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Dynamics of meaning : anaphora, presupposition, and the theory of grammar /

In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as "donkey" sentences and adverbs...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chierchia, Gennaro
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as "donkey" sentences and adverbs of quantification. The second chapter explores in greater depth the interpretation of indefinites and issues related to presuppositions of uniqueness and the "E-type strategy." In Chapter 3, Chierchia extends the dynamic approach to the domain of syntactic theory, considering a range of e
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 270 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index.
ISBN:9780226104515
0226104516
9780226104348
0226104346
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9781282426238
9786612426230
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