Predication Theory - A Case Study for Indexing Theory

Klappentext Donna Jo Napoli takes a common-sense approach to the notions of argument and predicate. Zusammenfassung In this study Donna Jo Napoli takes a common-sense approach to the notions of argument and predicate. She presents a case for viewing the notion of predicate as a semantic primitive which cannot be defined by looking simply at the lexicon or syntactic structure! offering a theory or predication where the key to the subject-predicate relationship is theta-role assignment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Predicates and theta-role assignment; 2. The principles of predication coindexing; 3. Predication coindexing within NP in Italian; 4. Predication coindexing within NP in English; 5. A brief look at five more constructions; 6. An indexing theory encompassing anaphora and predication; References; Index of names; Index of subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Napoli Donna Jo, Donna Jo Napoli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.1989
• EAN: 9780521368209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36820-9
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Cambridge Topics in History
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics