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*Seen as a classic textbook, ideal for students looking for a
traditional, non-controversial, grounding in the subject. *Covers
both theory and practice behind syntactic analysis, providing
students with all the skills and knowledge they need to do their
own analysis. Introductory syntax/sentence structure courses are
generally compulsory for English Language undergraduates so there
is plenty of demand for a basic practical guide such as this one.
*Linked to a eresources site which features extra exercises making
the book a flexible resource that can be used as part of self-study
as well as on a course.
*Seen as a classic textbook, ideal for students looking for a
traditional, non-controversial, grounding in the subject. *Covers
both theory and practice behind syntactic analysis, providing
students with all the skills and knowledge they need to do their
own analysis. Introductory syntax/sentence structure courses are
generally compulsory for English Language undergraduates so there
is plenty of demand for a basic practical guide such as this one.
*Linked to a eresources site which features extra exercises making
the book a flexible resource that can be used as part of self-study
as well as on a course.
Exponents and critics of semantic presupposition have almost
invariably based their discussion on the ('Standard') definition of
presupposition implied by Frege and Strawson. In this study Noel
Burton-Roberts argues convincingly against this definition, that
leads it to a three-valued semantics. He presents a very simple
semantic definition which is weaker, more general and leads to a
semantics more easily interpreted as two-valued with gaps. The
author shows that a wide range of intuitive facts that eluded the
Standard definition follow directly from this ('Revised')
definition itself: facts about the presuppositions of compound
sentences and modal sentences, about presuppositional conflict and
about differences in the logical status of simple sentences
suffering from presupposition failure. The book includes a detailed
argument that an ambiguity of natural language negation, generally
assumed to be necessary to the defence of semantic presupposition,
is neither possible nor necessary in a presuppositional semantics.
Noel Burton-Roberts has made an authoritative contribution to a
debate which has involved philosophers and linguists for many
years. His command of the issues, his clarity of exposition and his
theoretical insight may well serve to change the boundaries of that
debate.
This volume concerns the nature, status, and acquisition of phonological knowledge, and its place in, or relation to, the theory of language and other capacities of mind. The contributions are written by well-known linguists and phonologists and address a wide range of interrelated issues: for example, whether phonology is 'different' from the rest of language; the implications of sign language; the nature-convention debate; and the data and methods of phonology. Of interest to researchers in phonology, linguistics, and psychology, the volume will also appeal to postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in linguistics. In addition to the editors, the authors are Mary Beckman, Silvain Bromberger, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Paul Foulkes, Mark Hale, Morris Hallé, John Harris, Harry van der Hulst, Robert Ladd, G. Lindsey, Scott Myers, Janet Pierrehumbert, Charles Reiss, Shelley Velleman, Marilyn Vihman, and Linda Wheeldon.
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