A View of Language
This book contains a collection of twenty-two papers written by the author between 1972 and 1999, reflecting the development of his highly independent ideas over this period. The papers, which are still topical today, are divided into four sections: General Theory, Syntax, Semantics, and Creole Linguistics.
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This book contains a collection of twenty-two papers written by the author between 1972 and 1999, reflecting the development of his highly independent ideas over this period. The papers, which are still topical today, are divided into four sections: General Theory, Syntax, Semantics, and Creole Linguistics.
AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionPt. IGeneral Theory1Language, world, and cognitive processing32Grammar as an underground process123Autonomous versus semantic syntax304Doing sums with language555Internal variability in competence886The paradoxes and natural language119Pt. IISyntax7Predicate Raising and dative in French and sundry languages1398Negative's travels1859Operator Lowering20910A problem in English subject complementation25011Clitic pronoun clusters267Pt. IIISemantics12Presuppositions and the Universe of Interpretation29313Logical form and semantic form: an argument against Geach31214Lexical meaning and presupposition31915Presupposition and negation33316Why does 2 mean '2'? Grist to the anti-Grice mill38417Towards a discourse-semantic account of donkey anaphora39418A discourse-semantic account of Topic and Comment409Pt. IVCreole Linguistics19Semantic transparency as a factor in Creole genesis42120Serial verb constructions43221Tense and aspect in Sranan45522The question of Predicate Clefting in the Indian Ocean Creoles484References496Index511
