Predicative Constructions From the Fregean to a Montagovian Treatment |
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| Author:
| Van Eynde, Frank |
| Series title: | Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57586-837-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2015 |
| Publisher: | CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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There are multitudes of ways predicative constructions can be analyzed. In Predicative Constructions: From the Fregean to a Montagovian treatment, Van Eyndes differentiates between the two treatments in order to better understand predicative constructions as a grammatical model. He focuses on English and Dutch to illustrate his arguments, but also includes a few Indo-European languages and Non-Indo-European languages in order to better explore phenomena that do not...
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There are multitudes of ways predicative constructions can be analyzed. In Predicative Constructions: From the Fregean to a Montagovian treatment, Van Eyndes differentiates between the two treatments in order to better understand predicative constructions as a grammatical model. He focuses on English and Dutch to illustrate his arguments, but also includes a few Indo-European languages and Non-Indo-European languages in order to better explore phenomena that do not occur in the two primary languages.