Weak Island semantics /:

This volume presents a novel semantic account of weak islands, structures that block the displacement of certain elements in a sentence. Dr Abrusan's argument that the behaviour of these constructions has a semantic rather than syntactic explanation removes some of the most important reasons fo...

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1. Verfasser: Abrusán, Márta, 1978-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Ausgabe:First edition.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 3.
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Zusammenfassung:This volume presents a novel semantic account of weak islands, structures that block the displacement of certain elements in a sentence. Dr Abrusan's argument that the behaviour of these constructions has a semantic rather than syntactic explanation removes some of the most important reasons for postulating abstract syntactic rules as part of universal grammar.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191664984
0191664987
9780191757426
019175742X