理论与方法专栏 | 普遍语义句法 ：语义结构分析法

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《理论语言学五道口站》（2021年第52期，总第186期）理论与方法专栏为大家推荐荷兰莱顿大学俄语语言学副教授Egbert Fortuin 、日语语言学博士Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren的著作：Universal Semantic Syntax : A Semiotactic Approach（《普遍语义句法 ：语义结构分析法》）。该书将于2021年10月在Cambridge University Press出版。

著作简介

Universal Semantic Syntax :

A Semiotactic Approach

《普遍语义句法 ：语义结构分析法》

简介：

在过去的几十年里，鲜有从语义视角对语言进行分析的句法理论。该书创造性地提出了一种基于语义的句法分析法（理论）——语义结构分析理论，该理论认为句法处理的是由形式-意义元素表达的意义之间的关系，并且相同的关系类型具有跨语言的相似性。该理论将由语义所表现出的句法关系形式化，从而能够更加清晰地分析语法的每个片段。该书全面介绍了语义结构分析理论所涉及的基本概念，并通过分析英语和其他语言(欧洲和非欧洲语言)的语料，对这些概念进行了深入阐释。在该理论框架下进行语言研究，有利于语言学家发掘更多的语言共性及特性。

Abstract:

Syntactic theory has been dominated in the last decades by theories that disregard semantics in their approach to syntax. Presenting a truly semantic approach to syntax, this book takes as its primary starting point the idea that syntax deals with the relations between meanings expressed by form-meaning elements and that the same types of relations can be found cross-linguistically. The theory provides a way to formalize the syntactic relations between meanings so that each fragment of grammar can be analyzed in a clear-cut way. A comprehensive introduction into the theoretical concepts of the theory is provided, with analyzes of numerous examples in English and various other languages, European and non-European, to illustrate the concepts. The theory discussed will enable linguists to look for similarities between languages, while at the same time acknowledging important language specific features.

作者简介

-Egbert Fortuin-

Egbert Fortuin，莱顿大学俄语语言学副教授。他致力于语义、句法和语用，以及这些领域之间相互作用的研究。早期研究俄语，但对比较语义学、句法和语用学兴趣浓厚。他在Lingua、Cognitive Linguistics和Russian Linguistics等期刊上发表了大量文章。目前是《普通语言学和斯拉夫语言学研究》丛书的编辑。

Egbert Fortuin is Associate Professor of Russian Linguistics at Universiteit Leiden. His research focuses on semantics, syntax and pragmatics, and in the interaction of these domains. Even though his primary focus is on Russian, he is also interested in comparative semantics, syntax and pragmatics. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Lingua, Cognitive Linguistics and Russian Linguistics. He is currently editor of the book series Studies in General and Slavic Linguistics.

-Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren-

Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren，莱顿大学日语语言学博士，致力于英语及日语研究。她是《现代日语语义研究方法》的作者，目前担任日荷词典编纂项目的主编及负责人。

Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren studied English and Japanese and completed her Ph.D. in Japanese linguistics at Universiteit Leiden. She is the author of A Semiotactic Approach to Modern Japanese. She is also chief editor and content manager on a project for the compilation of a new Japanese-Dutch dictionary.

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