Semantic Interfaces

Reference, Anaphora and Aspect

Edited by Carlo Cecchetto, Gennaro Chierchia, and Maria Teresa Guasti

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Semantic Interfaces

Reference, Anaphora and Aspect

Edited by Carlo Cecchetto, Gennaro Chierchia, and Maria Teresa Guasti

This volume collects original papers—from some of the most prominent linguists in the world—on the theory of meaning (semantics) and its relation to syntax. The debate on syntax-semantics interface, one of the liveliest in the field, is sure to be invigorated by these contributions.

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Language and Linguistics: Syntax and Semantics

Philosophy: Logic and Philosophy of Language

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Introduction

Frege On Identity Statements
Robert May

A Puzzle About Indefinites
Gennaro Chierchia

Syntactic Or Semantic Reconstruction?
Evidence From Pseudoclefts And Clitic Left Dislocation
CARLO CECCHETTO

Reconstruction, Weak Island Sensitivity And Agreement
Luigi Rizzi

On A Frequent Misunderstanding In The Temporal-Aspectual Domain:
The ’Perfective-Telic’ Confusion’
PIER MARCO BERTINETTO

Ways Of Terminating
ALESSANDRA GIORGI And FABIO PIANESI

Temporally Opaque Arguments In Verbs Of Creation
ARNIM VON STECHOW

Tense In Fiction
SANDRO ZUCCHI

Index

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