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Events, phrases, and questions /

Uniting work from philosophical, cognitive and linguistic perspectives, Truswell develops a model of the structure of events as perceptual and cognitive units. He predicts the acceptability of formulations, considers the individuation of events in the light of the model, and provides an account of p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Truswell, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 33.
Subjects:
Extraction (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Linguistics.
Linguistics
Extraction (Linguistique)
Syntaxe.
Linguistique.
linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Ergänzungsfragesatz
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Uniting work from philosophical, cognitive and linguistic perspectives, Truswell develops a model of the structure of events as perceptual and cognitive units. He predicts the acceptability of formulations, considers the individuation of events in the light of the model, and provides an account of patterns of question formation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 245 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199577774
0199577773
9780191612893
0191612898
9780191725319
0191725315