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Existence: Semantics and Syntax

By Ileana Comorovski , Klaus von Heusinger

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2008
ISBN
1402061986, 9781402061981, 9781402061967, 9781402061974
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3113671 bytes)
Series
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Edition
1
Pages
331\331
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This collection is an important contribution to the semantic and syntactic analysis of the expression of existence. The volume focuses on the three main linguistic constructions expressing existence: copular clauses, existential sentences, and (in)definiteness. The papers analyze the interaction between the basic notion of existence and pervasive phenomena of natural language, such as quantification and presupposition. The contributions represent state of the art research on theoretical and comparative issues related to the expression of existence, and make extensive reference to the semantic and syntactic facts of English and of various other languages. The richness of new data and the juxtaposition of different theoretical stances bring a number of new questions into focus.

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