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The Semantic Variability of Absolute Constructions

The goal of this book is to investigate the semantics of absolute constructions in English; specifically, my object is to provide an explanation for the semantic variability of such constructions. As has been widely noted in traditional grammatical studies of English, free adjuncts and absolute phra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stump, G.T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1985, 1985
Edition:1st ed. 1985
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Subjects:
Syntax
Philosophy Of Language
Language And Languages / Philosophy
Semiotics
Grammar, Comparative And General / Syntax
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2.2. Translation
  • References
  • Index of Names
  • General Index
  • 2. An Argument for Free Adjuncts as Main Tense Adverbs
  • 3. The Progressive Aspect and the Interpretation of Free Adjuncts
  • 4. Chapter Summary
  • Footnotes
  • V. The Formal Semantics of Absolutes
  • 1. Modality and the Interpretation of Absolutes
  • 2. Tense and the Interpretation of Absolutes
  • 3. Absolutes as Main Tense Adverbs
  • 4. Chapter Summary
  • Footnotes
  • VI. Inference and the Logical Role of Free Adjuncts and Absolutes
  • 1. Summary of the Proposed Semantic Analysis of Free Adjuncts and Absolutes
  • 2. The Role of Inference in the Interpretation of Free Adjuncts and Absolutes
  • 3. On the Possibility of Deriving Absolute Constructions from Adverbial Subordinate Clauses
  • 4. On the Possibility that the Logical Role of an Absolute Construction is Always Inferred
  • 5. Theoretical Implications
  • Footnotes
  • Appendix - A Formal Fragment for Free Adjuncts and Absolutes
  • 1. Intensional Logic
  • 2. Syntax and Translation Rules for a Fragment of English
  • 2.1. Syntax
  • I. The Semantic Variability of Free Adjuncts and Absolutes
  • 1. Introduction to Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English
  • 2. Traditional Thoughts on the Semantic Variability of Free Adjuncts and Absolutes
  • 3. Plan of Discussion
  • 4. Some Syntactic Conventions
  • Footnotes
  • II. Modality and the Interpretation of Free Adjuncts
  • 1. The Semantic Bifurcation of Free Adjuncts in Modal Contexts
  • 2. Explaining the Entailment Properties of Strong and Weak Adjuncts in Modal Contexts
  • 3. A Semantic Correlate of the Distinction between Strong and Weak Adjuncts
  • 4. Chapter Summary
  • Footnotes
  • III. Tense and the Interpretation of Free Adjuncts
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. The Temporal Reference of Free Adjuncts
  • 3. Frequency Adverbs and the Distinction between Strong and Weak Adjuncts
  • 4. A Generalization Operator
  • 5. Chapter Summary
  • Footnotes
  • IV. Aspect and the Interpretation of Free Adjuncts
  • 1. The Perfect Tense and the Interpretation of Free Adjuncts

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