Nonverbal predication : copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface
Title:
Nonverbal predication : copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface
Author:
Roy, Isabelle (Writer on linguistics)
ISBN:
9780191664960
9780191747151
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages)
Series:
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 45
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 45.
Contents:
Predictional copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface. Introduction ; Predication, nonverbal stative predicates, and copular sentences -- Meanings and structures. Meaning and typology of nonverbal predicates ; Internal syntax of nonverbal predicates -- The case of the Russian copula ; Spanish multiple 'be' ; Irish multiple 'be' and genericity ; Conclusion.
Abstract:
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.
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