Formal properties of measurement constructions
Auteur :
Nakanishi, Kimiko
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9783110185980
Date de publication :
14 déc. 2007
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
549 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
The cross-linguistic investigation reveals that seemingly diverse constructions can be categorized into two classes depending on whether they measure nominal or verbal predicates, and shows that the classification accounts for why certain constructions have certain characteristics concerning distributivity and single-event predicates.