Diese Monographie beschreibt einen formalen Ansatz in der Analyse von sprachlicher Bedeutung.
Ausgehend von der Frage, inwieweit die Semantik mit formalen Mitteln adäquat beschrieben werden kann, werden Begriffe aus der Mathematik und der Logik sowie der gegenwärtige Stand der Logik in der Government-und-Binding-Theorie behandelt.
Eine Grammatik des Englischen, die wichtige syntaktische Konstruktionen umfaßt, wird entwickelt.

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