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
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
