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dc.contributor.authorGoddard, Cliffen
dc.contributor.authorWierzbicka, Annaen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Cliff Goddarden
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-19T10:03:00Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citationCross-Linguistic Semantics, p. 35-57en
dc.identifier.isbn9789027205698en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2260-
dc.description.abstractIn this chapter we first propose a new semantic prime: specificational BE, i.e. BE (SOMEONE/SOMETHING). We then show how the new prime can be used to analyse some classic problems in the semantics of naming and reference, and make some initial observations about its cross-linguistic realisations. In the second part of the chapter, we explore a newly recognised syntactic option of the prime This, here termed "abstract THIS/IT", which is of particular importance to discourse anaphora. The third and final part of the chapter shows how using these new possibilities together enables improved analyses of certain English grammatical constructions, such as presentational "it-constructions", clefts, and specificational sentences.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Companyen
dc.relation.ispartofCross-Linguistic Semanticsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudies in Language Companion Series (SLCS)en
dc.relation.isversionof1en
dc.titleNew semantic primes and new syntactic frames: "Specificational BE" and "abstract THIS/IT"en
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsLinguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)en
local.contributor.firstnameCliffen
local.contributor.firstnameAnnaen
local.subject.for2008200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)en
local.subject.seo2008970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Cultureen
local.identifier.epublicationsvtls086384434en
local.profile.schoolSchool of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailcgoddard@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryB1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:6705en
local.publisher.placeAmsterdam, Netherlandsen
local.identifier.totalchapters13en
local.format.startpage35en
local.format.endpage57en
local.series.number102en
local.title.subtitle"Specificational BE" and "abstract THIS/IT"en
local.contributor.lastnameGoddarden
local.contributor.lastnameWierzbickaen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:cgoddarden
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:2332en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleNew semantic primes and new syntactic framesen
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://books.google.com.au/books?id=RE9Ale7afmEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA35en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SLCS%20102en
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33441556en
local.search.authorGoddard, Cliffen
local.search.authorWierzbicka, Annaen
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local.year.published2008en
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