Subject: semantics

we would like to bring to your attention to two new publications from john benjamins publishing in the field of semantics : adverbs of degree in dutch and related languages henny klein 1998 x , 232 pp . lingvistic aktuell / linguistics today , 21 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 905 8 price : us $ 62 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 2742 x price : nlg 124 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com adverbs of degree form an intriguing part of the lexicon : numerous , multiform and ever-changing with a great variety in distribution . in this study , the characteristics of adverbs of degree are investigated from a semantic point of view . the main focus is on dutch , but previous studies about english and german adverbs of degree are used to compare with and to build on . topics include absoluteness versus gradability , positive versus negative evaluation , the strengthening of negation , polarity sensitivity , the logical properties of the adverbs themselves , and restrictions to reduplication and stacking . besides the main text , three case studies are presented in which the peculiarities of some of the adverbs are investigated in depth to show more in detail the complexities of their distribution . recent trends in meaning-text theory leo wanner , ed . 1998 xx , 202 pp . studies in language companion series , 39 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 925 2 price : us $ 59 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 3042 0 price : nlg 118 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com the present volume contains articles of well-known representatives of meaning - text theory ( mtt ) and other related linguistic theories . the focus of the volume is on semantics , semantic representation and relation of semantics to surface in mtt . founded by i . mel ' cuk and a . zholkovsky in the sixties in moscow , mtt soon became known in the west as a " prominent outsider " theory . the picture has changed since then , though , as mtt gained importance in several areas of linguistics and computational linguistics . it has influenced the design of new grammar formalisms such as dependency tree grammars . also , specific parts of mtt have been directly taken into other theories ; as , for example , the work on integrating lexical functions into pustejovsky 's generative lexicon . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - bernadette martinez - keck tel : ( 215 ) 836-1200 publicity / marketing fax : ( 215 ) 836-1204 john benjamins north america e-mail : bernie @ benjamins . com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 19118-0519 check out the john benjamins web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com
