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Direct compositionality /

This book examines the hypothesis of " which requires that semantic interpretation proceed in tandem with syntactic combination. In the first extended discussion of the hypothesis for twenty years, contributors from both sides of the debate draw on examples from a wide range of languages and di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barker, Chris, 1961-, Jacobson, Pauline I., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 14.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • General Preface; 1 Introduction: Direct Compositionality; Part I. Some Programmatic Issues; 2 Compositionality as an Empirical Problem; 3 Direct Compositionality on Demand; 4 Linguistic Side Effects; 5 Type-Shifting with Semantic Features: A Unified Perspective; Part II. Case Studies; 6 Direct Compositionality and Variable-Free Semantics: The Case of "Principle B" Effects; 7 The Non-Concealed Nature of Free Relatives: Implications for Connectivity in Specificational Sentences; 8 Connectivity in a Unified Analysis of Specificational Subjects and Concealed Questions.