| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 45
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Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 45.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
part I. Predictional copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface. 1. Introduction ; 2. Predication, nonverbal stative predicates, and copular sentences -- part II. Meanings and structures. 3. Meaning and typology of nonverbal predicates ; 4. Internal syntax of nonverbal predicates -- part III. Further analysis. 5. Case of the Russian copula ; 6. Spanish multiple 'be' ; 7. Irish multiple 'be' and genericity ; 8. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
This text concerns the interpretation and structure of non-verbal predicates in copular sentences (i.e. sentences with the verb 'be'). The author provides a unifying analysis based on a ternary distinction between defining/characterizing/ situation-descriptive predicates. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Copula.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Copula. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Semantics, Comparative.
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Semantics, Comparative. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roy, Isabelle (Writer on linguistics). Nonverbal predication. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780199543540 (OCoLC)846580892 |
| ISBN |
9780191664960 (electronic book) |
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0191664960 (electronic book) |
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0191747157 (electronic book) |
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9780191747151 (electronic book) |
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9780199543540 |
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0199543542 |
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9780199543557 |
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0199543550 |
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