Cognitive Space and Linguistic Case : Semantic and Syntactic Categories in English
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in English Language
ISBN-10
0521027365
ISBN-13
9780521027366
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 2nd, 2006
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
398 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 31.50 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Grammar, syntax & morphologyGrammar, syntax and morphology
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Arguing that cases result from an interplay of cognitive, lexical, and syntactic factors, Professor Schlesinger develops an alternative approach to cases which permits better descriptions of certain syntactic phenomena.
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.
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