| 书目名称 | The Semantic Variability of Absolute Constructions | | 编辑 | Gregory T. Stump | | 视频video | | | 丛书名称 | Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | The goal of this book is to investigate the semantics of absolute constructions in English; specifically, my object is to provide an explanation for the semantic variability of such constructions. As has been widely noted in traditional grammatical studies of English, free adjuncts and absolute phrases have the ability to playa number of specific logical roles in the sentences in which they appear; yet, paradoxically, they lack any overt indication of their logical connection to the clause which they modify. How, then, is the logical function of an absolute construction determined? In attempting to answer this question, one must inevitably address a number of more general issues: Is the meaning assigned to a linguistic expression necessarily determined by linguistic rules, or can the grammar of a language in some cases simply underdetermine the interpretation of expressions? Are the truthconditions of a sentence ever sensitive to the inferences of language users? If so, then is it possible to maintain the validity of any really substantive version of the Compositionality Principle? These are, of course, issues of great inherent interest to anyone concerned with the formal syntax an | | 出版日期 | Book 1985 | | 关键词 | Index; Nominativ; Syntax; Tempora; Verb; adverb; aspect; conditional; perfect; present; progressive; semantic; s | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5277-5 | | isbn_softcover | 978-90-277-1896-9 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-009-5277-5Series ISSN 0924-4662 Series E-ISSN 2215-034X | | issn_series | 0924-4662 | | copyright | D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1985 |
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