Semantics - Sentence and Information Structure
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Semantics - Sentence and Information Structure

  1. 554 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Semantics - Sentence and Information Structure

About this book

Read this book to get a deeper understanding of a wide range of semantics research on complex sentences and meaning in discourse. These in-depth articles from leading names in their fields cover the core concepts of sentential semantics such as tense, modality, conditionality, propositional attitudes, scope, negation, and coordination. The highly cited material, covers questions, imperatives, copular clauses, and existential sentences. It also includes essential research on sentence types, and explains central concepts in the theory of information structure and discourse structure, such as topics, cohesion and coherence, accessibility and discourse particles.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1. Scope and binding
  3. 2. Negation
  4. 3. Negative and positive polarity items
  5. 4. Coordination
  6. 5. Questions
  7. 6. Imperatives
  8. 7. Copular clauses
  9. 8. Existential sentences
  10. 9. Ellipsis
  11. 10. Information structure and truth conditional semantics
  12. 11. Topics
  13. 12. Discourse effects of word order variation
  14. 13. Cohesion and coherence
  15. 14. Accessibility and anaphora
  16. 15. Discourse particles
  17. Index

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