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Understanding Predication

Piotr Stalmaszczyk (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

2017
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-67541-0 (ISBN)

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lt;p>This book investigates the linguistic status of predication. The topics discussed include minimalist accounts of predication, types of predication, theticity and transitivity. The contributions analyze constructions from a wide variety of languages, including English, Polish, German, Irish, German, Arabic, Ostyak, Mongolian, Japanese and Chinese.

lt;p>This book investigates the linguistic status of predication, especially within the generative paradigm. The topics discussed include minimalist accounts of predication, types of predication, copular constructions, topic and focus, theticity and transitivity. The contributions analyze constructions from a wide variety of languages, including English, Polish, Irish, Welsh, Norwegian, German, Arabic, Ostyak, Mongolian, Japanese and Chinese. This book contributes to contemporary debates on understanding predication in linguistics and in the philosophy of language.

Piotr Stalmaszczyk is a Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Lodz (Poland), where he holds the Chair of English and General Linguistics. His research is concerned predominantly with linguistic methodology and the philosophy of language and linguistics.

lt;p>Linguistic status of predication - Predication in syntax - Copular predication - Subject requirement - Small clauses - Specificational clauses - Minimalist syntax - Secondary predication - Theticity and transitivity - Focus - Topic - English - Polish - Irish - Welsh - German - Arabic - Ostyak - Mongolian - Japanese - Chinese

Erscheinungsdatum	20.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Philosophy of Language and Linguistics ; 9
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Piotr Stalmaszczyk
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Generative Syntax • Gottlob Frege • grammar • linguistic theory • Minimalist Program • Noam Chomsky • piotr • Predication • Stalmaszczyk • Understanding
ISBN-10	3-631-67541-0 / 3631675410
ISBN-13	978-3-631-67541-0 / 9783631675410
Zustand	Neuware