The Syntax and Semantics of English Appositives

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Hye yeon Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제86호, 71~95쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.12.01

영문 초록

In this study, I argue that appositives in the traditional sense and afterthoughts should be treated as a single construction. Afterthoughts share the attested properties of appositives, differing only in linear position. Therefore, I refer to appositives that appear adjacent to the anchor as anchor-adjacent appositives and those that appear non-adjacent to the anchor as afterthought appositives. Within the framework of Constructionbased HPSG, I show that the parenthetical properties of anchor-adjacent and afterthought appositives can be accounted for without having to assume a noncanonical structure. Syntactically, appositives are integrated into the host clause as NP-adjuncts. Specifically, I propose a new subtype of the headmodifier- cx(construction): head-parenthetical-modifier -cx. In terms of semantics, I propose a new semantic dimension to deal with parenthetical elements, inspired by Potts’ (2005) work.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Properties Shared by Anchor-adjacent Appositives and Afterthought Appositives

3. An Integrated Syntax of Appositives

4. Parenthetical Semantics

5. Conclusion

References

키워드

appositive afterthought parenthetical bi-dimensional semantics HPSG