TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies,Eirian
TI  - On the semantics of syntax: mood and condition in English 
T2  - Routledge library editions. The English language
SN  - 9781317419457
AV  - PE1585 
U1  - 422 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - English language
KW  - Mood
KW  - Semantics
KW  - Syntax
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Etymology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. On literal meaning and 'significance' -- 3. A framework of semantic analysis -- 4. Decision -- 5. Telling -- 6. Knowledge -- 7. Performance -- 8. Condition and reason -- 9. Conclusion
N2  - <P>First published in 1979, this book develops a grammatically orientated semantics (as opposed to a semantically orientated grammar) of mood and condition in English. It seeks to establish correspondences between areas of semantic organisation ('planes') and surface grammar, without reverting to an intermediate notion of deep grammar. The chapters explore topics including the differences between 'literal meaning' and 'significance', speech roles, and constructions of condition and reason in terms of the four panes discussed earlier in the volume.</P>
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