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Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies
ISSN 0577-9170; DOI 10.6503/THJCS

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Form and Meaning : Their Distinction, Intersection, and Interplay

Vol. 27 No. 1   6/1997  

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Form and MeaningTheir Distinction, Intersection, and Interplay

Author

Hsin-I Hsieh

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form, Meaning, Interaction, Ting-chi Tang

Abstract

      This paper is mainly concerned with the way form and meaning interact in the grammar, especially as form and meaning are construed as sentences and their interpretations. (i) We point out that the semantics of a grammar cannot be exhaustively represented by its syntax; (ii) we suggest that cognitive semantics and formal syntax constitute two complementary approaches to the grammar, since one emphasizes meaning and the other form; and (iii) we discuss some prominent types of syntax-semantics mismatch, referring especially to Tang’s (1991) work on NP-and QP-incorporations.

 

 

Author: Hsin-I Hsieh
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