Cover -- Linguistic Meaning Meets Linguistic Form -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- List Of Abbreviations And Acronyms -- Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks On The Question Of The Autonomy Of Syntax -- Chapter 2: The Truth-conditional Approach To Meaning -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Explanation Of Basic Facts About Meaning According To The Truth-conditional Approach -- 2.3 The Truth-conditional Approach To Sentences -- 2.4 The Truth-conditional Approach To Assembling Meanings -- 2.5 Truth-conditional Modeling Of Predicates As Sets 2.6 Truth-conditional Semantics' View Of Modifiers -- 2.7 Extensions And Truth-conditions Hit A Wall -- 2.8 The Interface Between Semantics And Pragmatics -- Chapter 3: Sign-based Semantics: Meaning As Linguistically-signified Cognitive Content -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Preposition For And The Challenge Of Polysemy -- 3.3 The 'illogical' Common-sense Logic Of Natural Language -- 3.3.1 Introduction -- 3.3.2 Any -- 3.3.3 Most -- 3.3.4 The Conjunction Or -- 3.3.5 Numerals -- 3.4 Aspectual Verbs -- 3.4.1 Survey Of Previous Analyses -- 3.4.2 Problems Posed By This Type Of Analysis 3.4.3 A Language-specific Approach To Aspectual Verbs In English -- 3.4.3.1 The Parameters In Play -- 3.4.3.2 Application Of The Parameters Of Function And Semantic Content Of Verb And Complement To Each Aspectual Verb -- Verbs Denoting The Beginning Of An Event -- Verbs Referring To The Middle Of An Event -- Verbs Referring To The End Of The Event -- 3.4.4 Conclusions Regarding Aspectual Verbs -- 3.5 Verbs Of Positive And Negative Recall -- 3.6 Causative Verbs -- 3.7 Control And Raising In Adjective + To-infinitive Constructions -- 3.7.1 Subject=subject Constructions 3.7.2 Subject=object Constructions -- 3.7.3 Conclusions On Control And Raising In Adjective + To-infinitive Constructions -- 3.8 Wh- Words And The Infinitive In English -- 3.8.1 Distribution -- 3.8.2 Wh- Words + Infinitive In Independent Clauses -- 3.8.2.1 How And Why -- 3.8.2.2 Other Wh- Words -- 3.8.2.3 Wh- Word + To-infinitive Questions -- 3.8.2.4 Wh- Word + Infinitive Subordinate Clauses: Syntax Explained By Semantics -- 3.8.2.5 Accounting For The Standard Distribution -- 3.8.3 Conclusion On Wh- Words + Infinitive -- 3.9 Dare And Need -- 3.9.1 Introduction 3.9.2 Need And Dare As Negative Polarity Items -- 3.9.3 Explanation Of The Morphosyntactically Modal Behavior Of Dare And Need As Npis -- 3.10 Full-verb Inversion And Existential-there Constructions -- 3.10.1 Introduction -- 3.10.2 Full-verb Inversion As A Ground-before-figure Construction -- 3.10.3 Two Semiological Characteristics Of Full-verb Inversion Structures Not Discussed By Chen -- 3.10.3.1 Lack Of Subject-verb Agreement -- 3.10.3.2 Pronominal Forms Found In Postverbal Position -- 3.10.4 Parallels Between Full-verb Inversion And Existential-there Constructions Patrick Duffley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.