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Skeptical linguistic essays /
This volume consists of an introduction and two groups of essays by Paul M. Postal, each with a connecting theme. The first, positive group of papers, contains five previously unpublished studies of English syntax. These include a long study of so-called ""locative inversion, ""...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume consists of an introduction and two groups of essays by Paul M. Postal, each with a connecting theme. The first, positive group of papers, contains five previously unpublished studies of English syntax. These include a long study of so-called ""locative inversion, "" two investigations related to raising to non-subject status, an argument for the existence of a hitherto ignored nominal grammatical category and a study of vulgar negative polarity items. Each investigation of specific English details is argued to have significant theoretical consequences. The second, negative group of |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (414 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195343663 0195343662 0195303865 9780195303865 9780195166729 0195166728 9780195166712 019516671X 9781602569386 160256938X 1280534036 9781280534034 0195180763 9780195180763 9786610534036 6610534039 1282366920 9781282366923 9786612366925 6612366923 |