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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782882103321

Titolo

Quantification, definiteness, and nominalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Anastasia Giannakidou and Monika Rathert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-04484-8

9786611998738

1-281-99873-7

0-19-156201-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; ; 24

Altri autori (Persone)

GiannakidouAnastasia

RathertMonika <1972->

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Quantifiers

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Grammar, Comparative and general - Nominals

Definiteness (Linguistics)

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 (p. [387]-408) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; General Preface; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. The structure of quantifiers and nominalizations, and the role of the definite article; Part I: Quantification; Part II: Definiteness; Part III: Nominalization; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses recent developments in the study of quantifier phrases, nominalizations, and the linking definite determiner. It presents challenging ideas at the syntax-morphology, syntax-semantics, and lexicon-morphology interfaces and advances understanding of how quantification, definiteness, and nominalizations are encoded in grammar. - ;This book addresses recent developments in the study of quantifier phrases, nominalizations, and the linking definite determiner. It reflects the intense reconsideration of the nature of quantification, and of fundamental aspects of the syntax and sem