Category neutrality : a type-logical investigation / Neal Whitman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Neal, 1969- author.

Series:

Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.

Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammatical categories.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Semantics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Neutralization (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Feature neutrality"" is an issue that has received much attention among linguists. For example, consider the sentence, ""I have never, and will never, put my name on this document."" Here, the verb 'put' acts simultaneously as a past participle (as in ""have never put"") and a base form (as in ""will never put""), and is therefore said to be neutral between the two forms. Similar examples have been found for many languages. The accepted wisdom is that neutrality is possible only for morphosyntactic features such as verb form, gender, number, declension class-not at the level of gross syntact

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Empirical Background; 1.1 Ambiguity, Vagueness, and Polysemy; 1.2 Category Neutrality; 2. Theoretical Background; 2.1 Different Kinds of Categorial Grammars; 2.2 Syntax: The Associative Lambek Calculus; 2.3 Semantics; 2.4 Conjunction and Disjunction Constructors; 2.5 Lexical Issues; 2.6 Other Background; 2.7 Conclusions; 3. Category Neutrality and Mixed-Wh Interrogatives; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Optional NP-Gap Mixed-Wh Interrogatives

3.3 Plural-Noun Mixed-Wh Interrogatives3.4 Mixed-Wh Interrogatives Without Lexical Neutrality; 3.5 Conclusions; 4. Category Neutrality and Verbal Argument Alternations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Previous Analyses of Verbal Dependent Coordinations; 4.3 Coordination of Verbal Adjuncts; 4.4 Coordination of Verbal Complements; 4.5 Coordination of Adjuncts with Complements; 4.6 Excursus: Two Sample Derivations; 4.7 Miscellaneous Alternations; 4.8 Conclusions; 5. Category Neutrality and Predicative Phrases; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Categories for the Copula, APs, PPs, and NPs

5.3 Category Neutrality, APs, and PPs5.4 Category Neutrality and Noun Phrases; 5.5 Proposed Reasons for Noun Phrases of Category Pr; 5.6 Conclusions; 6. Category Neutrality and Adverbial Nouns; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Previous Analyses; 6.3 Property 1: Projection of Adverbial NPs; 6.4 Property 2: Heading Non-Wh Adverbial Relative Clauses; 6.5 Interaction of Property 1 and Property 2; 6.6 Category Neutrality; 6.7 Conclusions; 7. Conclusion; 7.1 Summary; 7.2 Directions for Further Research; 7.3 Implications; Appendix A: Attestations of Mixed-Wh Interrogatives; Appendix Β: Questionnaire Items

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Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation, Ohio State University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-87676-2

1-135-87677-0

1-280-23633-7

9786610236336

0-203-49538-1

9780203495384

OCLC:

814291749