The Interpretation of the Copula.- Towards a Dynamic Account of BE in English.- Constituent Questions and the Copula of Specification.- Predication and Equation in Copular Sentences: Russian vs. English.- On Davidsonian and Kimian States.- Existential Sentences Across Languages.- Focus and the Basic Function of Chinese Existential You-Sentences.- Existential Sentences, BE, and the Genitive of Negation in Russian.- Negative Quantification and Existential Sentences.- Existence and the Interpretation of Noun Phrases.- Existence, Maximality, and the Semantics of Numeral Modifiers.- Existential Import.- Referentially Anchored Indefinites.- On Singular Existential Quantifiers in Italian.
From the reviews: "...the volume presents a number of novel, thought-provoking proposals and makes for worthwhile reading." (Itamar Francez and Louise McNally, The Journal of Linguistics, volume 46, 2010)
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