Relators and linkers : the syntax of predication, predicate inversion, and copulas

Relators and linkers : the syntax of predication, predicate inversion, and copulas / Marcel den Dikken.

In Relators and Linkers, Marcel den Dikken presents a syntax of predication and the inversion of the predicate around its subject, emphasizing meaningless elements (elements with no semantic load) that play an essential role in the establishment and syntactic manipulation of predication relationship...

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Main Author: Dikken, Marcel den, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Series:Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 47.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb phrase.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb phrase
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Syntactic Configuration of Predication; Chapter 3 Small Clauses and Copular Sentences; Chapter 4 Predicate Inversion: Why and How?; Chapter 5 Predication and Predicate Inversion inside the Nominal Phrase; Chapter 6 Predication, relators, and linkers; Notes; References; Index.

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