1st Edition
On the Semantics of Syntax Mood and Condition in English
By Eirian Davies
Copyright 1979
208 Pages
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Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Davies, Eirian
