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"""The Language of Propositions and Events"" offers a comprehensive theory of the relation between noun meaning and verb meaning. Two main theses are defended in this book. The first thesis is that an adequate account of the interpretation and distribution of nominals calls for a distinction between three types of entities in the domain of discourse: events, propositions and states of affairs. It is argued that different types of nominals differ in their ability to denote entities of these types and that predicates differ in their ability to select for them. The second main thesis is that an adequate characterization of the relation between noun meaning and verb meaning can be given by taking account of the fact that situations may stand in the ""part of"" relation. Kratzer's semantics of situations is the basis for this analysis of nominalization. Moreover, the book addresses the issue of the argument structure of nominals and offers an analysis of the puzzling distribution of ""infinito sostantivato"" in Italian. This book is intended for graduate students in semantics and syntax, theoretical linguists, philosophers of language and students of Romance linguistics."

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Author:   Alessandro Zucchi
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   51
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.350kg
ISBN:  

9780792324379

ISBN 10:   0792324374
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   31 October 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

One — The Issues of Nominalization: Problems and Desiderata for a Theory of Nominalization.- Two — English Nominalization: Some Syntactic Issues.- Three — A Semantics for English Nominalization.- Four — Discussing the Alternatives.- Five — The Syntactic and Semantic Status of the by-Phrase and the of-Phrase.- Six — The Propositional Interpretation of Noun Phrases.- Seven — On Certain Properties of Infinito Sostantivato.- References.

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