Restriction and Saturation
Format: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9780262033138
Hardcover|9780262033138
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With this study of Maori and Chamorro, the authors contribute to the field of formal semantic analysis of non-Indo-European languages. Their ultimate focus is on how the study of these Austronesian languages can illuminate the alternatives for semantic interpretation and their interaction with sytactic structure. Revisiting the analysis of indefiniteness in terms of restricted free variables, they claim that some varieties of indefinities are better analysed by taking restriction and saturation to be fundamental semantic operations. predicate restriction and syntactic versus semantic saturation), types of indefinite determiners in Maori and object incorporation in Chamorro (including discussions of the extra object and restriction without saturation). The authors' goal is that the two case studies they offer, and their larger focus on modes of composition, will contribute to a broader account of the interaction of form, position and semantic interpretation.
| ISBN-13 | 9780262033138 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0262033135 |
| Weight | 0.96 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.25 x 0.50 x 9.25 In |
| List Price | $58.00 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 192 pages |
| Publisher | Mit Pr |
| Published On | 2003-11-07 |
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