Positions and interpretations : German adverbial adjectives at the syntax-semantics interface / / Martin Schäfer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787334403321
• Autore: Schäfer Martin <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2013
• ISBN: 3-11-027828-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; ; 245
• Disciplina: 435.76
• Soggetti: German language - Verb; German language - Adverbials; German language - Syntax; German language - Semantics; Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The readings of sentence adverbials -- Chapter 3: The readings of verb-related adverbials -- Chapter 4: Event-related adverbials -- Chapter 5: The syntactic position of manner adverbials -- Chapter 6: Adverbials in formal semantics: The classical analyses -- Chapter 7: The semantic analysis of verb-related adverbials -- Chapter 8: Summary and outlook -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The structural and semantic properties of adverbials represent a still poorly understood area of sentential syntax and semantics in Germanic languages. In particular, it is an open question which different adverbial usages need to be distinguished, which usages are tied to which syntactic positions, and how these different usage can be formally analyzed. Focusing on adverbial adjectives in German, this study provides detailed answers to these questions. By distinguishing between verb-related adverbials and event-related adverbials, the author provides a new analysis of the large class of adverbials traditionally labelled as manner adverbials. It is shown that the two different classes are linked to different syntactic positions, and formal ; analyses and derivations for the two different usages are developed. The book is therefore of interest not only to anyone working on the linguistics of German but also to all linguists working on the syntax-semantics interface and the formal analysis of adverbials.