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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812912503321

Autore

Wilson Daniel J (Linguist)

Titolo

Syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences : insights from classical Hebrew / / Daniel J. Wilson, University of Free State

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

90-272-6096-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 pages)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today ; ; Volume 261

Disciplina

492.45

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Semantics

Hebrew language - Syntax

Hebrew language - Sentences

Grammar, Comparative and general - Copula

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book presents a novel account of syntactic and semantic variation in copular and existential sentences in Classical Hebrew. Like many languages, the system of Classical Hebrew copular sentences is quite complex, containing zero, pronominal, and verbal forms as well as eventive and inchoative semantics. Approaching this subject from the framework of Distributed Morphology provides an elegant and comprehensive explanation for both the syntactic and semantic variation in these sentences. This book also presents a theoretical model for analyzing copular sentences in other languages included related phenomena- such as pseudo-copulas. It is also a demonstration of what can be gained by applying modern linguistic analyses to dead languages. Citing and building off previous studies on this topic, this book will be of interest to those interested in the theoretical examination of copular and existential sentences and to those interested in Classical Hebrew more specifically"--