02971nam 2200625 a 450 991045775890332120200520144314.01-283-31394-4978661331394290-272-7918-7(CKB)2550000000049908(EBL)784263(OCoLC)301060032(SSID)ssj0000827521(PQKBManifestationID)11526414(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827521(PQKBWorkID)10829790(PQKB)10209648(MiAaPQ)EBC784263(Au-PeEL)EBL784263(CaPaEBR)ebr10509486(EXLCZ)99255000000004990819860211d1986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComplementation[electronic resource] its meanings and forms /Evelyn N. RansomAmsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins19861 online resource (238 p.)Typological studies in language,0167-7373 ;v. 10Description based upon print version of record.0-915027-87-9 90-272-2880-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-226).COMPLEMENTATION: ITS MEANINGS AND FORMS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER I. An Introduction to Complement Meanings and Forms; CHAPTER II. The Information Modalities; CHAPTER III. The Evaluation Modalities; CHAPTER IV. The Combined Modalities; CHAPTER V. The Higher Sentence and Its Complement Modalities; CHAPTER VI. The Representation of Modality and Its Implications; REFERENCESThis book presents a stage in the evolution of a theory of modality meanings and forms. It covers exclusively complements. There are two questions that this book addresses. Can one find a small, finite set of meanings which systematically underlies the enormous variety of meanings found in complements? And can one make any predictions from this set of meanings about the variety of forms they take? The answer to both questions is yes. The author convincingly shows how a multiplicity of sentence meanings and forms can be accounted for by breaking down sentence meaning into a small set of modulesTypological studies in language ;v. 10.Grammar, Comparative and generalComplementModality (Linguistics)Grammar, Comparative and generalVerb phraseElectronic books.Grammar, Comparative and generalComplement.Modality (Linguistics)Grammar, Comparative and generalVerb phrase.415Ransom Evelyn N895990MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457758903321Complementation2001650UNINA