Category Neutrality: A Type-Logical Investigation

ISBN-13: 9781138969971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 334 str.

Neal Whitman; Neil Whitman

Opis

It has been claimed that 'category neutrality' where a word or a phrase is used simultaneously with more than one syntactic category, does not exist. This work shows that it does exist in English. This work not only challenges the current thinking, but also raises foundational questions about the nature of ambiguity.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Introduction Chapter 1: Empirical Background Chapter 2: Theoretical Background Chapter 3: Neutrality and Mixed-wh interrogatives Chapter 4: Neutrality and Verbal Argument Alternatives Chapter 5: Neutrality and Predicative Phrases Chapter 6: Category Neutrality and Adverbial Nouns Conclusion Appendix A: Attestations of Mixed-wh interrogatives Appendix B: Questionnaire items Bibliography Index

O autorze

Neil Whitman received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from The Ohio State University in 2002.