This volume is a collection of papers that explore the nature of the interfaces of syntax with semantics, phonology, and discourse. The papers investigate the various ways in which elliptical structures are related to these interfaces. As such, they not only make a valuable contribution to generative linguistic research but, more generally, help to deepen our understanding of the relation between form and meaning in natural language.
This volume is a collection of selected papers originally presented at the XVIth Colloquium on Generative Grammar that was held at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. All the papers deal with current issues within the generative framework, mostly paying attention to phenomena pertaining to the syntax-semantics interface.
As a partial remedy to this situation, we have pulled together into a single volume a set of papers by ourselves and our colleagues that address some of the developments of the past years. This book outlines work in formal issues in LFG theory in the twelve year period from 1982 to 1994. We have included papers on a range of topics that have been central in LFG research during this period. In particular, we have tried to include those papers which have been most influential as well as those that have previously been most inaccessible.
Language across Boundaries is a selection of papers from the millennium conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics. The thirteen papers are written by applied linguists, from Britain, mainland Europe, the USA, Australia and Singapore, working in a variety of sub-disciplines of the field.
John Sinclair is one of the most influential figures in world linguistics, an innovator who revolutionized the study of spoken discourse and pioneered corpus-based research. In this definitive collection, papers reflecting his most important work of the past decade have been collated and organized into meaningful sections, providing a clear statement of Sinclair's thinking and research. * Foundations outlines the major theoretical principles on which subsequent chapters are constructed; * The organization of text traces the development of Sinclair's insights into the relationship between text structure and dialogue; * Lexis and grammar presents core papers on the description of vocabulary, its relationship with grammar and the role of corpus analysis in describing lexical patterns. Featuring introductions and summaries of key arguments, Trust the Text is an essential addition to any linguist's bookshelf.
