Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface

by Robert D. Van Valin Jr.

While all languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across languages. Written within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar, which proposes a set of rules to link semantic and syntactic relations to each other, this book discusses in detail how structure, meaning, and communicative function interact in human languages. Clearly written and comprehensive, it will be welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

Genres: Linguistics

334 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2005

Reviews

[Ciara Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent intro to the Syntax/Semantics Interface

[Era Bawarti · Rating 3 out of 5]

buku pelajaranku lageh..

[Flautamom · Rating 5 out of 5]

RRG, the best way for a funtionalist to work with syntax and semantics