Syntactic And Semantic Variation In Copular Sentences

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Syntactic and Semantic Variation in Copular Sentences

Author : Daniel J. Wilson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027260966
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Syntactic and Semantic Variation in Copular Sentences by : Daniel J. Wilson

Download or read book Syntactic and Semantic Variation in Copular Sentences written by Daniel J. Wilson and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a novel account of syntactic and semantic variation in copular and existential sentences in Classical Hebrew. Like many languages, the system of Classical Hebrew copular sentences is quite complex, containing zero, pronominal, and verbal forms as well as eventive and inchoative semantics. Approaching this subject from the framework of Distributed Morphology provides an elegant and comprehensive explanation for both the syntactic and semantic variation in these sentences. This book also presents a theoretical model for analyzing copular sentences in other languages included related phenomena– such as pseudo-copulas. It is also a demonstration of what can be gained by applying modern linguistic analyses to dead languages. Citing and building off previous studies on this topic, this book will be of interest to those interested in the theoretical examination of copular and existential sentences and to those interested in Classical Hebrew more specifically.

Copular Clauses

Author : Line Mikkelsen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027294135
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Copular Clauses written by Line Mikkelsen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with a class of copular clauses known as specificational clauses, and its relation to other kinds of copular structures, predicational and equative clauses in particular. Based on evidence from Danish and English, I argue that specificational clauses involve the same core predication structure as predicational clauses — one which combines a referential and a predicative expression to form a minimal predicational unit — but differ in how the predicational core is realized syntactically. Predicational copular clauses represent the canonical realization, where the referential expression is aligned with the most prominent syntactic position, the subject position. Specificational clauses involve an unusual alignment of the predicative expression with subject position. I suggest that this unusual alignment is grounded in information structure: the alignment of the less referential DP with the subject position serves a discourse connective function by letting material that is relatively familiar in the discourse appear before material that is relatively unfamiliar in the discourse. Equative clauses are argued to be fundamentally different.

The Grammar of Copulas Across Languages

Author : María J. Arche
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192565427
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis The Grammar of Copulas Across Languages by : María J. Arche

Download or read book The Grammar of Copulas Across Languages written by María J. Arche and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a crosslinguistic survey of the current theoretical debates around copular constructions from a generative perspective. Following an introduction to the main questions surrounding the analysis and categorization of copulas, the chapters address a range of key topics including the existence of more than one copular form in certain languages, the factors determining the presence or absence of a copula, and the morphology of copular forms. The team of expert contributors present new theoretical proposals regarding the formal mechanisms behind the behaviour and patterns observed in copulas in a wide range of typologically diverse languages, including Czech, French, Korean, and languages from the Dene and Bantu families. Their findings have implications beyond the study of copulas and shed more light on issues such as agreement relations, the nature of grammatical categories, and nominal predicates in syntax and semantics.

New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew

Author : Aaron D. Hornkohl
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1800641664
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew by : Aaron D. Hornkohl

Download or read book New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew written by Aaron D. Hornkohl and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the papers in this volume originated as presentations at the conference Biblical Hebrew and Rabbinic Hebrew: New Perspectives in Philology and Linguistics, which was held at the University of Cambridge, 8–10th July, 2019. The aim of the conference was to build bridges between various strands of research in the field of Hebrew language studies that rarely meet, namely philologists working on Biblical Hebrew, philologists working on Rabbinic Hebrew and theoretical linguists. This volume is the published outcome of this initiative. It contains peer-reviewed papers in the fields of Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew that advance the field by the philological investigation of primary sources and the application of cutting-edge linguistic theory. These include contributions by established scholars and by students and early career researchers.

The State of Old Testament Studies

Author : H. H. Hardy, II
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493447416
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Book Synopsis The State of Old Testament Studies by : H. H. Hardy, II

