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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.
French, the distribution of the two copulas 'ser'/'estar' in Spanish, and case marking on Russian predicates.
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- Auteur(s) :
- Editeur:
Contenu
- Nombre de pages :
- 230
- Langue:
- Anglais
- Collection :
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9780199543540
- Date de parution :
- 10-06-13
- Format:
- Livre relié
- Format numérique:
- Genaaid
- Dimensions :
- 160 mm x 236 mm
- Poids :
- 517 g
