Semantics Books

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1. On Shell Structure

   By Richard Larson

   This is a collection of essays examining syntax and semantics, with particular focus on double object construction and adjuncts....

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-16773-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Typological Studies: Word Order and Relative Clauses

   By Guglielmo Cinque

   In this new book, well-known linguist Guglielmo Cinque takes a generative perspective on typological questions relating to word order and to the syntax of relative clauses. The articles gathered in the first part of the present volume deal with word order, while the second address...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-88423-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends

   By Pedro J. Chamizo-Domínguez

   This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive device, mainly in literature and jokes, and suggesting some pragmatic strategies in order to restore the original sense of a text/utterance when a...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-88788-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Language (Routledge Revivals)

   By Leonard Bloomfield

   First published in Great Britain in 1935, this Routledge Revival reissues one of the most influential works ever published in the field of linguistics. Leonard Bloomfield's Language is both a masterpiece of textbook writing and a classic of academic scholarship, which ...

   February 2010 | 978-0-415-57682-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Semantic Prosody: A Critical Evaluation

   By Dominic Stewart

   Semantic Prosody is the first full-length treatment of semantic prosody, a concept akin to connotation but which connects crucially with typical lexical environment. For example, it has been claimed that the adverb 'utterly' is characterised by an unfavourable semantic prosody on account of its...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-80440-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Structures and Strategies

   By Adriana Belletti

   Following crucial insights on the functional structure of the clause and recent developments within the cartographic projects and minimalism, this book addresses various central themes in Italian and Romance syntax ranging from verb syntax and the syntax of verb-related phenomena of agreement and...

   2008 | 978-0-415-96201-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Aspects of the Syntax of Agreement

   By Cedric Boeckx

   This volume brings together various strands of research focusing on aspects of the syntax of agreement, and the role that agreement plays in linguistic theory. The essays collected here show how and why agreement has emerged in recent years as the central theoretical construct in minimalism....

   2007 | 978-0-415-96254-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Lexicology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics

   Edited by Patrick W Hanks

   This new Routledge Major Work is a six-volume collection of nearly one hundred papers, articles, and extracts covering every aspect of lexicology. It ranges over philosophy of language, prototype theory, artificial intelligence, cognitive linguistics, systemic linguistics, structuralism (European...

   2007 | 978-0-415-70098-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Truth and Speech Acts: Studies in the Philosophy of Language

   Edited by Dirk Greimann, Geo Siegwart

   Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap. This innovative collection addresses...

   2007 | 978-0-415-40651-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Focus and Background Marking in Mandarin Chinese: System and Theory behind cai, jiu, dou and ye

    By Daniel Hole

    This is an investigation into the grammaticalized system of focus-background agreement in Mandarin Chinese. The particles cái, jiù, dou and ye are, in a specific use type, shown to form the core of a highly systematic paradigm. This book is not just a valuable companion for anyone interested in...

    2003 | 978-0-415-31596-8 | Hardback (Routledge)