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1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology ; v. 1 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I Introduction; 1 Overview; 2 The Lewis/Heim/Kamp Theory; 3 Summary; Notes; II An Overview of Semantic Analyses of Questions; 1 Introduction; 2 Categorial Approaches; 3 Embedding Approaches; 4 Propositional Approaches; 5 Summary; Notes; III A Nonquantificational Analysis of Wh-Phrases, I: Parallels Between Wh-Phrases and Indefinites; 1 Introduction; 2 The Quantificational Variability of Wh-phrases; 3 Wh-Clauses as Restrictive Terms; 4 Deriving the Restrictive Term: Presupposition |
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5 The Presuppositional Vagueness of Clause-embedding Predicates6 Recapitulation; Notes; IV Exhaustiveness; 1 Introduction; 2 (Weak) Exhaustiveness; 3 The Domain of Quantification; 4 Summary; Notes; V A Nonquantificational Analysis of Wh-Phrases, II: Asymmetries Between Wh-Phrases and Indefinites; 1 Introduction; 2 Data and Generalizations; 3 Wh-Movement as a Determinant of Wh-Phrase Quantifiability; 4 Nonquantifiable Wh-phrases; 5 Summary; Notes; Appendices; A Wh-Phrases as Variables Over Functions; Notes; B Definiteness and Global Accommodation; Notes; C Complement If- and Whether-Claues |
| Bibliography |
BibliographyIndex |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134998920 |
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1134998929 |
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