Nominal Constructions in Modern Greek

Dimitra Kolliakou

The study of nominals, linguistic expressions whose core constituent is characteristically a noun, is of great interest to both theoretical and computational linguists. Their internal structure, meaning, and use address intriguing issues of semantics and pragmatics that are intrinsically related to syntactic matters. Dimitra Kolliakou provides a detailed description and formal analysis of a wide range of intricate linguistic phenomena concerning nominal constructions in Modern Greek, while exploring the implications of these phenomena for the architecture of grammar both at a theoretical and computational level. In particular, this book supports the integration of semantic and contextual information in the grammar, formalizing it within the multi-dimensional framework of Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar.

Dimitra Kolliakou is a professor in the Department of English Literary and Linguistic Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

5/1/2003

ISBN (Paperback): 1575864401

ISBN (Cloth): 1575864398

Subject: Language and Linguistics