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The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: A. Butler
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-04-07 - Publisher: Springer

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Split constructions are very widespread in natural languages. The separation of the semantic restriction of a quantifier from that quantifier is a typical examp
The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Alastair Butler
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-04 - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Split constructions are widespread in natural languages. The separation of the semantic restriction of a quantifier from that quantifier is a typical example of
Radical Construction Grammar
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: William Croft
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links betwee
Formal Properties of Measurement Constructions
Language: en
Pages: 297
Authors: Kimiko Nakanishi
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-27 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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This book investigates the semantics and syntax-semantics interface of measurement constructions, such as (non-)split quantifiers and comparatives. The cross-li
Discontinuous NPs in German
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Kordula De Kuthy
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion

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This book investigates the occurrence of discontinuous noun phrases, arguing that many of the factors that previous literature has tried to explain in terms of