Studies in Syntax and Semantics
In the last decade a profound change has occurred in linguistic science. Not only have old problems been tackled from an entirely new point of view but also quite a few new fields of linguistic research have been opened. The common characteristic of the m
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FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES
Editors MORRIS HALLE, PETER HARTMANN,
Miinster/W.
K. KUNJUNNI RAJA, BENSON MATES, J. F. STAAL,
MIT
Madras
Univ. of California
Univ.ofCalifornia
PIETER A. VERBURG, JOHN W. M. VERHAAR
Groningen
(Secretary), Djakarta
VOLUME 10
HUMANITIES PRESS / NEW YORK
STUDIES IN SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS Edited by
F. KIEFER
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT-HOLLAND / BOSTON-U.S.A.
ISBN -13 :978-90-277-0597-6 e- ISBN -13: 978-94-010-1707-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-010-1707-7
© 1969. D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher
PREFACE
In the last decade a profound change has occurred in linguistic science. Not only have old problems been tackled from an entirely new point of view but also quite a few new fields of linguistic research have been opened. The common characteristic of the majority of the theories and methods developed recently is the search for a more adequate description of language. Adequacy does not mean simply that the theory must conform to the facts. It must also meet the general requirements of present-day theories: coherence, clear-cut notions, rigor of presentation. It has also become abundantly clear that linguistic research cannot be content with the registration and classification of linguistic phenomena. In one way or another linguistics must try to explain the deep-seated regularities in language which in general do not appear on the surface in some straightforward way. Therefore, we find the attribute 'deep' very often in contemporary linguistic literature. Linguistic theories seek an explanation for the observed facts in terms of a system of hypotheses about the functioning of language. As research proceeds these will undergo essential changes. Some of them will be waived, others complemented. The papers of the present volume follow these general principles of linguistic theory though they may differ from each other in the way of presentation considerably. Some of the papers make use of the framework of transformational-generative grammar (e.g. Kuroda; Perlmutter), others approach the pertinent problem from a different angle (e.g. Dupraz and Rouault; Apresyan, Mel'cuk, and Zolkovski). Some of these papers (Bierwisch and Kiefer; Brekle; Dupraz and Roualt; Fillmore; Kuroda; Perlmutter) were.. presented at a symposium held in Balatonszabadi (Hungary), September 7-10, 1968. The lively discussions they raised during and after the conference suggested the idea of presenting them to the public. Apart from the aforementioned papers, four others were included in the present volume. Their authors, though invited, were unable to attend the symposium (Apresyan, Mel'cuk, and Zolkovski; Bellert; Sgall; PetOfi) .. Apart from the fact that all these papers represent a certain trend of modern linguistic thought, they discuss particularly timely problems. The structure of the lexicon is one of them. What type
