Predicative Constructions - From the Fregean to a Montagovian Treatment

There are multitudes of ways in which predicative constructions can be analyzed. The author differentiates between the Fregean and Montagovian treatments of these constructions in order to better understand predicative constructions as a grammatical model.

About the author

Frank Van Eynde is professor in the Center for Computational Linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the editor or coeditor of several books, including, most recently, Lexicon Development for Speech and Language Processing.

Summary

There are multitudes of ways in which predicative constructions can be analyzed. The author differentiates between the Fregean and Montagovian treatments of these constructions in order to better understand predicative constructions as a grammatical model.

Product details

• Authors: F. Van Eynde, Frank van Eynde, Frank Van Eynde
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2015
• EAN: 9781575868370
• ISBN: 978-1-57586-837-0
• Series: Studies in Constraint-based Lexicalism; Studies in Constraint-based Lexicalism; Studies in Constraint-Based Le
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics