Existence : semantics and syntax / edited by Ileana Comorovski and Klaus von Heusinger.
"This collection is an important contribution to the semantic and syntactic analysis of the expression of existence. The volume focuses on the three main linguistic constructions expressing existence; copular clauses, existential sentences, and (in)definiteness. The papers analyze the interacti...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; London :
Springer,
2007.
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| Series: | Studies in linguistics and philosophy ;
84. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "This collection is an important contribution to the semantic and syntactic analysis of the expression of existence. The volume focuses on the three main linguistic constructions expressing existence; copular clauses, existential sentences, and (in)definiteness. The papers analyze the interaction between the basic notion of existence and pervasive phenomena of natural language, such as quantification and presupposition. The contributions represent state-of-the-art research on theoretical and comparative issues related to the expression of existence, and make extensive reference to the semantic and syntactic facts of English and of various other languages. The richness of new data and the juxtaposition of different theoretical stances bring a number of new questions into focus."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 332 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281066516 1402061978 9781281066510 9781402061974 |