Truth Without Predication - The Role of Placing in the Existential There-Sentence

Informationen zum Autor Rachel Szekely is an Assistant Professor in the English Department of Long Island University, and a graduate of the Linguistics program of The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA. Klappentext This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject-predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's unusual grammatical and discourse properties. Zusammenfassung This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject–predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's unusual grammatical and discourse properties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction 2. Feature-placing 3. Features 4. Placers 5. The Verb in There-sentences 6. Negation in There-sentences Conclusion ?

Table des matières

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Feature-placing 3. Features 4. Placers 5. The Verb in There-sentences 6. Negation in There-sentences Conclusion ?

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: R Szekely, R. Szekely, Rachel Szekely
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.02.2015
• EAN: 9781137483287
• ISBN: 978-1-137-48328-7
• Pages: 177
• Thèmes: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition; Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics; Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition; Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Autres; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Verb, Syntax, B, Grammatik, Syntax und Morphologie, Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Grammar, Discourse, Negation, Linguistics, general, Language: history & general works, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language and languages—Philosophy, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar, Context, context sensitivity, Expletive there, Strong-weak distinction, predicate restriction, strong quantifiers