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Nonverbal predication : copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface / Isabelle Roy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roy, Isabelle.
- Series:
- Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 45
- Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics ; v.45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Copula.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Semantics, Comparative.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- part I. Predicational copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface
- part II. Meanings and structures
- part III. Further analysis.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-954355-0
- 1-306-07427-4
- 0-19-166496-0
- OCLC:
- 884498036
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