The Grammar Of Names
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The Grammar of Names
This book is the first systematic account of the syntax and semantics of names. Drawing on work in onomastics, philosophy, and linguistics John Anderson examines the distribution and subcategorization of names within a framework of syntactic categories, and considers how the morphosyntactic behaviour of names connects to their semantic roles. He argues that names occur in two basic circumstances: one involving vocatives and their use in naming predications, where they are not definite; the other their use as arguments of predicators, where they are definite. This division is discussed in relation to English, French, Greek, and Seri, and a range of other languages. Professor Anderson reveals that the semantic status of names, including prototypicality, is crucial to understanding their morphosyntax and role in derivational relationships. He shows that semantically coherent subsets of names, such as those referring to people and places, are characterized by morphosyntactic properties which may vary from language to language. His original and important investigation will appeal to scholars and advanced students of linguistics and philosophy.
The Grammar of Names in Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Fran Colman
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date: 2014
This book examines the etymology, semantics, and grammatical behaviour of personal names in Anglo-Saxon England and considers their evolving place in Anglo-Saxon history and culture. The results of Dr Colman's wide-ranging investigation also have consequences for traditional analyses of linguistic structures.
The Grammar of Case
Author: John M. Anderson
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 1971-07-02
A study of the different roles which nouns play in the event or state expressed by the verb or adjective with which they are associated. The book explores within the framework of transformational-generative grammar the 'localist hypothesis', which asserts that all the roles for nouns involve basically the notions of location and direction.