Syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences : insights from classical Hebrew /

"This book presents a novel account of syntactic and semantic variation in copular and existential sentences in Classical Hebrew. Like many languages, the system of Classical Hebrew copular sentences is quite complex, containing zero, pronominal, and verbal forms as well as eventive and inchoat...

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Yazar: Wilson, Daniel J. (Linguist) (Yazar)
Materyal Türü: Licensed eBooks
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]
Seri Bilgileri:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 261.
Online Erişim:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2506861
İçindekiler:
  • Prelim pages
  • Table of contents
  • Abbreviations
  • A note on Hebrew transcription
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Non-verbal predication in cross-linguistic and theoretical perspective
  • Chapter 3. Non-verbal predication in Classical Hebrew
  • Chapter 4. A theory of syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences with insights from the system of Classical Hebrew
  • Chapter 5. The copula in the left-periphery
  • Chapter 6. Existentials in Classical Hebrew
  • Chapter 7. Conclusions and a way forward for analyzing copular and existential sentences
  • References
  • Index