Manifestations of genericity /

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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'.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greenberg, Yael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Sentences.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Genericalness (Linguistics)
Semantics.
Pragmatics.
Semantics
Phrase (Linguistique)
Syntaxe.
Générique (Linguistique)
Sémantique.
Pragmatique.
semantics.
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Sentences
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Pragmatics
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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