03670nam 2200733 450 991078718920332120230803204651.03-11-037352-13-11-034619-210.1515/9783110346190(CKB)3710000000229157(EBL)1575432(SSID)ssj0001349729(PQKBManifestationID)11860914(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349729(PQKBWorkID)11402785(PQKB)10162414(MiAaPQ)EBC1575432(DE-B1597)214576(OCoLC)890070981(OCoLC)979762349(DE-B1597)9783110346190(Au-PeEL)EBL1575432(CaPaEBR)ebr11010237(CaONFJC)MIL783316(EXLCZ)99371000000022915720150210h20142014 uy 0engurun#---uu||utxtccrContrasting English and German grammar an introduction to syntax and semantics /Sigrid Beck, Remus GergelBerlin, [Germany] :De Gruyter Mouton,2014.©20141 online resource (328 p.)Mouton TextbookDescription based upon print version of record.3-11-030005-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Preface --Contents --Part I. Structure and Meaning: An Introduction to Syntax and Semantics --Chapter I-1 Introduction to the field: Syntax and semantics --Chapter I-2 Categories, phrases and phrase structure rules --Chapter I-3 A systematic way of constructing phrases --Chapter I-4 Clause structure and movement --Chapter I-5 Goals and methods in semantics --Chapter I-6 Composing sentence meanings - first steps --Chapter I-7 Extending the theory --Chapter I-8 NP semantics --Appendix: Syntactic and semantic rules from Part I --Part II. Extending the Theory and Applying it to Cross linguistic Differences --Chapter II-1 Introduction and roadmap to the second part --Chapter II-2 Clause structure - English and German --Chapter II-3 Quantifiers and scope --Chapter II-4 Negation and polarity --Chapter II-5 Focus --Chapter II-6 Ellipsis --Chapter II-7 Tense and aspect --Chapter II-8 Conclusions --References --IndexThis book offers an introduction to the derivation of meaning that is accessible and worked out to facilite an understanding of key issues in compositional semantics. The syntactic background offered is generative, the major semantic tool used is set theory. These tools are applied step-by-step to develop essential interface topics and a selection of prominent contrastive topics with material from English and German.Mouton TextbookEnglish languageGrammar, ComparativeGermanGerman languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglishGrammar, Comparative and generalSyntaxSemantics, ComparativeSemantics.Syntax.English languageGrammar, ComparativeGerman.German languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglish.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.Semantics, Comparative.425ET 750rvkBeck Sigrid452652Gergel Remus1974-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787189203321Contrasting English and German grammar3866809UNINA