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Unlock the secrets of possession sentences: syntax, semantics, and surprising universality.
Building and Interpreting Possession Sentences
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472 pages
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6 February 2024
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Summary
A wide-ranging generative analysis of the typology of possession sentences, solving long-standing puzzles in their syntax and semantics.
A major question for linguistic theory concerns how the structure of sentences relates to their meaning. There is broad agreement in the field that there is some regularity in the way that lexical semantics and syntax are related, so that thematic roles (the different participant roles in an event- agent, theme, goal, etc.) are predictably associated…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551090 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262551098 |
| Author: | Neil Myler |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 472 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
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About The Author
Neil Myler
Neil Myler is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Boston University.
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