The Semantics of Generics in Dutch and Related Languages: 122 - Rilegato

Oosterhof, Albert

 
9789027255051: The Semantics of Generics in Dutch and Related Languages: 122
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ISBN 10: 9027255059 ISBN 13: 9789027255051
Casa editrice: John Benjamins Pub Co, 2008

Sinossi

This monograph is a comprehensive study of the various ways in which genericity can be expressed in Dutch, dialects of Dutch, and languages related to Dutch. On the basis of empirical (corpus- and questionnaire-based) data, a wide range of topics are discussed which have been addressed in the literature on the semantics and pragmatics of generics. The empirical data presented in this book shed new light on issues crucial to the study of genericity. A number of widely accepted ideas are shown to be problematic. For example, arguments are presented against the well-known claim that progressive forms typically exclude characterizing interpretations. Furthermore, the author shows that speakers do not agree in their judgements of the acceptability of bare plurals (as well as other noun phrase types) in generic contexts. Such data are a problem for the influential thesis that bare plurals refer to kinds unambiguously.

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Editore
John Benjamins Pub Co
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
9027255059
ISBN 13 
9789027255051
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
286
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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