Formal properties of measurement constructions /
"This book investigates the semantics and syntax-semantics interface of measurement constructions, such as (non- )split quantifiers and comparatives. The cross-linguistic investigation reveals that seemingly diverse constructions can be categorized into two classes depending on whether they mea...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2007.
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Colección: | Interface explorations ;
12. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The semantic parallelism between the nominal and verbal domains
- 2. The semantic properties of non-split and split measure phrase constructions
- 3. The syntax and compositional semantics of non-split and split quantifier constructions
- 4. Comparatives and measure phrases as differentials
- 5. Cross-linguistic aspects of quantification and compositionality
- 6. Concluding remarks.