A New Approach to English Grammar, on Semantic Principles

by R.M.W. Dixon

Book Overview

This work offers a fresh approach to grammar, arguing that a speaker "codes" a meaning into grammatical forms in order to communicate them to a hearer. Investigating the interrelation of grammar and meaning, Dixon uncovers a rationale for the varying grammatical properties of different words. He offers a review of some of the main points of English syntax, as well as a discussion of English verbs in terms of semantic types. Finally, he examines five...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198240570
• ISBN13: 9780198240570
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 5.5"