The Semantics Of Definite And Indefinite Noun Phrases
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The Semantics Of Definite And Indefinite Noun Phrases
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Author : Irene Heim
language : en
Publisher: Dissertations-G
Release Date : 1988
The Semantics Of Definite And Indefinite Noun Phrases written by Irene Heim and has been published by Dissertations-G this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Semantics Of Definite And Indefinite Noun Phrases
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Author : Irene Roswitha Heim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Semantics Of Definite And Indefinite Noun Phrases written by Irene Roswitha Heim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Towards A Unified Semantics Of Definite And Indefinite Noun Phrases
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Author : Irene Heim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Towards A Unified Semantics Of Definite And Indefinite Noun Phrases written by Irene Heim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Definiteness Across Languages
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Author : Ana Aguilar-Guevara
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date : 2019
Definiteness Across Languages written by Ana Aguilar-Guevara and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Definiteness has been a central topic in theoretical semantics since its modern foundation. However, despite its significance, there has been surprisingly scarce research on its cross-linguistic expression. With the purpose of contributing to filling this gap, the present volume gathers thirteen studies exploiting insights from formal semantics and syntax, typological and language specific studies, and, crucially, semantic fieldwork and cross-linguistic semantics, in order to address the expression and interpretation of definiteness in a diverse group of languages, most of them understudied. The papers presented in this volume aim to establish a dialogue between theory and data in order to answer the following questions: What formal strategies do natural languages employ to encode definiteness? What are the possible meanings associated to this notion across languages? Are there different types of definite reference? Which other functions (besides marking definite reference) are associated with definite descriptions? Each of the papers contained in this volume addresses at least one of these questions and, in doing so, they aim to enrich our understanding of definiteness.
Semantics Noun Phrase Classes
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Author : Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2003
Semantics Noun Phrase Classes written by Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Semantics categories.
Definiteness And Indefiniteness
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Author : John Hawkins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-07-03
Definiteness And Indefiniteness written by John Hawkins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
First published in 1988, this book is concerned with the definite and indefinite articles in English. It provides an integrated pragmatic-semantic theory of definite and indefinite reference, on the basis of which, many co-occurance restrictions between articles and non-modifiers are explained. At the general theoretical level, this book looks at the role of semantics in the prediction of all and only the grammatical sentences of a language. A generalisation is proposed uniting semantic oppositions underlying ungrammaticality with syntactic oppositions between conditions of application on transformational generative rules. A procedure is suggested for distinguishing semantic from syntactic causes of ungrammaticality. At a more particular level, the book explores the nature of reference. It examines an important selection of subjects such as the contrast between definiteness and indefiniteness, the relationship between definite and demonstrative reference, and the relationship between pragmatic and logical aspects of determining meaning.
From Np To Dp
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Author : Martine Coene
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2003-07-17
From Np To Dp written by Martine Coene and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This is the first of a two-volume selection of refereed and revised papers, originally presented at the international conference From NP to DP at the University of Antwerp. The papers address issues in the syntax and semantics of the noun phrase, in particular the so-called DP-hypothesis which takes noun phrases to be headed by a functional head D(eterminer). The major concerns can be grouped around 3 subthemes: the internal syntax of noun phrases, the syntax and semantics of bare nouns and indefinites and the expression of measurement in noun phrases. The wealth of data coming from over 40 different languages combined with a thorough introduction to the current issues in the field of NPs/DPs and some alternative syntactic and semantic analyses, provide a comprehensive reference work from both a descriptive and a theoretical point of view. The second volume is concerned exclusively with the expression of possession in noun phrases.
Indefinites And The Type Of Sets
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Author : Fred Landman
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Indefinites And The Type Of Sets written by Fred Landman and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Indefinites and the Type of Sets explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. Provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories. Explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. Written accessibly by one of the world’s most prominent formal semanticists. Useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the neighboring fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language.
Definiteness
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Author : Christopher Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-03-13
Definiteness written by Christopher Lyons and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This 1999 textbook investigates definiteness both from a comparative and a theoretical point of view, showing how languages express definiteness and what definiteness is. It surveys a large number of languages to discover the range of variation in relation to definiteness and related grammatical phenomena, such as demonstratives, possessives and personal pronouns. It outlines work done on the nature of definiteness in semantics, pragmatics and syntax, and develops an account on which definiteness is a grammatical category represented in syntax as a functional head (the widely discussed D). Consideration is also given to the origins and evolution of definite articles in the light of the comparative and theoretical findings. Among the claims advanced are that definiteness does not occur in all languages, though the pragmatic concept which it grammaticalizes probably does.
Weak Referentiality
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Author : Ana Aguilar-Guevara
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2014-12-15
Weak Referentiality written by Ana Aguilar-Guevara and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume brings together studies in the domain of weak referentiality, the phenomenon that a definite or indefinite noun phrase lacks its usual referential force. Several papers investigate syntactic or semantic properties of indefinite noun phrases, such as modality, number neutrality, narrow scope, incorporation, predication, and case marking, and that in a range of languages (Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, German, Papiamentu, Russian). Other papers deal with weakly referential definite noun phrases in various languages (Basque, Dutch, English, French) involving scrambling, modification, possession, and accessibility. The papers demonstrate a range of empirical methods and theoretical models. This volume will not only be of interest to researchers and students in syntax and semantics, but also in psycholinguistics and language typology.
