Conflicts in Interpretation

by Henriette de Swart and Petra Hendriks

Book Overview

Conflicts in Interpretation applies novel methods of constraint interaction, derived from connectionist theories and implemented in linguistics within the framework of Optimality Theory, to core semantic and pragmatic issues such as polysemy, negation, (in)definiteness, focus, anaphora, and rhetorical structure. It explores the hypothesis that a natural language grammar is a set of potentially conflicting constraints on forms and meanings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845534387
• ISBN13: 9781845534387
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher