| The Linguistic Description of Opaque Contexts Contributor(s): Fodor, Janet Dean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138989533 ISBN-13: 9781138989535 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 415 |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The study of opacity falls under the general programme of showing how the meaning of any complex sentence is composed from the meanings of its constituent clauses, phrases and words. Opaque constructions are special from this point of view because the compositional principles that determine their meaning are so intricate. The main argument of this book is that the systematic ambiguity of opaque constructions has generally been underestimated. |