On the Semantics of Syntax

Mood and Condition in English

Eirian Davies (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-91942-6 (ISBN)

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First published in 1979, this book develops a grammatically orientated semantics (as opposed to a semantically orientated grammar) of mood and condition in English. It seeks to establish correspondences between areas of semantic organisation (‘planes’) and surface grammar, without reverting to an intermediate notion of deep grammar. The chapters explore topics including the differences between ‘literal meaning’ and ‘significance’, speech roles, and constructions of condition and reason in terms of the four panes discussed earlier in the volume.

Davies, Eirian

Preface; Symbols and National Conventions 1. Introduction 2. On Literal Meaning and ‘Significance’ 3. A Framework of Semantic Analysis 4. Decision 5. Telling 6. Knowledge 7. Performance 8. Condition and Reason 9. Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index

Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: The English Language
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-91942-X / 113891942X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-91942-6 / 9781138919426
Zustand	Neuware