Existence : semantics and syntax
Ileana Comorovski,Klaus von Heusinger +1 more
- 01 Jan 2007
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TL;DR: The Interpretation of the Copula of Specification as mentioned in this paper and its relation to BE in Russian vs. English has been studied extensively in the last few decades. But it has not yet been considered in the context of BE in English.
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Abstract: The Interpretation of the Copula.- Towards a Dynamic Account of BE in English.- Constituent Questions and the Copula of Specification.- Predication and Equation in Copular Sentences: Russian vs. English.- On Davidsonian and Kimian States.- Existential Sentences Across Languages.- Focus and the Basic Function of Chinese Existential You-Sentences.- Existential Sentences, BE, and the Genitive of Negation in Russian.- Negative Quantification and Existential Sentences.- Existence and the Interpretation of Noun Phrases.- Existence, Maximality, and the Semantics of Numeral Modifiers.- Existential Import.- Referentially Anchored Indefinites.- On Singular Existential Quantifiers in Italian.
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