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.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;
45. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191664960 0191664960 0191747157 9780191747151 1306074274 9781306074278 |
