Anaphora and Conceptual Structure

by Karen van Hoek

Book Overview

Karen van Hoek presents a cogent analysis of the classic problem of constraints on pronominal anaphora within the framework of Cognitive Grammar. Van Hoek proceeds from the position that grammatical structure can be characterized in terms of semantic and phonological representations, without autonomous syntactic structures or principles such as tree structures or c-command. She argues that constraints on anaphora can be explained in terms of semantic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226848949
• ISBN13: 9780226848945
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"