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Mismatch: Form-Function Incongruity and the Architecture of Grammar Volume 163

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Mismatch: Form-Function Incongruity and the Architecture of Grammar Volume 163 - Francis, Elaine J (Editor), and Michaelis, Laura a (Editor)
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Linguistic mismatch phenomena involve semiotic functions that attach to forms in defiance of grammatical design features. Noun phrases, when used as predicates, provide one example: how do predicate nominals correspond to our theories of what nouns mean? How do such phenomena challenge traditional conceptions of grammar? How do competing theories of the syntax-semantics interface stand up when confronted with mismatch phenomena? Mismatch addresses these questions through the efforts of some of the most original thinkers ...

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Mismatch: Form-Function Incongruity and the Architecture of Grammar Volume 163 2002, Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion, Stanford, CA

ISBN-13: 9781575863849

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