Truth without Predication: The Role of Placing in the Existential There-Sentence (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition)
Rachel Szekely
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Description for Truth without Predication: The Role of Placing in the Existential There-Sentence (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition)
Hardcover. This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject-predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's unusual grammatical and discourse properties. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject–predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's unusual grammatical and discourse properties.
This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject–predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's unusual grammatical and discourse properties.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition
Number of Pages
169
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137483287
SKU
V9781137483287
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About Rachel Szekely
Rachel Szekely is an Assistant Professor in the English Department of Long Island University, and a graduate of the Linguistics program of The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA.
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