Manifestations of genericity
Manifestations of Genericity offers a unified analysis of minimally contrasting generic sentences with indefinite singular (IS) and bare plural (BP) subjects - as in 'A bird flies' versus 'Birds fly'.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2003.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Outstanding dissertations in linguistics. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35534436*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title01; Title02; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Comparing Sentences with Generically Interpreted Indefinite Singular (IS) and Bare Plural (BP) Subjects: The Traditional Approach and Its Problems; CHAPTER 2 "In virtue of" Generalizations, and the Semantics and Pragmatics of IS Sentences; CHAPTER 3 "Descriptive" Generalizations, and the Semantics and Pragmatics of Descriptive BP Sentences; CHAPTER 4 Tolerance of Exceptional and Irrelevant Entities with IS and Descriptive BP Sentences; CHAPTER 5 Temporally Restricted IS and BP Sentences.
