The Language of Propositions and Events: Issues in the Syntax and the Semantics of Nominalization
Author:   Alessandro Zucchi
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993
Volume:   51
ISBN:  

9789048143108


Pages:   286
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Format:   Paperback
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The Language of Propositions and Events: Issues in the Syntax and the Semantics of Nominalization


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The Language of Propositions and Events offers a comprehensive theory of the relation between noun meaning and verb meaning. Two main theses are defended in this book. The first thesis is that an adequate account of the interpretation and distribution of nominals calls for a distinction between three types of entities in the domain of discourse: events, propositions, and states of affairs. It is argued that different types of nominals differ in their ability to denote entities of these types and that predicates differ in their ability to select for them. The second main thesis is that an adequate characterization of the relation between noun meaning and verb meaning can be given by taking account of the fact that situations may stand in the part of relation. Kratzer's semantics of situations is the basis for this analysis of nominalization. Moreover, the book addresses the issue of the argument structure of nominals and offers an analysis of the puzzling distribution of infinito sostantivato in Italian. For graduate students in semantics and syntax, theoretical linguists, philosophers of language, students of Romance linguistics.

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Author:   Alessandro Zucchi
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993
Volume:   51
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9789048143108


ISBN 10:   9048143101
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

One — The Issues of Nominalization: Problems and Desiderata for a Theory of Nominalization.- Two — English Nominalization: Some Syntactic Issues.- Three — A Semantics for English Nominalization.- Four — Discussing the Alternatives.- Five — The Syntactic and Semantic Status of the by-Phrase and the of-Phrase.- Six — The Propositional Interpretation of Noun Phrases.- Seven — On Certain Properties of Infinito Sostantivato.- References.

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