Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1988
Publisher
Croom Helm Ltd
ISBN-10
0709941145
ISBN-13
9780709941149
Description
What is the relationship between the structure of existential sentences and their meaning? How do hearers interpret existential sentences using pragmatic assumptions? This study attempts to account for the relationship between the structure of existential sentences (ES) and their meaning. The study of ES has received a great deal of attention because the construction has complex syntactic properties, is associated with restrictions of a semantic nature, and provides an interesting area for investigation at a pragmatic level.
Genres
Romance
Nature