Fred Landman

Indefinites and the Type of Sets (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Indefinites and the Type of Sets explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. * Provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories. * Explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. * Written accessibly by one of the world's most prominent formal semanticists. * Useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the neighboring fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470759301
• Artikelnr.: 38211423

Autorenporträt

Fred Landman is Professor of Semantics at Tel Aviv University. His publications include Events and Plurality (2000), Structures for Semantics (1991), Towards a Theory of Information (1986), and Varieties of Formal Semantics (edited with Frank Veltman, 1984).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.

Reading this book at different levels.

Introduction.

1. Numerical Adjectives and the Type of Sets.

2. The Adjectival Theory of Indefinite Predicates andArguments.

3. The Variable Constraint on Predicates andThere-Insertion Subjects.

4. Problems for Weak-Strong Analyses of There-InsertionSubjects.

5. There-Insertion Subjects as Subjects Adjoined to VerbPhrases.

6. There-Insertion Subjects Adjoined to SaturatedPredicates.

7. Some Questions about There-Insertion in Dutch.

8. The Problem of Negative Noun Phrases.

9. Relational Indefinites and Semantic Incorporation.

10. Definite Time-Adverbials and Event Measures.

11. Indefinite Time-Adverbials and the Counting-Grid.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"An impressive contribution to the study of definiteness effects innatural language, empirically rich and theoretically stimulating.Fred Landman's style is uniquely engaging - he makeshardcore linguistics fun to read!" Veneeta Dayal, RutgersUniversity

"Some people might think that everything has been said about thesemantics of indefinites. Landman's book proves the opposite. Itcontains a wealth of new ideas and insights about this never-agingtopic." Gerhard Jäger, University of Potsdam