text_combined: new books semantics pragmatics philosophy languages 4 titles aspect predication semantics argument structure gillian catriona ramchand oxford university book investigates systematic correspondences syntactic structure semantic interpretation domain predicateargument relationships taking scottish gaelic empirical base book provides detailed working semantic system argument classification moves away lexicallydriven thematic roles traditional sense towards constrained syntactically motivated set primitives may 1997 264 pp 019 823651 4 55 00 oxford university press lexical semantics problem polysemy edited james pustejovsky brandeis university branimir boguraev natural language program apple computer inc california lexical ambiguity presents one intractable problems language processing studies surprisingly core research lexical semantics originally published two special issues journal semantics collection focuses problem polysemy point view practitioners computational linguistics january 1997 224 pp 25 linecuts 019 823662 x paper 29 95 oxford university press parts wholes semantics friederike moltmann city college new york graduate center book develops unified account expressions involving notions part whole principles individuation part structures play central role moltmann presents range new empirical generalizations data english variety languages involving plurals mass nouns adnominal adverbial modifiers whole together alone nominal adverbial quanitfiers ranging parts expressions completion completely partly develops new theory part structures differs traditional mereological theories notion integrated whole plays central role part structure entity allowed vary across different situations perspectives dimensions august 1997 272 pp 019 509574 x 39 95 oxford university press diachronic prototype semantics contribution historical lexicology dirk geeraerts katholieke universiteit leuven belgium oxford studies lexicography lexicology prototype theory makes crucial distinction central peripheral sense words geeraerts explores implications model theory semantic change first fullscale treatment impact recent developments lexicological theory study meaning change identifies structural features development word meanings follow prototypetheoretical model semantic structure incorporates diachronic prototypicality effects theory meaning change may 1997 224 pp 20 b w figures 019 823652 2 65 00 oxford university press information linguistics titles oxford university press email linguistics oupusa org visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org oxford university press usa