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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Louise McNallyPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9781138690882ISBN 10: 1138690880 Pages: 222 Publication Date: 16 February 2018 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General 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 Contents1 The Problem; 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Facts of be Accounted For 1.2.1 The Definiteness Effect 1.2.2 The Predicate Restriction 1.3 Previous Analyses 1.3.1 There-Insertion and Its Descendants 1.3.2 Previous Characterizations of the DE 1.3.3 The Predicate Restriction 1.4 Outline of Remaining Chapters; 2 Existential Syntax; 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Identifying VP-Adjuncts 2.2.1 Description 2.2.2 A Proposal for Depictive Adjuncts 2.3 Why a DP-External XP Must Be Posited 2.3.1 Arguments for Independence 2.3.2 Williams’ Counterarguments 2.4 Supporting the Adjunct Analysis 2.4.1 Stowell’s Small clause Diagnostics 2.4.2 Extraction 2.5 Chapter Summary; 3 The Existential, Descriptions, and Instantiation; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Data to Be Accounted For 3.2.1 Quantificational DPs 3.2.2 Scope 3.2.3 Contact Clauses 3.2.4 Relative Clauses 3.3 Property Theory 3.3.1 The Syntax of PT 3.3.2 The Interpretation of PT 3.4 Interpreting the Existential 3.4.1 A Dynamic PT Fragment of English 3.4.2 Interpreting Existential Sentences 3.5 Definites and the Other Half of the DE 3.5.1 Augmenting the Fragment 3.5.2 A Felicity Condition on Existentials 3.5.3 Summary 3.6 Advantages of the Analysis 3.6.1 Acceptability of Quantified Kind DPs 3.6.2 Quantification and Scope 3.6.3 Contact Clauses 3.6.4 Relativization 3.6.5 Summary; 4 Adjunct Predicates and the Predicate Restriction; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Interpreting Depictive Adjuncts 4.2.1 The Adjunct Rule 4.2.2 Individual/Stage Sensitivity 4.3 Extending the Analysis 4.3.1 Nominalized Functions as Controllers 4.3.2 The Predicate Restriction Revisited 4.4 Eventive Existentials 4.4.1 The Problem 4.4.2 Eventive Participles 4.4.3 Why These Existentials Are Not Passives 4.4.4 A Proposal 4.5 Chapter Summary; 5 Some Final Remarks; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Definites in the Existential 5.2.1 List Existentials 5.2.2 Focus and Existential 5.3 Other Expectations 5.3.1 Other Expletive There Sentences 5.3.2 The Existential and Other Indexicals; References; IndexReviewsAuthor InformationLouise McNally Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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