Logical Form: Its Structure and Derivation

by Robert May

Book Overview

This study focuses on the relation of syntactic and semantic structure. It investigates the notion that within generative grammar there is a level of linguistic representation Logical Form . Its main assumption is that this is a level of phrase structure representation, derived by transformational operations from S-structure, and over which formal semantic interpretations are defined.The book explores Logical Form by focusing primarily on quantificational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262631024
• ISBN13: 9780262631020
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher