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Understanding Predication

Piotr Stalmaszczyk editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:27th Jun '17

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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.

ISBN: 9783631675410

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 480g

294 pages

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