Description
Complex predicates can be defined as predicates which are composed of more than one grammatical element (either morphemes or words), each of which contributes a non-trivial part of the information of the complex predicate. The papers collected in this volume, which were presented at a workshop at Stanford in 1993, represent a variety of approaches to the question of the range and nature of complex predicates, and draw on data from a wide spectrum of languages. This collection develops a better understanding of the range of phenomena that a general theory of complex predicates would have to account for, and to see what kinds of linguistic ideas and methodologies would be necessary for such a task.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
514 pages
Language
English
Published
Jun 1, 1996
Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
1575860473
ISBN-13
9781575860473