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The Language of Propositions and Events - Issues in the Syntax and the Semantics of Nominalization (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
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The Language of Propositions and Events - Issues in the Syntax and the Semantics of Nominalization (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 51
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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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