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OverviewThis monograph pursues a structural analogy between the availability of an existential interpretation in states and the telicity of events. Focusing on evidence from both verbal and adjectival predicates, it argues that quantization forms the basis of a unified theory of aktionsart and provides a theory in which the availability of an existential interpretation in states is, like the telicity of events, determined compositionally by the predicate and the quantization of its internal argument. Quantization is further argued to reflect the internal temporal constitution of the stages of an individual which is tied to the generation of an existential interpretation. This monograph will be of interest to syntacticians and semanticists who are specifically concerned with compositional approaches to eventualities, and to those who have a more general interest in the role linguistic theory can play in determining core properties of the mind. Full Product DetailsAuthor: E. Matthew Husband (University of South Carolina)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 188 Weight: 0.495kg ISBN: 9789027255716ISBN 10: 9027255717 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 27 June 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Acknowledgements; 2. Preface; 3. List of tables; 4. List of figures; 5. Chapter 1. Introduction; 6. Chapter 2. States and compositionality; 7. Chapter 3. The arguments of statives; 8. Chapter 4. Adjectival predicates and scale structures; 9. Chapter 5. Conclusions and speculations; 10. Bibliography; 11. IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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