Nonverbal predication : copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface /

This text concerns the interpretation and structure of non-verbal predicates in copular sentences (i.e. sentences with the verb 'be'). The author provides a unifying analysis based on a ternary distinction between defining/characterizing/ situation-descriptive predicates.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roy, Isabelle (Writer on linguistics)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 45.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Copula.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Semantics, Comparative.
Copule.
Syntaxe.
Sémantique comparée.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part I. Predictional copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface. 1. Introduction ; 2. Predication, nonverbal stative predicates, and copular sentences
  • part II. Meanings and structures. 3. Meaning and typology of nonverbal predicates ; 4. Internal syntax of nonverbal predicates
  • part III. Further analysis. 5. The case of the Russian copula ; 6. Spanish multiple 'be' ; 7. Irish multiple 'be' and genericity ; 8. Conclusion.

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