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Author Collins, Chris, 1963-

Title Imposters : a study of pronominal agreement / Chris Collins and Paul M. Postal
Published Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 2012

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Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Notional versus Syntactic Views of Imposters; 3 Imposters as Antecedents; 4 Antecedence: Some Theoretical Considerations; 5 The Structure of Imposters; 6 The Structure of Camouflage DPs; 7 Pronominal Agreement; 8 Accidental Coreference; 9 Coordinate Structures; 10 Principle C Phenomena; 11 Epithets; 12 Homogeneity; 13 Sources; 14 Agreement with Multiple Sources; 15 Fake Indexicals; 16 Irreplaceable Pronominals ; 17 Camouflage Revisited; 18 Pronominal Imposters; 19 Crosslinguistic Variation in Pronominal Agreement; 20 Conclusion; Notes
Summary In this work, the authors study the interactions of imposters with a range of grammatical phenomena, including pronominal agreement, coordinate structures, Principle C phenomena epithets, fake indexicals, and a property of pronominal agreement they call homogeneity
Analysis LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronominals.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronominals
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun
Form Electronic book
Author Postal, Paul Martin, 1936-
ISBN 9780262301633
0262301636
9780262302425
026230242X
0262300885
9780262300889
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9781280499418
9786613594648
6613594644