This book investigates the semantics and syntax-semantics interface of measurement constructions, such as (non-)split quantifiers and comparatives. The cross-linguistic investigation reveals that seemingly diverse constructions can be categorized into two classes depending on whether they measure nominal or verbal predicates, and shows that the classification accounts for why certain constructions have certain characteristics concerning distributivity and single-event predicates. Throughout the book, particular emphasis is placed on issues of compositionality.
About the author
Kimiko Nakanishi, University of Calgary, Canada.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 296 ● ISBN 9783110198485 ● File size 2.7 MB ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Basel/Berlin/Boston ● Published 2008 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2153786 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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