Quantificational topics a scopal treatment of exceptional wide scope phenomena /

Addressing an issue that has puzzled the linguistics community for many years, this book offers a novel approach to the exceptional wide scope behaviour of indefinites. It is the first book explicitly dedicated to exceptional wide scope phenomena. Its unique approach offers an explanation for the fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Endriss, Cornelia
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, ©2009.
Dordrecht : [2009]
Series:Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; v. 86.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and comment.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers.
Focus (Linguistics)
Discourse analysis.
talen.
languages.
taal.
language.
taalwetenschappen.
linguistics.
ontologies.
Languages (General)
Talen (algemeen)
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Topicality
  • Genuine and Apparent Scope Readings
  • Exceptional Wide Scope
  • Semantic Effects of Topicality
  • ExceptionalWide Scope as a Topic Phenomenon
  • Conclusion.

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