Grammar and Meaning
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Since the publication of his Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics (1968), Sir John Lyons has been one of the most important and internationally renowned contributors to the study of linguistics. In a career which has spanned several decades, he has addressed himself to a broad range of issues of fundamental importance and is particularly noted for his seminal two-volume work, Semantics (1977). This volume, which is edited with an introduction by F. R. Palmer, gathers together a collection of essays by distinguished scholars on topics related to Lyons's work. In a concluding essay, Lyons res...
Since the publication of his Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics (1968), Sir John Lyons has been one of the most important and internationally renowned contributors to the study of linguistics. In a career which has spanned several decades, he has addressed himself to a broad range of issues of fundamental importance and is particularly noted for his seminal two-volume work, Semantics (1977). This volume, which is edited with an introduction by F. R. Palmer, gathers together a collection of essays by distinguished scholars on topics related to Lyons's work. In a concluding essay, Lyons responds to the contributors and reflects on the intellectual underpinning of his own work.
Table of contents:
Foreword F.W. Palmer; 1. Polysemous relations Adam Kilgarriff and Gerald Gazdar; 2. Fields, networks and vectors Adrienne Lehrer and Keith Lehrer; 3. Syntax, semantics, pragmatics Peter Matthews; 4. Natural language interpretation as labelled natural deduction Ruth M. Kempson; 5. Three levels of meaning Stephen C. Levinson; 6. Does spoken language have sentences? Jim Miller; 7. Grammaticalisation and social structure: nonstandard conjunction-formation in East Anglian English Peter Trudgill; 8. German Perfekt and Prateritum: speculations on meaning and interpretation Bernard Comrie; 9. The possessed John Anderson; 10. Complement clauses and complementation categories R. M. W. Dixon; 11. Grammar and meaning John Lyons.
Since the publication of his Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics (1968), Sir John Lyons has been one of the most important and internationally renowned contributors to the study of linguistics. This volume gathers together a collection of essays by distinguished scholars on topics related to Sir John's own work.
A collection of essays honouring the contribution of Sir John Lyons to the study of linguistics.
Table of contents:
Foreword F.W. Palmer; 1. Polysemous relations Adam Kilgarriff and Gerald Gazdar; 2. Fields, networks and vectors Adrienne Lehrer and Keith Lehrer; 3. Syntax, semantics, pragmatics Peter Matthews; 4. Natural language interpretation as labelled natural deduction Ruth M. Kempson; 5. Three levels of meaning Stephen C. Levinson; 6. Does spoken language have sentences? Jim Miller; 7. Grammaticalisation and social structure: nonstandard conjunction-formation in East Anglian English Peter Trudgill; 8. German Perfekt and Prateritum: speculations on meaning and interpretation Bernard Comrie; 9. The possessed John Anderson; 10. Complement clauses and complementation categories R. M. W. Dixon; 11. Grammar and meaning John Lyons.
Since the publication of his Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics (1968), Sir John Lyons has been one of the most important and internationally renowned contributors to the study of linguistics. This volume gathers together a collection of essays by distinguished scholars on topics related to Sir John's own work.
A collection of essays honouring the contribution of Sir John Lyons to the study of linguistics.
