Semantic Interfaces
Reference, Anaphora and Aspect
Distributed for Center for the Study of Language and Information
362 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2001
This volume collects original papers—from some of the most prominent linguists in the world—on the theory of meaning (semantics) and its relation to syntax. The debate on syntax-semantics interface, one of the liveliest in the field, is sure to be invigorated by these contributions.
Contents
Introduction
Frege On Identity Statements
Robert May
A Puzzle About Indefinites
Gennaro Chierchia
Syntactic Or Semantic Reconstruction?
Evidence From Pseudoclefts And Clitic Left Dislocation
CARLO CECCHETTO
Reconstruction, Weak Island Sensitivity And Agreement
Luigi Rizzi
On A Frequent Misunderstanding In The Temporal-Aspectual Domain:
The 'Perfective-Telic' Confusion'
PIER MARCO BERTINETTO
Ways Of Terminating
ALESSANDRA GIORGI And FABIO PIANESI
Temporally Opaque Arguments In Verbs Of Creation
ARNIM VON STECHOW
Tense In Fiction
SANDRO ZUCCHI
Index
Frege On Identity Statements
Robert May
A Puzzle About Indefinites
Gennaro Chierchia
Syntactic Or Semantic Reconstruction?
Evidence From Pseudoclefts And Clitic Left Dislocation
CARLO CECCHETTO
Reconstruction, Weak Island Sensitivity And Agreement
Luigi Rizzi
On A Frequent Misunderstanding In The Temporal-Aspectual Domain:
The 'Perfective-Telic' Confusion'
PIER MARCO BERTINETTO
Ways Of Terminating
ALESSANDRA GIORGI And FABIO PIANESI
Temporally Opaque Arguments In Verbs Of Creation
ARNIM VON STECHOW
Tense In Fiction
SANDRO ZUCCHI
Index
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