Parts and Wholes in Semantics

Parts and Wholes in Semantics
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9780195095746
ISBN-13 : 019509574X
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Book Synopsis Parts and Wholes in Semantics by : Friederike Moltmann

Download or read book Parts and Wholes in Semantics written by Friederike Moltmann and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 1997-08-14 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moltmann provides a unified account of a broad range of English and cross linguistic data involving expressions of the notions of "part" and "whole". She presents a new theory of part structures in which the notion of an integrated whole plays a fundamental role, and in which the part structure of an entity may vary across different situations, perspectives, and dimensions.


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