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1 online resource (vi, 230 pages) |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 255 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 255. 0304-0763
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THE COMPOSITION OF MEANING -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- The composition of meaning -- Note -- References -- Part I. Mapping syntactic structure to meaning -- Coordination in morphology and syntax -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Coordination in syntax and morphology -- 3. The compound template -- 4. Instantiation of determinative and copulative readings -- 5. Copulative c̀ompounds' in Sanskrit -- 6. Semantic properties of copulative compounds in English -- 6.1. True copulatives -- 6.2. Copulatives as front forms -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References |
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Appendix -- Aspect, infinitival complements, and evidentials -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Are bare infinitives perfectives in English? -- 3. Bare infinitives: Infinitival endings and perfectivity -- 3.1. Perception verb complements (hence PVCs) -- 3.2. The use of the simple present -- 4. The reanalysis of -ing as ASP -- 4.1. ASP -- 4.2. Changes in ASP -- 5. Perception verbs in Modern English and Dutch -- 5.1. Three kinds of see -- 5.2. More evidence -- 6. Conclusion and further research -- Notes -- Abreviations used -- References -- The problem of unintelligibility -- 1. Introduction |
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2. Ineffability -- 3. Unintelligibility -- 4. Towards solving the problem -- 5. Unintelligibility in a bidirectional OT framework -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- VP-internal subjects as ùnaccusatives' -- 1. A brief intellectual history of B̀urzio's Generalization'1 -- 2. The (in)transitivity division -- 3. What do ergative predicates have to do with the definiteness property in existential sentences? -- 4. Toward an answer: The questions to be asked -- and first answers: Aspect and Aktionsart perfectivity |
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5. Unaccusativity in German: A unified semantic-syntactic category (common denominator for eV-tests) -- 6. T̀here is/are' as an alleged test for ergative predicates -- 7. Theoretical aporia -- 8. Ùnaccusative/ergative predicate': Simply a misnomer based on observational inadequacy? -- 9. The paradoxality of Burzio's Generalization in German -- 10. The perfect fit of the P̀erfectivity Account' in terms of theta role distribution -- 11. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II. Mapping meaning to information structure -- Either, both and neither in coordinate structures -- 1. Introduction |
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2. Either -- 2.1. The distribution of either -- 2.2. The interaction of either with intonation -- 2.3. Scope ambiguities with either -- 2.4. The contribution of either to the interpretation of the sentence -- 2.5. Inclusive versus exclusive disjunction -- 3. Both -- 3.1. The distribution of both -- 3.2. The interaction of both with intonation -- 3.3. The contribution of both to the interpretation of the sentence -- 3.4. Collective versus distributive readings -- 4. Neither -- 4.1. The distribution of neither -- 4.2. The interaction of neither with intonation |
| Summary |
In the modular design of generative theory the syntax-semantics interface has accounted all along for meanings at the level of Logical Form. The syntax-pragmatics interface, on the other hand, is the result of what one may call the 'pragmatic turn' in the linguistic theory, where content is partitioned into given and new information. In other words, the structural division of the clause has been subjected to criteria of information, or discourse structure. Both interfaces require a structurally descriptive inventory whose specific shapes can be motivated on theory-internal grounds only. The pr |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Semantics.
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Linguistics.
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Semantics
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Linguistics
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semantics.
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linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
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Linguistics
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Semantics
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Semantiek.
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Syntaxis.
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Informatiestructuren (linguïstiek)
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Sémantique.
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Signification.
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Morphologie (Linguistique)
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Syntaxe.
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Discours.
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Lexème.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Meulen, Alice G. B. ter.
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Abraham, Werner
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| LC no. |
2004055068 |
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9789027295101 |
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9027295107 |
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9781588115683 |
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1588115682 |
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