Indefinites and the type of sets

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Landman, Fred.
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: 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.