Syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences : insights from classical Hebrew / Daniel J. Wilson, University of Free State.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Daniel J. (Linguist), author.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Volume 261.

Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today ; Volume 261

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew language--Semantics.

Hebrew language.

Hebrew language--Syntax.

Hebrew language--Sentences.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Copula.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]

Summary:

"This book presents a novel account of syntactic and semantic variation in copular and existential sentences in Classical Hebrew. Like many languages, the system of Classical Hebrew copular sentences is quite complex, containing zero, pronominal, and verbal forms as well as eventive and inchoative semantics. Approaching this subject from the framework of Distributed Morphology provides an elegant and comprehensive explanation for both the syntactic and semantic variation in these sentences. This book also presents a theoretical model for analyzing copular sentences in other languages included related phenomena- such as pseudo-copulas. It is also a demonstration of what can be gained by applying modern linguistic analyses to dead languages. Citing and building off previous studies on this topic, this book will be of interest to those interested in the theoretical examination of copular and existential sentences and to those interested in Classical Hebrew more specifically"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Abbreviations

A note on Hebrew transcription

Acknowledgements

Preface

Syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Non-verbal predication in cross-linguistic and theoretical perspective

Chapter 3. Non-verbal predication in Classical Hebrew

Chapter 4. A theory of syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences with insights from the system of Classical Hebrew

Chapter 5. The copula in the left-periphery

Chapter 6. Existentials in Classical Hebrew

Chapter 7. Conclusions and a way forward for analyzing copular and existential sentences

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789027260963

9027260966