Syntax and Semantics of Prepositions
This book is the first to provide an integrated view of preposition from morphology to reasoning, via syntax and semantics. It offers new insights in applied and formal linguistics, and cognitive science. It underlines the importance of prepositions in a
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Text, Speech and Language Technology VOLUME 29
Series Editors Nancy Ide, Vassar College, New York Jean Véronis, Université de Provence and CNRS, France Editorial Board Harald Baayen, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands Kenneth W. Church, AT & T Bell Labs, New Jersey, USA Judith Klavans, Columbia University, New York, USA David T. Barnard, University of Regina, Canada Dan Tufis, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Romania Joaquim Llisterri, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Stig Johansson, University of Oslo, Norway Joseph Mariani, LIMSI-CNRS, France
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Syntax and Semantics of Prepositions Edited by
Patrick Saint-Dizier CNRS, Toulouse, France dua, Italy
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ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1-4020-3899-2 (PB) 978-1-4020-3899-0 (PB) 1-4020-3849-6 (HB) 978-1-4020-3849-5 (HB) 1-4020-3873-9 (e-book) 978-1-4020-3873-0 (e-book)
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Contents
Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction to the Syntax and Semantics of Prepositions Patrick Saint-Dizier 1. The class of prepositions 2. About the syntax of prepositions 3. Polysemy and sense restrictions 4. Representing the semantics of prepositions 5. Prepositions and multilinguism 6. Overview of the book structure References
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2 Preposition Contractions in Quebec French Luc V. Baronian 1. Introduction 2. Facts 3. Two possible analyses 4. External evidence for Analysis 2 5. Core linguistic arguments for Analysis 2 6. Conclusion: consequences of the analysis
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Acknowledgments References
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3 The A’s and BE’s of English Prepositions Andrew McMichael 1. Some definitions 2. Corpus data 3. The general formative principle 4. Adverb formation 5. The A’s: a more complicated origin
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SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF PREPOSITIONS 6. 7. 8.
Simplex and compound prepositions: a classification The prefixed Gp as a cognitive functional marker Cognitive schemata of grammaticalising prepositions: an alternative categorisation 9. Extensions of the Pattern 10. Language Typology 11. Conclusion References 4 Typological Tendencies and Universal Grammar in the Acquisition of Adpositions David Stringer 1. Introduction 2. A monkey, a parrot and a banana 3. Lexical variation and single syntax 4. Conclusion References
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