The Semantics of Incorporation

From Argument Structure to Discourse Transparency

Henriette de Swart author Donka F Farkas author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Centre for the Study of Language & Information

Published:5th Sep '03

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Distinguishing between discourse referents and thematic arguments, the analysis of incorporation proposed by Donka Farkas and Henriette de Swart accounts for the relationship between morphological and semantic number, the contrasts between incorporated singulars and incorporated plurals, and various "shades" of discourse transparency. The framework of discourse representation theory used is a theory well-suited for connecting sentence-level and discourse-level semantics. The analysis presented in this book has important consequences for a cross-linguistic theory of anaphora. Linguists and logicians interested in discourse structure, cross-linguistic semantics, and the relationship between morpho-syntax and meaning should find this an engaging and innovative work.

ISBN: 9781575864198

Dimensions: 23mm x 16mm x 2mm

Weight: 369g

150 pages