Syntactic gradience : the nature of grammatical indeterminacy

Syntactic gradience : the nature of grammatical indeterminacy / Bas Aarts.

This is the first exhaustive investigation of gradience in syntax, conceived of as grammatical indeterminacy. It looks at gradience in English word classes, phrases, clauses and constructions, and examines how it may be recognized, defined, and differentiated. Bas Aarts considers the degree to which...

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Main Author: Aarts, Bas, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Gradation.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Categorization (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Gradation
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammaticale categorieën.
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: Theoretical Background; 2 Categorization in Linguistics; 3 Grammatical Gradience; 4 Gradience and Related Notions; Part Ii: Gradience in English: Case Studies; 5 Subsective Gradience; 6 Intersective Gradience; 7 Constructional Gradience; Part Iii: Formalization; 8 Modelling Syntactic Gradience; References; Index; Names Index; Subject Index.

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