Manifestations of genericity /
Manifestations of Genericity offers a unified analysis of minimally contrasting generic sentences with indefinite singular (IS) and bare plural (BP) subjects - as in 'A bird flies' versus 'Birds fly'.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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Colección: | Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title01; Title02; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Comparing Sentences with Generically Interpreted Indefinite Singular (IS) and Bare Plural (BP) Subjects: The Traditional Approach and Its Problems; CHAPTER 2 "In virtue of" Generalizations, and the Semantics and Pragmatics of IS Sentences; CHAPTER 3 "Descriptive" Generalizations, and the Semantics and Pragmatics of Descriptive BP Sentences; CHAPTER 4 Tolerance of Exceptional and Irrelevant Entities with IS and Descriptive BP Sentences; CHAPTER 5 Temporally Restricted IS and BP Sentences.