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Title Direct compositionality / edited by Chris Barker and Pauline Jacobson.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 439 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Oxford linguistics
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 14
Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 14.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Contents General Preface; 1 Introduction: Direct Compositionality; Part I. Some Programmatic Issues; 2 Compositionality as an Empirical Problem; 3 Direct Compositionality on Demand; 4 Linguistic Side Effects; 5 Type-Shifting with Semantic Features: A Unified Perspective; Part II. Case Studies; 6 Direct Compositionality and Variable-Free Semantics: The Case of "Principle B" Effects; 7 The Non-Concealed Nature of Free Relatives: Implications for Connectivity in Specificational Sentences; 8 Connectivity in a Unified Analysis of Specificational Subjects and Concealed Questions.
Summary This book examines the hypothesis of " which requires that semantic interpretation proceed in tandem with syntactic combination. In the first extended discussion of the hypothesis for twenty years, contributors from both sides of the debate draw on examples from a wide range of languages and discuss the place of direct compositionality in generative grammar. - ;This book examines the hypothesis of ", which requires that semantic interpretation proceed in tandem with syntactic combination. Although associated with the dominant view in formal semantics of the 1970s and 1980s, the feasi.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Semantics.
Semantics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Barker, Chris, 1961-
Jacobson, Pauline I., 1947-
Other Form: Print version: Direct compositionality. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2006036375
ISBN 0191525405 (electronic book)
9780191525407 (electronic book)
0199204373 (Cloth)
0199204381 (Paper)
9780199204380 (alkaline paper)
9780199204373 (alkaline paper)