Indefinites and the type of sets
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Explorations in semantics
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470759318 |
Carrier Form: | xxvii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780470759318 0470759313 9780470759301 (electronic bk.) 0470759305 (electronic bk.) 9781405116305 1405116307 |
Index Number: | P299 |
CLC: | H04 |
Contents: | 1. Numerical adjectives and the type of sets -- 2. The adjectival theory of indefinite predicates and arguments -- 3. The variable constraint on predicates and there-insertion subjects -- 4. Problems for weak-strong analyses of there-insertion subjects -- 5. There-insertion subjects as subjects adjoined to verb phrases -- 6. There-insertion subjects adjoined to saturated predicates -- 7. Some questions about there-insertion in Dutch -- 8. The problem of negative noun phrases -- 9. Relational indefinites and semantic incorporation -- 10. Definite time-adverbials and event measures -- 11. Indefinite time-adverbials and the counting-grid. |