Overview
- Considers the three main aspects of the linguistic expression of existence: copular clauses, existential sentences, and (in)definiteness
- Offers a crosslinguistic perspective on the linguistic expression of existence
- Presents a richness of new data
- Uses state-of-the-art theoretical approaches
- Analyzes the interaction between the basic notion of existence and pervasive phenomena of natural languages, such as quantification and presupposition
Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 84)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Existential Sentences Across Languages
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Existence and the Interpretation of Noun Phrases
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Book Title: Existence: Semantics and Syntax
Editors: Ileana Comorovski, Klaus Heusinger
Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6197-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6196-7Published: 06 September 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6198-1Published: 20 August 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6197-4Published: 04 September 2007
Series ISSN: 0924-4662
Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 336
Topics: Semantics, Grammar, Syntax, Philosophy of Language, Comparative Linguistics, Romance Languages