计算机科学
语用学
语言学
语法
子类别化
动词
口译(哲学)
相关性(法律)
关联理论
自然语言处理
背景(考古学)
人工智能
程序设计语言
心理学
哲学
认知
古生物学
神经科学
政治学
法学
生物
标识
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199250639.001.0001
摘要
This book develops a new analysis of the interpretation of verb phrases and VP adjunction by arguing that the lexical subcategorization information of verbs is systematically underspecified and is only resolved when verb phrases are built in context, with recourse to pragmatic knowledge. This idea is formally implemented in the framework Dynamic Syntax by introducing an underspecified semantic type into the logical system. This provides an account of how verb phrases are built on-line and how verbs can be used with a different array of complements on each occasion of use. Under this dynamic view, the interpretation of verbs is argued to be essentially pragmatic, making use of the notion of ad hoc concept formation developed in Relevance theory. The approach is illustrated in detail by a case study of Swahili applied verbs. The study brings together results from dynamic approaches to syntax and Relevance theoretic pragmatics, and charts the stretch of the syntax-pragmatic interface where lexical information from verbs and contextual concept formation meet.
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