Formal properties of measurement constructions / by Kimiko Nakanishi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakanishi, Kimiko, 1975-

Series:

Interface explorations ; 12.

Interface explorations, 1861-4167 ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Semantics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Quantifiers.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Comparative clauses.

Compositionality (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the semantics and syntax-semantics interface of measurement constructions, such as (non-)split quantifiers and comparatives. The cross-linguistic investigation reveals that seemingly diverse constructions can be categorized into two classes depending on whether they measure nominal or verbal predicates, and shows that the classification accounts for why certain constructions have certain characteristics concerning distributivity and single-event predicates. Throughout the book, particular emphasis is placed on issues of compositionality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Chapter 1 The semantic parallelism between the nominal and verbal domains

Chapter 2 The semantic properties of non-split and splitmeasure phrase constructions

Chapter 3 The syntax and compositional semantics of non-split and split quantifier constructions

Chapter 4 Comparatives and measure phrases as differentials

Chapter 5 Cross-linguistic aspects of quantification and compositionality

Chapter 6 Concluding remarks

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-280) and index.

ISBN:

9786612194436

9781282194434

1282194437

9783110198485

3110198487

OCLC:

476197064