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 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
