel
Author: Hye-Won Choi
Author: North Eastern Linguistic Society. Meeting
Author: North Eastern Linguistic Society. Meeting
Author: North Eastern Linguistic Society. Meeting