Coreference, Modality, and Focus: Studies on the Syntax-Semantics Interface

This volume is a collection of selected papers originally presented at the XVIth Colloquium on Generative Grammar that was held at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. All the papers deal with current issues within the generative framework, mostly paying attention to phenomena pertaining to the syntax-semantics interface. The major concerns are coreference relations, modals and modality, and focus/ellipsis. More specifically, the contributions present...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027233756
• ISBN13: 9789027233752
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 239 Pages