Predication Theory

by Donna Jo Napoli

Book Overview

In this study Donna Jo Napoli takes a common-sense approach to the notions of argument and predicate. Discussions of predication within Government and Binding theory have stressed the configurational properties of the phrases involved, and Napoli argues that this has led to proposals for more and more elaborate syntactic structures that nevertheless fail to provide genuinely explanatory accounts. She presents a convincing case for viewing the notion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521368200
• ISBN13: 9780521368209
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"