Nonverbal predication : copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface
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Nonverbal predication : copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface
（Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics, 45）（Oxford linguistics）
Oxford University Press, 2013
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index
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内容説明
This book considers the syntax and semantics of non-verbal predicates (i.e., nominal, adjectival and prepositional predicates) in copular sentences. Isabelle Roy explores how a single structure for predication can account for the different interpretations of non-verbal predicates. The book departs from earlier studies by arguing in favor of a ternary distinction between defining / characterizing / situation-descriptive predicates rather than the more common
stage-level/individual distinction. The distinction is based on two semantic criteria, namely maximality (i.e., whether the predicate describes an eventuality that has spatio-temporal properties or not) and density (i.e. whether the spatio-temporal properties are perceived as atomic or not). The author argues
in favor of a strong correlation between the semantics properties of predicates and their internal syntactic structure. Her analysis accounts for seemingly unrelated cross-linguistic data: the indefinite article in French, the distribution of the two copulas 'ser'/'estar' in Spanish, and case marking on Russian predicates.
目次
- I PREDICATIONAL COPULAR SENTENCES AT THE SYNTAX-SEMANTICS INTERFACE
- II MEANINGS AND STRUCTURES
- III FURTHER ANALYSIS
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