{"product_id":"9781402020582","title":"Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStudies in Linguistics and Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRothstein, Susan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePredicates and their Subjects\u003c\/strong\u003e is an in-depth study of the syntax-semantics interface focusing on the structure of the subject-predicate relation. Starting from where the author's 1983 dissertation left off, the book argues that there is syntactic constraint that clauses (small and tensed) are constructed out of a one-place unsaturated expression, the predicate, which must be applied to a syntactic argument, its subject. The author shows that this predication relation cannot be reduced to a thematic relation or a projection of argument structure, but must be a purely syntactic constraint. Chapters in the book show how the syntactic predication relation is semantically interpreted, and how the predication relation explains constraints on DP-raising and on the distribution of pleonastics in English. The second half of the book extends the theory of predication to cover copular constructions; it includes an account of the structure of small clauses in Hebrew, of the use of `be' in predicative and identity sentences in English, and concludes with a study of the meaning of the verb `be'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2004-10-06\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781402020582\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-010-0690-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 352\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45658302447756,"sku":"9781402020582","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781402020582.jpg?v=1776878986","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781402020582","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}