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OverviewAddressing an issue that has puzzled the linguistics community for many years, this book offers a novel approach to the exceptional wide scope behaviour of indefinites. It is the first book explicitly dedicated to exceptional wide scope phenomena. Its unique approach offers an explanation for the fact that it is only a proper subset of the indefinites that shows this exceptional wide scope behaviour. The author draws a careful distinction between genuine and apparent scope readings, a distinction that is usually not taken care of and has thus led to certain confusions. In particular, it is argued that functional readings have to be kept strictly apart from non-functional ones and that all proposals that use functional mechanisms to explain the phenomena at hand face severe problems. The existing body of literature on the main issues of the book is thoroughly reviewed. This makes the book well suited as background literature for graduate seminars on those topics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cornelia EbertPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009 Volume: 86 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.492kg ISBN: 9789048184880ISBN 10: 9048184886 Pages: 306 Publication Date: 28 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTopicality.- Genuine and Apparent Scope Readings.- Exceptional Wide Scope.- Semantic Effects of Topicality.- ExceptionalWide Scope as a Topic Phenomenon.- Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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