{"product_id":"non-verbal-predication","title":"Non-Verbal Predication","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book considers the syntax and semantics of non-verbal predicates (i.e., nominal, adjectival and prepositional predicates) in copular sentences. Isabelle Roy explores how a single structure for predication can account for the different interpretations of non-verbal predicates. The book departs from earlier studies by arguing in favor of a ternary distinction between defining \/ characterizing \/ situation-descriptive predicates rather than the more common stage-level\/individual distinction. The distinction is based on two semantic criteria, namely maximality (i.e., whether the predicate describes an eventuality that has spatio-temporal properties or not) and density (i.e. whether the spatio-temporal properties are perceived as atomic or not). The author argues in favor of a strong correlation between the semantics properties of predicates and their internal syntactic structure. Her analysis accounts for seemingly unrelated cross-linguistic data: the indefinite article in French, the distribution of the two copulas 'ser'\/'estar' in Spanish, and case marking on Russian predicates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isabelle Roy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573488386109,"sku":"9780199543540","price":276.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780199543540.jpg?v=1788524407","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/non-verbal-predication","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}