In "Re: RT and other theories -- follow up", S. Nicolle writes:
>Maybe, as Anne Bezuidenhout and J.L. Speranza suggested,
>Dynamic Syntax is the theory to look out for. From the
>little I know, I suspect it may be the kind of programme
>which Marjolein Groefsema envisaged as an alternative
>to autonomous syntax. I hope that Ruth Kempson and her
>colleagues will keep us all posted on the latest
>developments, such as when the new book appears on the
>web. (By the way, I'm familiar with some of Lutz Marten's
>work on Swahili, so I trust that his input, and that of
>others at SOAS, will help to avoid the Indo-European bias
>of most syntactic theories.)
Further to this, from the LINGUIST List: Vol-13-3341. Dec 18 2002. ISSN:
1068-4875.
Home Page: http://linguistlist.org/
L. Marten, Univ. of London
At The Syntax-Pragmatics Interface:
Verbal Underspecification and
Concept Formation in Dynamic Syntax
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 4
Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press. http://www.oup-usa.org/
Paperback: ISBN: 0199250642, Pages: 256 pp.
Book description:
"Marten explores the interaction of syntax, pragmatics, and semantics
in the behavior of verb phrases and how they interact with the
information provided by the verb. He also considers how the component
elements of linguistic theory explain what appear to be simple
utterances, but whose structure is hard to analyze--how, for example,
"Fran is baking Mary a cake in the oven" is different from "Fran is
baking Mary a cake in the kitchen"".
==
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