In studies of copular clauses, the relation between specificational and predicative clauses has been a contentious issue. While most studies agree on the analysis of predicative clauses, specificational clauses have sparked much debate. A key concern is how specificational clauses with indefinite ‘variable’ NP (e.g. "A popular holiday go-to is Rome") compare to, and contrast with, other copular clauses, especially specificational clauses with definite ‘variable’ NP (e.g. "The main can’t-miss in Italy is Rome") and predicative clauses with indefinite predicate nominative (e.g. "Rome is a great city"). This book addresses this concern by offering a functional-structural analysis of these three clause types in terms of their common characteristics and distinguishing features. The analysis of the clauses’ structure and meaning is substantiated by evidence from corpus research which probes into various aspects of their actual usage (e.g. information structure and prosody, discourse-embedding). In doing so, the book offers an empirical basis for testing existing assumptions about predicative and specificational clauses, while also providing new insights into the interaction between the grammar and discourse usage of copular clauses.
Название: Approaches to Predicative Possession ISBN: 1350062464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350062467 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 19008.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book discusses existential and possessive constructions in two important, yet under-studied, language families, Slavic and Finno-Ugric. Using data from the Slavic languages of Polish, Belarusian and Russian, and the Finno-Ugric languages of Finnish, Hungarian, Meadow Mari, Komi-Permiyak and Udmurt, as well as the closely related Selkup of the Samoyedic family, the chapters in this volume analyse predicative possession in current syntactic terms.
Seeking an answer to the theoretical question of whether BE-possessives and HAVE-possessives are just accidental values of the 'Possessive Parameter' or are intrinsically related, this book takes a comparative approach to a whole range of syntactic and semantic phenomena that appear in these constructions, including the definiteness restriction, genitive of negation, person/number agreement, argument structure and extractability. The individual case studies can be easily integrated into the Principles & Parameters framework in terms of parametric variation. Approaches to Predicative Possession is an important contribution to our understanding of predicative possession across languages, with findings that can be fruitfully extended to other language families. It is an equally useful source of information for theoretical linguists, typologists, and graduate students of linguistics.
Автор: Szumska, Dorota Название: Adjective as an adjunctive predicative expression ISBN: 363162400X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783631624005 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 10157.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book contains a large number of pragmatic insights into Polish nominal syntagmas with an adjective. The aim of the research is to describe an adjective which could be useful as a point of departure for analyses of phenomena analogous from the communication point of view in other languages.
Описание: Via a number of articles, this book presents a survey and a set of projects in computational lexical semantics. Topics include verb semantic classifications, relations between syntax and semantics, Wordnet for verbs, multilinguism, lexical knowledge bases and lexical acquisition.
Описание: From a broad theoret- ical perspective, the notion of predicate is central to research on the syntax- semantics interface, the generative lexicon, the definition of ontology-based semantic representations, and the formation of verb semantic classes.
Автор: Nelson Edward Название: Predicative Arithmetic. (Mn-32) ISBN: 069163842X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691638423 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 14630.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book develops arithmetic without the induction principle, working in theories that are interpretable in Raphael Robinson`s theory Q. Certain inductive formulas, the bounded ones, are interpretable in Q. A mathematically strong, but logically very weak, predicative arithmetic is constructed. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy
Автор: Nelson Edward Название: Predicative Arithmetic. (MN-32): ISBN: 0691610290 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691610290 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5544.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book develops arithmetic without the induction principle, working in theories that are interpretable in Raphael Robinson`s theory Q. Certain inductive formulas, the bounded ones, are interpretable in Q. A mathematically strong, but logically very weak, predicative arithmetic is constructed. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy
Описание: This research, therefore, redefines absolute clauses in the framework of SFL and proposes four syntactic types of absolute clauses: absolute paratactic clauses (elaboration), absolute hypotactic clauses (extension and enhancement), absolute projected clauses (fact and act) and absolute embedded clauses (subject).
Автор: Boulton Название: On the Semantics of Wh-Clauses ISBN: 1138690813 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138690813 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 2908.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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First published in 1994, this book is concerned with certain kinds of wh-clauses, whose interpretations are easily and, the author argues, plausibly rendered by a logicosemantic analysis on which wh-phrases translate as open sentences, that is, as expressions of the semantically interpreted representation which contain free variables. After a review of influential contemporary analyses of the semantics of questions, concentrating on issues related to the truthconditional interpretation of these constructions, the author goes on to analyse logicosemantic similarities between wh-phrases and indefinite NPs. This analysis is extended in chapter V to account for asymmetries between wh-phrases and indefinites, but is preceded by the engagement and refutation of some of the challenges to it. The appendices discuss some peripheral points relating to the central points made by the author which are in need of further study.
Автор: Young, David J. Название: Structure of english clauses ISBN: 1138919160 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138919167 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6736.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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First published in 1980, this book provides a clear and practical introduction to a wide variety of English structures. It concentrates on a large and crucial area of English grammar, which covers units of higher rank than words, and structures that have verbs rather than nouns as their nuclear elements.
Throughout the book, David Young focuses on the English language as it is actually spoken. At every point his discussion of syntax is closely integrated with meaning, and he pays particular attention to the ways in which speakers of English signal their intensions. The author points out how verbal patterning is meaningful, and outlines the criteria used by grammarians to distinguish one structure from another. The result is an analytical framework that can be applied to any real-life text in order to understand its structure.
This is a book that will encourage a realistic, exploratory and investigative attitude towards the English language.
Описание: Guardian of the Wall examines Leo Pfeffer`s interpretation of religion clauses in the First Amendment, influence on church-state law, and understanding of religion in public life. Pfeffer`s belief in a wall of separation between church and state maximized religious freedom, fostered religious equality, and protects the authenticity of faith.
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