Verb and noun number in English : a functional explanation

著者

• Reid, Wallis Hoch

書誌事項

Verb and noun number in English : a functional explanation

Wallis Reid

（Longman linguistics library）

Longman, 1991

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-380) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780582086166

内容説明

The author presents an account of the principles shaping the morphological form of the verb. This book aims to exemplify contemporary linguistic theory. The analysis proceeds from the view that the structure of language is determined by its function as an instrument of human communication. This position breaks with sentence-based theory to return to Saussurean conception of a language as an inventory of signs. It expands the programmatic Saussurean picture by emphasizing the pervasive influence of general human psychological characteristics on both linguistic structure and language use. In contrast to sentence-based theory, sign-based theory contains no formal component of syntactic rules. It must re-characterize linguistic structure in functional, not syntactic terms.

目次

• Sign-based linguistic theory
• the entity number system
• communicative efficacy
• the precision strategy
• the focus number system
• the focus number opposition
• testing the focus number opposition
• textual resonance
• the complementarity principal
• the phenomena of linguistics.

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780582291584

内容説明

Offers a persuasive challenge to accept sentence-based linguistics theory. Wallis Reid argues that the solution to the problem of English verb number is to abandon the notion of formal grammatical 'agreement' in favour of a pragmatically-based treatment in terms of semantic cohesion. Uses examples drawn from both spoken and written English of all genres.

目次

• Sign-based linguistic theory
• the entity number system
• communicative efficacy
• the precision strategy
• the focus number system
• the focus number opposition
• testing the focus number opposition
• textual resonance
• the complementarity principal
• the phenomena of linguistics.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA13387097
• ISBN:
  • 0582086167
  • 0582291585
• LCCN: 90024333
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London ; New York
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 388 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PE1216
  • DC20 : 425
  • NDC8 : 835
• 件名:
  • LCSH : English language -- Number
  • LCSH : English language -- Verb
  • LCSH : English language -- Noun
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00267274