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(0)Jens Fleischhauer
Publisher
düsseldorf university press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
The volume is a collection of papers which apply Role & Reference Grammar (RRG) to African languages. RRG is a functional theory of syntax which has been developed on the basis of two leading questions: First, how would a syntactic theory look like which starts from 'exotic' languages rather than English? Second, how can the interaction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics in different grammatical systems best modelled and explained? Although...
Publisher
düsseldorf university press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Description
Light verbs are semantically reduced verbs that simultaneously exhibit a heavy verb usage. The papers collected in this volume examine light verbs from different perspectives in various languages, including several Romance and Germanic languages such as Italian, Spanish, Catalan, German, and English, as well as Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. The questions addressed in this volume include: What meaning does a light verb contribute to a light verb construction?...
3) Methoden zur Erforschung grammatischer Strukturen in historischen Quellen: Vom Einzelfall zum System
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In order to counteract introspective approaches and the detailed analysis of individual cases in historical grammar research, this volume brings together essays by experts working on the empirical analysis of (text)grammatical structures in Old German and Middle High German texts, also taking into account sociolinguistic parameters. These scholars have developed promising concepts and outline their projects here.
Introspektive Zugänge und die Detailanalyse...
Publisher
düsseldorf university press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The articles in this volume present original research on the encoding of meaning in a variety of constructions and languages. Many of the contributions take the framework of Role and Reference Grammar as a point of reference, either by applying it to the analysis of linguistic data or by discussing, extending, and challenging some of its assumptions. The topics of the articles range from general questions concerning the relation of meaning and its...
Publisher
düsseldorf university press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The papers collected in this book cover contemporary and original research on semantic and grammatical issues of nouns and noun phrases, verbs and sentences, and aspects of the combination of nouns and verbs, in a great variety of languages. A special focus is put on noun types, tense and aspect semantics, granularity of verb meaning, and subcompositionality. The investigated languages and language groups include Austronesian, East Asian, Slavic,...