Non-Verbal Predication: Copular sentences at the

Non-Verbal Predication: Copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)
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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.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-06-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780199543557

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2013-06-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780199543557

Non-Verbal Predication: Copular sentences at the syntax-semantics interface (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)