Theta Theory
Seiten
2005
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-3-11-018285-9 (ISBN)
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-3-11-018285-9 (ISBN)
The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.
Theta Theory explores the lexicon as an interface in the strict sense, as facilitating the flow of information between cognition and the computational system of language. It argues for the traditional concept of a listed lexicon, where semantic roles are encoded as features of verbs, and against event decomposition. Part one of the book discusses the link between cognition and the lexicon. Mainstream theories of lexical semantics are critically reviewed. Furthermore, this part provides an extensive description of the relevant data in German, including agentivity, causation, psychological predicates, and different types of diathesis alternations. Part two is devoted to the link between the lexicon and syntax. It develops a parallel model of grammatical derivation, which allows the formulation of robust generalizations over thematic role assignment, but at the same time acknowledges the relevance of other components, in particular morpho-phonology and narrow syntax. The theory is applied to a wide range of German constructions including modal infinitives, the present and gerundive participle, the past/passive/adjectival participle, verbal particles, auxiliary selection, and unaccusatives/reflexives. The book is of interest for students and scholars of lexical semantics, for descriptive German linguistics, and for linguists concerned with the development of the Minimalist Program.
Theta Theory explores the lexicon as an interface in the strict sense, as facilitating the flow of information between cognition and the computational system of language. It argues for the traditional concept of a listed lexicon, where semantic roles are encoded as features of verbs, and against event decomposition. Part one of the book discusses the link between cognition and the lexicon. Mainstream theories of lexical semantics are critically reviewed. Furthermore, this part provides an extensive description of the relevant data in German, including agentivity, causation, psychological predicates, and different types of diathesis alternations. Part two is devoted to the link between the lexicon and syntax. It develops a parallel model of grammatical derivation, which allows the formulation of robust generalizations over thematic role assignment, but at the same time acknowledges the relevance of other components, in particular morpho-phonology and narrow syntax. The theory is applied to a wide range of German constructions including modal infinitives, the present and gerundive participle, the past/passive/adjectival participle, verbal particles, auxiliary selection, and unaccusatives/reflexives. The book is of interest for students and scholars of lexical semantics, for descriptive German linguistics, and for linguists concerned with the development of the Minimalist Program.
Martin Haiden is Post Doc at the UMR 8528-Silex (CNRS, Université Charles-de-Gaulle - Lille 3), France.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.8.2005 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; 78 |
| Verlagsort | Basel/Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 574 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Germanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Cognition • Derivat • Derivation • Deutsch • Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft, Deutschsprachige Literaturwissenschaft • Flexive • Generative Grammar • Generative Grammatik • Generative Semantik • German • German Language • grammar • Grammar, Comparative and general • Hardcover, Softcover / Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft, Deutschsprachige Literaturwi • HC/Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft, Deutschsprachige Literaturwissenschaft • Infinitive • Killy • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES • Lexicology • Linguistics • Linguistics, other • Literaturlexikon • Passive • present • SEM • Semantic • Semantics • Semantik • Syntax • Thematische Relation |
| ISBN-10 | 3-11-018285-8 / 3110182858 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-11-018285-9 / 9783110182859 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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