On the Compositional Nature of States
by:
E. Matthew Husband
ISBN:
9027255717
ISBN 13:
9789027255716
On the Compositional Nature of States
by
E. Matthew Husband
Focusing on evidence from both verbal and adjectival predicates, this work argues that quantization forms the basis of a unified theory of aktionsart. It is of interest to syntacticians and semanticists who are specifically concerned with compositional approaches to eventualities.
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This monograph pursues a structural analogy between the availability of an existential interpretation in states and the telicity of events. Focusing on evidence from both verbal and adjectival predicates, it argues that quantization forms the basis of a unified theory of aktionsart and provides a theory in which the availability of an existential interpretation in states is, like the telicity of events, determined compositionally by the predicate and the quantization of its internal argument. Quantization is further argued to reflect the internal temporal constitution of the stages of an individual which is tied to the generation of an existential interpretation. This monograph will be of interest to syntacticians and semanticists who are specifically concerned with compositional approaches to eventualities, and to those who have a more general interest in the role linguistic theory can play in determining core properties of the mind.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
John Benjamins Publishing Co
City:
Amsterdam
Pages:
185
More info:
weight 495 gr
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC23) 401.43
Departments:
Semantics (meaning); Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure;
Record updated at:
13 June, 2013
time:
01:39
Summary
On the Compositional Nature of States
1. Acknowledgements, pix-x; 2. Preface, pxi-xii; 3. List of tables, pxiii-xiv; 4. List of figures, pxv-xvi; 5. Chapter 1. Introduction, p1-30; 6. Chapter 2. States and compositionality, p31-60; 7. Chapter 3. The arguments of statives, p61-106; 8. Chapter 4. Adjectival predicates and scale structures, p107-148; 9. Chapter 5. Conclusions and speculations, p149-158; 10. Bibliography, p159-166; 11. Index, p167-170
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