Before she died in 2007, Tanya Reinhart had gone a long way towards developing the Theta System, a theory in which formal features defining the thematic relations of verbs are encoded in the lexicon, enabling an interface between the lexical component and the computational system/syntax, directly, and the Inference system, indirectly.
This book presents a systematic and relatively comprehensive account of the system of MODALITY in Modern Chinese and the functions that realizations of modality serve in the clause and clause complex.
This book is a detailed study of French-English linguistic borrowing in Prince Edward Island, Canada which argues for the centrality of lexical innovation to grammatical change.
Die Arbeit untersucht unter anderem sowohl die semantischen Interpretationen von machen als auch seine pragmatischen Funktionen in der Interaktion, diskutiert die Behandlung von machen in der Lexikographie und liefert dazu einen Vergleich mit der Bedeutung und Funktion des Verbs tun in der gesprochenen Sprache.
In a systematic presentation of Johnson's views on language, Johnson on Language: An Introduction addresses the problems inherent in the formation of style, as Johnson saw them, but also contains a detailed discussion of his opinions concerning the proper responsibilities of the lexicographer.
Die Interpretationen zu Geschichten über Sprache aus drei Jahrtausenden zeigen, dass sich unser Denken und Wissen über Sprache nicht nur begrifflich in Form von Theorien konkretisieren lässt, sondern auch narrativ in Form von Erzählungen.
Semantic relations are at the core of any representational system, and are keys to enable the next generation of information processing systems with semantic and reasoning capabilities.
This book is a current and comprehensive study that incorporates constructional frameworks to inquire grammatical metaphor of modality (MM) for more adequate description and explanation of grammatical metaphor.
Between the beginnings of European lexicography and 1700, many glossaries and dictionaries were arranged not according to the alphabet, but in a topical order which followed the influential paradigms of theology, philosophy, and natural history at that time.
