Understanding Predication
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Beschreibung
This book investigates the linguistic status of predication. The topics discussed include minimalist accounts of predication, types of predication, theticity and transitivity. The contributions analyze constructions from a wide variety of languages, including English, Polish, German, Irish, German, Arabic, Ostyak, Mongolian, Japanese and Chinese.
This book investigates the linguistic status of predication, especially within the generative paradigm. The topics discussed include minimalist accounts of predication, types of predication, copular constructions, topic and focus, theticity and transitivity. The contributions analyze constructions from a wide variety of languages, including English, Polish, Irish, Welsh, Norwegian, German, Arabic, Ostyak, Mongolian, Japanese and Chinese. This book contributes to contemporary debates on understanding predication in linguistics and in the philosophy of language.
Autor*in
Piotr Stalmaszczyk
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Generative syntax Gottlob Frege Grammar Linguistic theory Minimalist Program Noam Chomsky Predication Stalmaszczyk Understanding