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The Division of Labor between Grammar and the Lexicon : An Exploration of the Syntax and Semantics of Verbal Roots / Josep Ausensi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; 150Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2023]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resource (XVII, 191 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110789676
  • 9783110789706
  • 9783110789683
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415 23/eng/20240311
LOC classification:
  • P158.25 .A97 2024
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations used -- Glossing conventions -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Verbal roots and (im)possible verb meanings -- 3 Verbal roots and agent entailments -- 4 Verbal roots and their syntactic distribution -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Much recent influential work within Generative grammar argues that syntax plays a key role in grammar and meaning composition, whereas the role of the lexicon is minimal. This book provides evidence that supports a more balanced division of labor between syntax and the lexicon in the creation of meaning. The author argues that grammatical theory can only ignore lexical meaning at its own peril and defends a theoretical standpoint which is underrepresented in much of the current work in this area . This book explores a wide range of relevant empirical data and makes a compelling case for a theory that can make adequate predictions about possible linguistic structures by allowing the lexicon and the grammar to dynamically interact and impose restrictions on each other.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations used -- Glossing conventions -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Verbal roots and (im)possible verb meanings -- 3 Verbal roots and agent entailments -- 4 Verbal roots and their syntactic distribution -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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Much recent influential work within Generative grammar argues that syntax plays a key role in grammar and meaning composition, whereas the role of the lexicon is minimal. This book provides evidence that supports a more balanced division of labor between syntax and the lexicon in the creation of meaning. The author argues that grammatical theory can only ignore lexical meaning at its own peril and defends a theoretical standpoint which is underrepresented in much of the current work in this area . This book explores a wide range of relevant empirical data and makes a compelling case for a theory that can make adequate predictions about possible linguistic structures by allowing the lexicon and the grammar to dynamically interact and impose restrictions on each other.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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