Exploring the syntax-semantics interface
By: Robert D. van Valin, Jr.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Semantics; Pragmatics
Description: Working within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), the author proposes a set of rules, called the 'linking algorithm', which relates syntactic and semantic representations to each other, with discourse-pragmatics playing a role in the linking.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-303) and indexes.