Yael Greenberg

Manifestations of Genericity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Yael Greenberg discusses and clarifies a number of controversial issues and phenomena in the generic literature, including the existence of "episodic genericity," existential presuppositions, and contextual restrictions of generics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780415967778
• ISBN-10: 0415967775
• Artikelnr.: 25446785

Autorenporträt

Yael Greenberg teaches theoretical linguistics and formal semantics at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She received her Ph.D. in 2001, also at Bar-Ilan University. Her research interests include semantics, pragmatics, and syntax.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Comparing Sentences with Generically Interpreted Indefinite
Singular (IS) and Bare Plural (BP) Subjects; Chapter 2 "In Virtue of"
Generalizations, and the Semantics and Pragmatics of is Sentences; Chapter
3 "Descriptive" Generalizations, and the Semantics and Pragmatics of
Descriptive BP Sentences; Chapter 4 Tolerance of Exceptional and Irrelevant
Entities with is and Descriptive BP Sentences; Chapter 5 Temporally
Restricted IS and BP Sentences; Chapter 6 Conclusion and Directions for
Further Research;