Semantic Structures
| Author/creator | Jackendoff, Ray S. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 336 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Series | Current Studies in Linguistics Ser. 18 |
| Summary | Annotation Semantic Structures is a large-scale study of conceptual structure and its lexicaland syntactic expression in English that builds on the system of Conceptual Semantics described inRay Jackendoff's earlier books Semantics and Cognition and Consciousness and the ComputationalMind.Jackendoff summarizes the relevant arguments in his two previous books, setting out the basicparameters for the formalization of meaning, and comparing his mentalistic approach with Fodor'sLanguage of Thought hypothesis. He then takes up the Problem of Meaning, extending the range ofsemantic fields encompassed by the Conceptual Semantics formalism, and the Problem ofCorrespondence, formalizing the relation between semantic and syntactic structure. Both of theseproblems must be fully addressed in order to develop a general theory of language that is concernedwith syntax and semantics and their points of connection.Few books on lexical semantics present sucha comprehensive analysis of such a wide range of phenomena from a unified perspective. Besidesdiscussing the conceptual structures of hundreds of words and constructions, Jackendoff extends anddeepens the theory to come to grips with such crucial issues as -roles and-marking; arguments, modifiers, and adjuncts; binding and control; and the thematiclinking hierarchy.Ray Jackendoff is Chairman of the Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science atBrandeis University. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780262600200 |
| ISBN | 026260020X (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262600200 |
| Stock number | 026260020X 00015994 |
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