Specificational Copular Clauses as Inverted Predications with a Semantics of Equation
| dc.contributor.author | Selvanathan, Nagarajan | |
| dc.date | 2023-05-17T13:12:48.000 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-23T00:41:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-08T00:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2016-02-08T09:28:42-08:00 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper, we argue that specificational copular clauses are derived equations which are distinct from genuine equatives. While the latter has an equative copula, the former achieves a semantics of equation through type-shift. The account presented here not only allows us to maintain a predicate inversion analysis for specificational copular clauses but also explain when a predicate can be inverted, thus accommodating some of the main empirical short-falls of a predicate inversion analysis. We also show that this account can be extended to other types of specificational copular clauses, such as those with possessive subjects and indefinites. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/45093 | |
| dc.legacy.articleid | 1911 | |
| dc.legacy.fulltexturl | https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1911&context=pwpl&unstamped=1 | |
| dc.source.issue | 26 | |
| dc.source.journal | University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics | |
| dc.source.peerreviewed | true | |
| dc.source.status | published | |
| dc.title | Specificational Copular Clauses as Inverted Predications with a Semantics of Equation | |
| dc.title.alternative | Inverted Predications as Equations | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| digcom.contributor.author | Selvanathan, Nagarajan | |
| digcom.date.embargo | 2016-02-08T00:00:00-08:00 | |
| digcom.identifier | pwpl/vol22/iss1/26 | |
| digcom.identifier.contextkey | 8110847 | |
| digcom.identifier.submissionpath | pwpl/vol22/iss1/26 | |
| digcom.type | workingpaper | |
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| upenn.schoolDepartmentCenter | University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics |
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