An edition of Contrasting English and German grammar
(2014)
Contrasting English and German grammar
an introduction to syntax and semantics
by Sigrid Beck
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"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
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Contrasting English and German grammar: an introduction to syntax and semantics
2014, De Gruyter Mouton
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Contrasting English and German Grammar: An Introduction to Syntax and Semantics
2014, De Gruyter, Inc.
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-311), appendix, and index.
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