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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825306203321

Autore

King Larry D (Larry Dawain), <1949->

Titolo

The semantic structure of Spanish : meaning and grammatical form / / Larry D. King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1992

ISBN

1-283-31320-0

9786613313201

90-272-7745-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 90

Disciplina

460/.143

Soggetti

Spanish language - Semantics

Spanish language - Verb

Spanish language - Syntax

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. [285]-292) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF SPANISH MEANING AND GRAMMATICAL FORM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Verb; Chapter 3. Tense; Chapter 4. Orientation; Chapter 5. Aspect; Chapter 6. Mood; Chapter 7. Partitivity and Deixis; Chapter 8. Status; Chapter 9. The Comparative Semantics of Spanish and English; Chapter 10. Conclusion; References; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects and Terms

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, linguistics has become increasingly more willing to allow some type of representation of 'meaning' in the study of language. However, most approaches deal with sentence or utterance meaning and thereby ignore the meaning of linguistic form. Yet no description of linguistic semantics can be complete without a comprehensive account between meaning and form. This study returns to the problem of form and meaning by presenting a detailed account of certain forms in Spanish which have traditionally been called grammatical forms, or grammatical categories, and associated with grammat