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COGNITIVE SPACE AND LINGUISTIC CASE
SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES IN ENGLISH |
| By: |
Izchak M. Schlesinger, Merja Kyt, Bas Aarts |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
052143436X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521434362 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 June, 1995 |
| Series: |
Studies in English Language |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
This book develops an alternative approach to cases which permits better descriptions of certain syntactic phenomena. |
| Synopsis: |
This study sheds light on the complex relationship between cognitive and linguistic categories. Challenging the view of cases as categories in cognitive space, Professor Schlesinger proposes an understanding of the concept of case. Drawing on evidence from psycholinguistic research and English language data, he argues that case categories are in fact composed of more primitive cognitive notions: features and dimensions. These are registered in the lexical entries of individual verbs, thereby allowing certain metaphorical extensions. This approach to case permits better descriptions of certain syntactic phenomena, as Schlesinger illustrates through the analysis of the feature compositions of three cases. |
| Illustrations: |
31 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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