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Meaning through language contrast. Volume 1 /

These volumes contain selected papers from the Second International Conference on Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics that was held at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, in September 2000. They include papers on negation, temporality, modality, evidentiality, eventualities, grammar and conce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jaszczolt, Katarzyna, Turner, Ken, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2003.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 99.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Meaning Through Language Contrast; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Editorial preface; References; Part I: Negation; Distributional restrictions on negative determiners; Summing up; Notes; References; Towards a comprehensive view of Negative Concord; General conclusion; Notes; References; Part II:Temporality; On temporal constructions involving counting from anchor points; Conclusion; Notes; References; On the semantics and pragmatics of situational anaphoric temporal locators in Portuguese and in English; Conclusions; References
  • Remarks on the semantics of eventualities with measure phrases in English and RomanianConclusions; Notes; References; The present perfect in English and in Catalan; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: List of works used; Catalan theatre plays; English novels and films; References; A contrastive reading of temporal-aspectual morphemes in Swahili; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part III: Modality; Semantic and pragmatic constraints on mood selection; Final remarks; Notes; References; Dilemmas and excogitations: Further considerations on modality, clitics and discourse; Acknowledgments; Notes
  • Transcription conventionsNotes; References; Part VI: Topics in grammar and conceptualization; Towards a universal DRT model for the interpretation of directional PPs within a reference frame; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; The interaction of syntax and pragmatics; Conclusion; Notes; References; Constraint interaction at the semantics/pragmatics interface; Conclusions; References; Cross-language commutation tests and their application to an error-prone contrastive problem; Notes; References; Language index; Name index; Subject index; Contents of Volume 2