This book addresses recent developments in the study of quantifier
phrases, nominalizations, and the linking definite determiner. It
reflects the intense reconsideration of the nature of quantification,
and of fundamental aspects of the syntax and semantics of quantifier
phrases. Leading international scholars explore novel and challenging
ideas at the interfaces between syntax and morphology, syntax and
semantics, morphology and the lexicon. They examine core issues in the
field, such as kind reference, number marking, partitivity, context
dependence and the way presuppositions are built into the meanings of
quantifiers. They also consider how in this context definiteness and
the definite determiner D play a central role, and the way in which D
is also instrumental in nominalizations. With nominalization, the
lexical semantic contribution of verbs and their arguments becomes
central, and within the perspective of this book the question is asked
whether syntactic nominalizations share with noun phrases the same
external layer, namely the functional projection DP. If so, what
exactly is the contribution of D in this case, and how much of the
lexical correspondence between nouns and verbs is preserved? This book
presents the latest thinking on cross-paradigm and cross-linguistic
approaches in three of the most vibrant and productive research areas
in linguistics. It paves the way towards a more comprehensive
understanding of how quantification, definiteness, and nominalizations
are encoded in the grammar.
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ISBN
9780191562013
Publisert
2020
Utgave
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Oxford University Press Academic UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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