1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009203000403321

Titolo

La patologia respiratoria da ambiente : settimana di studi scientifico-sociali e corso di aggiornamento : Riassunti : Positano 24 aprile - 2 maggio 1987 / Federazione italiana contro la tubercolosi e le malattie polmonari sociali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : Idelson, 1987

Descrizione fisica

274 p. ; 24 cm

Locazione

DMIGI

Collocazione

IG 15 D 41

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450298103321

Autore

Postal Paul Martin <1936->

Titolo

Skeptical linguistic essays [[electronic resource] /] / Paul M. Postal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-280-53403-6

0-19-518076-3

9786610534036

1-282-36692-0

9786612366925

0-19-534366-2

1-60256-938-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general

English language - Syntax

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; PART I. STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS; 1. A Paradox in English Syntax; 2. A Putatively Banned Type of Raising; 3. A New Raising Mystery; 4. Chromaticity: An Overlooked English Grammatical Category Distinction; 5. The Structure of One Type of American English Vulgar Minimizer; 6. The Openness of Natural Languages; PART II. STUDIES OF JUNK LINGUISTICS; 7. Junk Syntax 1: A Supposed Account of Strong Crossover Effects; 8. Junk Syntax 2: "There Remain a Few As Yet Unexplained Exceptions"; 9. Junk Ethics 1: Advances in Linguistic Rhetoric

10. Junk Refereeing: Our Tax Dollars at Work11. Junk Ethics 2: The Most Irresponsible Passage; 12. Junk Reasoning 1: If It Doesn't Follow Automatically, Then It's Pretty Much Got to at Least Virtually Follow, and If Not, Don't Worry;  It Is Still Unquestionably Natural; 13. Junk Reasoning 2: '(Virtually) Conceptually Necessary'; 14. Junk Linguistics: The Bottom Line; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This volume consists of an introduction and two groups of essays by Paul M. Postal, each with a connecting theme. The first, positive group of papers, contains five previously unpublished studies of English syntax. These include a long study of so-called ""locative inversion,"" two investigations related to raising to non-subject status, an argument for the existence of a hitherto ignored nominal grammatical category and a study of vulgar negative polarity items. Each investigation of specific English details is argued to have significant theoretical consequences. The second, negative group of