{"product_id":"typelogical-syntax-isbn-9780262539746","title":"Type-Logical Syntax","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel logic-based framework for representing the syntax-semantics interface of natural language, applicable to a range of phenomena.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Yusuke Kubota and Robert Levine propose a type-logical version of categorial grammar as a viable alternative model of natural language syntax and semantics. They show that this novel logic-based framework is applicable to a range of phenomena—especially in the domains of coordination and ellipsis—that have proven problematic for traditional approaches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe type-logical syntax the authors propose takes derivations of natural language sentences to be proofs in a particular kind of logic governing the way words and phrases are combined. This logic builds on and unifies two deductive systems from the tradition of categorial grammar; the resulting system, Hybrid Type-Logical Categorial Grammar (Hybrid TLCG) enables comprehensive approaches to coordination (gapping, dependent cluster coordination, and right-node raising) and ellipsis (VP ellipsis, pseudogapping, and extraction\/ellipsis interaction). It captures a number of intricate patterns of interaction between scopal operators and seemingly incomplete constituents that are frequently found in these two empirical domains. Kubota and Levine show that the hybrid calculus underlying their framework incorporates key analytic ideas from competing approaches in the generative syntax literature to offer a unified and systematic treatment of data that have posed considerable difficulties for previous accounts. Their account demonstrates that logic is a powerful tool for analyzing the deeper principles underlying the syntax and semantics of natural language.\u003c\/p\u003e1 The Origins of Phrase Structure Constituency\u003cbr\u003e2 Hybrid Type-Logical Categorial Grammar\u003cbr\u003e3 Gapping\u003cbr\u003e4 Coordination and Scope\u003cbr\u003e5 The Semantics of \"Respective,\" Symmetrical, and Summative Predicates\u003cbr\u003e6 Pseudogapping\u003cbr\u003e7 Filler-Gap Dependency\u003cbr\u003e8 Extraction\/Ellipsis Interactions\u003cbr\u003e9 English Modal Auxiliaries\u003cbr\u003e10 On Functional Constraints on Extraction: The Status of Island Constraints\u003cbr\u003e11 Bringing Back \"Hierarchical Constituency\": Multi-Modal Prosodic Calculus and Its Empirical Applications\u003cbr\u003e12 Comparison with Other Variants of Categorial Grammar\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Index\u003cbr\u003eSubject Index\"This terrific book is open-access! [ . . . ] Kubota and Levine report on a decade of heavy lifting in their efforts to develop Hybrid Type-Logical Categorial Grammar (Hybrid TLCG), which they use to study a range of constructions that will make the heart of any syntactician beat faster: gapping, stripping, various exotic types of coordination, pseudogapping, ellipsis, islands, and more.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003eYusuke Kubota is Associate Professor in the Theory and Typology Division at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Levine is Professor of Linguistics at Ohio State University.A novel logic-based framework for representing the syntax-semantics interface ofnatural language, applicable to a range of phenomena.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305164886245,"sku":"NP9780262539746","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262539746.jpg?v=1767743101","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/typelogical-syntax-isbn-9780262539746","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}