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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roy, Isabelle (Writer on linguistics)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 45.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Copula.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Semantics, Comparative.
Copule.
Syntaxe.
Sémantique comparée.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Copula
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Semantics, Comparative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191664960
0191664960
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