Download or read book The State of Old Testament Studies written by H. H. Hardy, II and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the current landscape of Old Testament studies, offering readers a concise guide to contemporary academic discussions. Bringing together a diverse group of experts, it provides an informed introduction to the many fields of Old Testament research by recognized scholars, presents basic questions in each subfield, surveys the primary methods of answering these questions, engages prominent solutions, and evaluates relevant and up-to-date resources. It is an extensive guide to current research and an ideal supplemental textbook for a variety of courses on the Old Testament. Contributors include Samuel Boyd, Mark Brett, Aubrey Buster, M. Daniel Carroll R., Stephen Chapman, Stephen L. Cook, Matthew Coomber, Katherine Davis, Katharine Dell, Stephen Dempster, Christopher J. Fresch, Diedre Fulton, Rachelle Gilmour, Jamie Grant, H. H. Hardy II, Ralph Hawkins, Richard S. Hess, John W. Hilber, Brad E. Kelle, Will Kynes, David Lamb, Bo Lim, Drew Longacre, Tremper Longman III, Sandra Richter, Ken Ristau, Jordan Ryan, Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, Jason M. Silverman, Brent A. Strawn, C. A. Strine, Heath Thomas, Daniel Timmer, and Eric J. Tully.

Thetics and Categoricals

Author : Werner Abraham
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027260877
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Thetics and Categoricals written by Werner Abraham and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thetics and Categoricals do not belong to the categories of German grammar. Thetics were introduced in logic as impersonal and broad focus constructions. They left profound and extensive traces in the logic of the late 19th century. For the class of thetic propositions, the criterion of textual exclusion plays the major role, i.e. the absence of any common grounds and of any anaphorism and background. In the foreground are sentences with subject inversion, subject suppression and detopicalization. These and only these are suitable for text beginnings, jokes, stage advertisements and solipsistic exclamatives, thus speech acts without communicative goals – free expressives in the true sense of the word. The contributions in this volume not only guide the reader through the history of philosophical logic and distributions of impersonals in contrast to Kantian categorical sentences, but also the correspondences in Japanese and Chinese which, in contrast to German and English, sport specific morphological markers for thetics as opposed to categoricals.

Existential Sentences

Author : Michael Lumsden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317933710
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Existential Sentences written by Michael Lumsden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between the structure of existential sentences and their meaning? How do hearers interpret existential sentences using pragmatic assumptions? This study attempts to account for the relationship between the structure of existential sentences (ES) and their meaning. The study of ES has received a great deal of attention because the construction has complex syntactic properties, is associated with restrictions of a semantic nature, and provides an interesting area for investigation at a pragmatic level.

Exploring Interfaces

Author : Mónica Cabrera
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108488277
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Interfaces written by Mónica Cabrera and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative exploration of the interface between grammar, meaning and form.

Definiteness Effects

Author : Susann Fischer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443898007
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Definiteness Effects written by Susann Fischer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores in detail the empirical and conceptual content of the definiteness effect in grammar. It brings together a variety of relevant observations from a typological, diachronic and a bilingual/second language acquisition perspective, and provides a general overview of different approaches concerned with the syntactic, morphological, semantic, and pragmatic properties of the Definiteness Effect in a series of European and non-European languages.

Nonverbal Predication

Author : Isabelle Roy (Writer on linguistics)
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199543542
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Book Synopsis Nonverbal Predication by : Isabelle Roy (Writer on linguistics)

Download or read book Nonverbal Predication written by Isabelle Roy (Writer on linguistics) and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concerns the interpretation and structure of non-verbal predicates in copular sentences (i.e. sentences with the verb 'be'). The author provides a unifying analysis based on a ternary distinction between defining/characterizing/situation-descriptive predicates.

Ancient Texts and Modern Readers

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004402918
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Texts and Modern Readers written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters of this volume address a variety of topics that pertain to modern readers’ understanding of ancient texts, as well as tools or resources that can facilitate contemporary audiences’ interpretation of these ancient writings and their language. In this regard, they cover subjects related to the fields of ancient Hebrew linguistics and Bible translation. The chapters apply linguistic insights and theories to elucidate elements of ancient texts for modern readers, investigate how ancient texts help modern readers to interpret features in other ancient texts, and suggest ways in which translations can make the language and conceptual worlds of ancient texts more accessible to modern readers. In so doing, they present the results of original research, identify new lines and topics of inquiry, and make novel contributions to modern readers’ understanding of ancient texts. Contributors are Alexander Andrason, Barry L. Bandstra, Reinier de Blois, Lénart J. de Regt, Gideon R. Kotzé, Geoffrey Khan, Christian S. Locatell, Kristopher Lyle, John A. Messarra, Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé, Jacobus A. Naudé, Daniel Rodriguez, Eep Talstra, Jeremy Thompson, Cornelius M. van den Heever, Herrie F. van Rooy, Gerrit J. van Steenbergen, Ernst Wendland, Tamar Zewi.

Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian

Author : Höskuldur Thráinsson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265593
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian by : Höskuldur Thráinsson

Download or read book Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian written by Höskuldur Thráinsson and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the latest research on the syntax of the “Insular Scandinavian” languages (Faroese and Icelandic), with contributions from thirteen experts, and a significant introductory chapter by the four editors. The topics covered include some that have figured extensively in recent literature on Scandinavian syntax and its implications for syntactic theory: case, agreement, embedded clause word order, stylistic fronting, and the nature of “expletive” constructions. The volume is conceived around the topic of variation, both within and between the two languages studied—as well as more generally—and stands out for the wealth of new empirical detail from both Faroese and Icelandic, relating to each of the topics and theoretical issues discussed. Each chapter is written in a way to make it accessible to a wide audience within linguistics; the book will be essential reading for students and researchers with an interest in the syntax of the Germanic languages.

The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky

Author : James McGilvray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521784313
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky by : James McGilvray

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky written by James McGilvray and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Linguistic Variation: Structure and Interpretation

Author : Ludovico Franco
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501505106
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Linguistic Variation: Structure and Interpretation by : Ludovico Franco

Download or read book Linguistic Variation: Structure and Interpretation written by Ludovico Franco and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume scholars honor M. Rita Manzini for her contributions to the field of Generative Morphosyntax. The essays in this book celebrate her career by continuing to explore inter-area research in linguistics and by pursuing a broad comparative approach, investigating and comparing different languages and dialects.

Predicates and Their Subjects

Author : Susan Rothstein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401006903
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Predicates and Their Subjects written by Susan Rothstein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Predicates and their Subjects is an in-depth study of the syntax-semantics interface focusing on the structure of the subject-predicate relation. Starting from where the author's 1983 dissertation left off, the book argues that there is syntactic constraint that clauses (small and tensed) are constructed out of a one-place unsaturated expression, the predicate, which must be applied to a syntactic argument, its subject. The author shows that this predication relation cannot be reduced to a thematic relation or a projection of argument structure, but must be a purely syntactic constraint. Chapters in the book show how the syntactic predication relation is semantically interpreted, and how the predication relation explains constraints on DP-raising and on the distribution of pleonastics in English. The second half of the book extends the theory of predication to cover copular constructions; it includes an account of the structure of small clauses in Hebrew, of the use of `be' in predicative and identity sentences in English, and concludes with a study of the meaning of the verb `be'.

The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax

Author : Marcel den Dikken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107354587
Total Pages : 1412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax written by Marcel den Dikken and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various directions. The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax provides a historical context for what is happening in the field of generative syntax today, a survey of the various generative approaches to syntactic structure available in the literature and an overview of the state of the art in the principal modules of the theory and the interfaces with semantics, phonology, information structure and sentence processing, as well as linguistic variation and language acquisition. This indispensable resource for advanced students, professional linguists (generative and non-generative alike) and scholars in related fields of inquiry presents a comprehensive survey of the field of generative syntactic research in all its variety, written by leading experts and providing a proper sense of the range of syntactic theories calling themselves generative.

Lexicalising Clausal Syntax

Author : Tibor Laczkó
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258988
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Lexicalising Clausal Syntax by : Tibor Laczkó

Download or read book Lexicalising Clausal Syntax written by Tibor Laczkó and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a new perspective on clausal syntax and its interactions with lexical and discourse function information by analysing Hungarian sentences. It also demonstrates ways in which grammar engineering implementations can provide insights into how complex linguistic processes interact. It analyses the most important phenomena in the preverbal domain of Hungarian finite declarative and wh-clauses: sentence structure, operators, verbal modifiers, negation and copula constructions. Based on the results of earlier generative linguistic research, it presents the fundamental empirical generalisations and offers a comparative critical assessment of the most salient analyses in a variety of generative linguistic models from its own perspective. It argues for a lexical approach to the relevant phenomena and develops the first comprehensive analysis in the theoretical framework of Lexical-Functional Grammar. It also reports the successful implementation of crucial aspects of this analysis in the computational linguistic platform of the theory, Xerox Linguistic Environment.