Non-declarative sentences [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Zuber

• Autore: Zuber R
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1983
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (133 p.)
• Disciplina: 425
• Soggetto topico: English language - Sentences; English language - Interrogative; English language - Imperative; English language - Interjections; English language - Semantics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: NON-DECLARATIVE SENTENCES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 0. INTRODUCTION; 1. INTENSIONAL RELATIONS; 2. INDIRECT NON-DECLARATIVES; 3. UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONS; 4. NON-DECLARATIVES; 5. QUESTIONS AND CONDITIONALS; 6.TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS; FOOTNOTES; NOTES; REFERENCES
• Sommario/riassunto: Non-declarative sentences such as interrogatives, imperatives and exclamations are analyzed together as a single class. The author gives a general characterization of all three types and shows that there are no other types of non-declarative sentences. Definitions are offered for the notions of declaration and presupposition. These definitions are applicable to all types of sentence, both declarative and non-declarative. A defining characteristic of non-declarative sentences is that only strongly intensional operators can apply to them to form complex sentences. It is shown that this property
• Titolo autorizzato: Non-declarative sentences
• ISBN: 1-283-35950-2; 9786613359506; 90-272-8036-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457778103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pragmatics & beyond ; ; 4:2.