Synopses & Reviews
This volume collects original papers—from some of the most prominent linguists in the world—on the theory of meaning (semantics) and its relation to syntax. The debate on syntax-semantics interface, one of the liveliest in the field, is sure to be invigorated by these contributions.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Frege On Identity Statements
Robert May
A Puzzle About Indefinites
Gennaro Chierchia
Syntactic Or Semantic Reconstruction?
Evidence From Pseudoclefts And Clitic Left Dislocation
CARLO CECCHETTO
Reconstruction, Weak Island Sensitivity And Agreement
Luigi Rizzi
On A Frequent Misunderstanding In The Temporal-Aspectual Domain:
The 'Perfective-Telic' Confusion'
PIER MARCO BERTINETTO
Ways Of Terminating
ALESSANDRA GIORGI And FABIO PIANESI
Temporally Opaque Arguments In Verbs Of Creation
ARNIM VON STECHOW
Tense In Fiction
SANDRO ZUCCHI
Index