Semantics : from meaning to text / / Igor A. Melcuk ; edited by David Beck, Alain Polguere

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823204303321
• Autore: Melcuk Igor A (Igor Aleksandrovic), <1932->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012
• ISBN: 90-272-7165-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Collana: Studies in language companion series ; ; v. 129, 135
• Altri autori (Persone): BeckDavid; PolguereAlain <1959->
• Disciplina: 401/.43
• Soggetti: Semantics; Grammar, Comparative and general - Sentences; Meaning (Psychology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-420) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Semantics""; ""Editorial page""; ""Title page""; ""LCC data""; ""Contents""; ""Authorâ€?s Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations and Notations""; ""Printing conventions""; ""Part III. Deep-Syntactic Representation in a Meaningâ€?Text Linguistic Model""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Deep-Syntactic Representation vs. Semantic Representation""; ""2 General Properties of the DSynt-Representation""; ""2.1 Dependency Relations in a Syntactic Representation""; ""2.2 Deep- vs. Surface-Structure Distinction""; ""2.3 Multistructural Character of the Syntactic Representation""; ""3 Peripheral Structures of the DSynt-Representation""""3.1 Deep-Syntactic Communicative Structure""; ""3.2 Deep-Syntactic Prosodic Structure""; ""3.3 Deep-Syntactic Anaphoric Structure""; ""Comments""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 7. Deep-Syntactic Structure""; ""1 General Characterization of the Deep-Syntactic Structure""; ""1.1 Substantive Characterization of the DSyntS""; ""1.1.1 The Target of a DSyntS""; ""1.1.2 The Three Necessary Conditions a DSyntS Must Satisfy""; ""1.2 Formal Characterization of the DSyntS""; ""2 Labels on the Nodes of a Deep-Syntactic Structure: Deep Lexical Units and Deep Grammemes""""2.1 Deep Lexical Units [= Deep LUs]""; ""2.1.1 The Stock of Deep LUs""; ""2.1.2 Potential Full LUs""; ""2.1.3 Deep Parts of Speech""; ""2.2 Deep Grammemes""; ""2.2.1 Introductory ; Remarks""; ""2.2.2 Mismatches between Deep and Surface Grammemes""; ""2.2.3 “Polysemyâ€? of Deep Grammemes""; ""3 Labels on the Branches of a Deep-Syntactic Structure: Deep-Syntactic Relations""; ""3.1 Introductory Remarks""; ""3.2 An Overview of Deep-Syntactic Relations""; ""3.2.1 Actantial DSynt-Relations: I, II, ..., VI, IIdir-sp""""3.2.2 Attributive DSynt-Relations: ATTR and ATTRdescr""; ""3.2.3 Appenditive DSynt-Relation: APPEND""; ""3.2.4 Coordinative DSynt-Relations: coord and quasi-coord""; ""3.3 Two Important Linguistic Properties of Deep-Syntactic Relations""; ""4 A Sample Deep-Syntactic Structure""; ""Comments""; ""5 The Formal Language of the Deep-Syntactic Structure""; ""Notes""; ""Part IV. The Semantic Module of a Meaning-Text Linguistic Model""; ""Introduction""; ""1 General Remarks""; ""2 Limitations of the Description Proposed""; ""2.1 Only Static (= Linguistic) Rules are Presented""""2.2 Only Sentences are Considered""; ""3 The Importance of Paraphrasing in the Sem-Module""; ""Chapter 8. Semantic Paraphrasing""; ""1 General Characterization of Semantic Paraphrasing""; ""1.1 The Concept of Semantic Equivalence""; ""1.2 Major Types of Semantic Equivalence""; ""2 Propositional Semantic Paraphrases""; ""2.1 Replacement Sem-Equivalence Rules""; ""2.1.1 Expansion/Reduction Replacement Rules""; ""2.1.2 Global Replacement Rules""; ""2.2 Addition/Subtraction Sem-Equivalence Rules""; ""2.2.1 General Characterization of Addition/Subtraction Equivalences""