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Author Endriss, Cornelia.

Title Quantificational topics : a scopal treatment of exceptional wide scope phenomena / Cornelia Endriss
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2009

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Series Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; v. 86
Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; v. 86
Contents Topicality -- Genuine and Apparent Scope Readings -- Exceptional Wide Scope -- Semantic Effects of Topicality -- ExceptionalWide Scope as a Topic Phenomenon -- Conclusion
Summary Addressing an issue that has puzzled the linguistics community for many years, this book offers a novel approach to the exceptional wide scope behaviour of indefinites. It is the first book explicitly dedicated to exceptional wide scope phenomena. Its unique approach offers an explanation for the fact that it is only a proper subset of the indefinites that shows this exceptional wide scope behaviour. The author draws a careful distinction between genuine and apparent scope readings, a distinction that is usually not taken care of and has thus led to certain confusions. In particular, it is argued that functional readings have to be kept strictly apart from non-functional ones and that all proposals that use functional mechanisms to explain the phenomena at hand face severe problems. The existing body of literature on the main issues of the book is thoroughly reviewed. This makes the book well suited as background literature for graduate seminars on those topics
Analysis talen
languages
taal
language
taalwetenschappen
linguistics
ontologies
Languages (General)
Talen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and comment.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers.
Focus (Linguistics)
Discourse analysis
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Discourse analysis
Focus (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and comment
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048123032
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