Epithets at the syntax-semantics interface / Pritty Patel-Grosz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patel-Grosz, Pritty, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epithets.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

This book is one of the first extensive cross-linguistic theoretical investigations on epithets. Epithets (such as "the bastard") are anaphoric expressions which take the shape of a definite description, contain an evaluative component, and are typically unstressed. This monograph shows that, in order to understand the perplexing nature of epithets, one must consider what kinds of behavior they exhibit in different components of the language faculty. In this vein, the text adopts a broad approach, analysing epithets from the perspective of the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface.The empirica

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8388-3

OCLC:

924632063