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The Language of Propositions and Events

Issues in the Syntax and the Semantics of Nominalization

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  1. Alessandro Zucchi

    1. Linguistics Department, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 51)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  3. English Nominalization: Some Syntactic Issues

    • Alessandro Zucchi
    Pages 33-61

  4. A Semantics for English Nominalization

    • Alessandro Zucchi
    Pages 62-103

  5. Discussing the Alternatives

    • Alessandro Zucchi
    Pages 104-134

  7. The Propositional Interpretation of Noun Phrases

    • Alessandro Zucchi
    Pages 174-218

  8. On Certain Properties of Infinito Sostantivato

    • Alessandro Zucchi
    Pages 219-262

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 263-285
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About this book

At a superficial examination, English has different types of nominals with similar meaning and distribution: (1)a. John's performance ofthe song b. J ohn' s performing of the song c. John's performing the song d. the fact that John performs the song These nominals are also perceived by English speakers to be related to the same sentential construction: (2) John performs the song A more accurate inspection reveals, however, that the nominals in (1) differ both in their distribution and in the range of interpretations they allow. An adequate theory of nominalization should explicate rigorously how nominals of the types in (1) are related to sentential construction (2), and should also account for their distributional differences and meaning differences. The task of this book is to develop such a theory. I defend two main theses. The first is that, in order to provide an adequate semantics for the nominals in (1), one needs to distinguish among three types of entities in the domain of discourse (in addition to the type of ordinary individuals): events, propositions, and states xiii XIV PREFACE of affairs. I argue that the nominals in (1) differ in their ability to denote entities of these types and that predicates differ in their ability to select for them.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Linguistics Department, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, USA

    Alessandro Zucchi

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Language of Propositions and Events

  • Book Subtitle: Issues in the Syntax and the Semantics of Nominalization

  • Authors: Alessandro Zucchi

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8161-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2437-9Published: 31 October 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4310-8Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8161-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 286

  • Topics: Semantics, Syntax, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Comparative Linguistics

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