Nonverbal Predication: Copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface (Hardbound - 2013)
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This book considers the syntax and semantics of non-verbal predicates (i.e., nominal, adjectival and prepositional predicates) in copular sentences. Isabelle Roy explores how a single structure for predication can account for the different interpretations of non-verbal predicates. The book departs from earlier studies by arguing in favor of a ternary distinction between defining / characterizing / situation-descriptive predicates rather than the more common stage-level/individual distinction. The distinction is based on two semantic criteria, namely maximality (i.e., whether the predicate describes an eventuality that has spatio-temporal properties or not) and density (i.e. whether the spatio-temporal properties are perceived as atomic or not). The author argues in favor of a strong correlation between the semantics properties of predicates and their internal syntactic structure. Her analysis accounts for seemingly unrelated cross-linguistic data: the indefinite article in
French, the distribution of the two copulas 'ser'/'estar' in Spanish, and case marking on Russian predicates.
This book considers the syntax and semantics of non-verbal predicates (i.e., nominal, adjectival and prepositional predicates) in copular sentences. Isabelle Roy explores how a single structure for predication can account for the different interpretations of non-verbal predicates. The book departs from earlier studies by arguing in favor of a ternary distinction between defining / characterizing / situation-descriptive predicates rather than the more common stage-level/individual distinction. The distinction is based on two semantic criteria, namely maximality (i.e., whether the predicate describes an eventuality that has spatio-temporal properties or not) and density (i.e. whether the spatio-temporal properties are perceived as atomic or not). The author argues in favor of a strong correlation between the semantics properties of predicates and their internal syntactic structure. Her analysis accounts for seemingly unrelated cross-linguistic data: the indefinite article in
French, the distribution of the two copulas 'ser'/'estar' in Spanish, and case marking on Russian predicates.
ISBN13 | 9780199543540 |
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Product Name | Nonverbal Predication: Copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface (Hardbound - 2013) |
Price | ₹8,457.00 |
Original Price | GBP 81.00 |
Author | Roy |
Publisher | Oxford UP |
Publication Year | 2013 |
Subject | English Literature |
Binding | Hardbound |
Language | English |
Pages | 232 |
Weight | 0.518000 |
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