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Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Distinctive Properties of Predicative Constructions
1.2 A Second Look at the Distinctive Properties
1.3 The Fregean Approach
1.4 The Montagovian Approach
1.5 Treebanking
1.6 Conclusion
I. Two Instances of the Fregean Treatment
2.1 The Government and Binding Framework
2.2.1 Copular Constructions
2.2.2 Object-oriented Predicative Complements
2.2.3 Small Clauses and X-Bar Theory
2.2.4 Elaborations and Modifications
2.2.5 Summing Up
2.3.1 Constituency
2.3.2 Subject Raising
2.3.3 The Bar-level of the Small Clause
2.4 Conclusion
3. The Monostratal Subject Raising Treatment
3.1.1 Typed Feature Structures
3.1.2 Syntax
3.1.3 Semantics
3.1.4 The Lexicon
3.2.1 Syntax
3.2.2 Semantics
3.3.1 Subject Raising
3.3.2 The PRD Feature
3.3.3 Type Shifting
3.3.4 The Semantic Vacuity of the Copula
3.4 Conclusion
II. A Monostratal Montagovian Treatment
4.1 Quine and Montague on the Copula
4.2.1 A Format for the Representation of Predicate Selectors
4.2.2 Linking
4.2.3 Predicate Selectors vs. Subject Raisers
4.2.4 On the Meaning of the Copula
4.3 Conclusion
5.1.1 Adjectives
5.1.2 Participles
5.1.3 Passive Infinitives and Gerundival Forms
5.1.4 Adpositions and PPs
5.2.1 Predicate Nominals
5.2.2 Gerunds
5.2.3 Nominal Infinitives
5.2.4 Clausal Predicates
5.3 Conclusion
6.1 Open Predicative Complements and Their Target
6.1.1 Concord vs. Index Agreement
6.1.2 Index Sharing
6.1.3 Overt vs. Covert Agreement
6.1.4 The Other Open Predicative Complements
6.2 Closed Predicative Complements and Their Target
6.3 Conclusion
III. Treebanking
7.1 The Spoken Dutch Treebank
7.2.2 Adding Constraints on Categories
7.2.3 Head Hunting
7.2.4 Adding Constraints on Words
7.3 Conclusion
8.1 The Subject-oriented Predicate Selectors
8.1.1 On the Notion koppelwerkwoord
8.1.2 A Typology of Copular Verbs
8.1.3 Further Evidence for the Distinction Between Open and Closed Predicative Complements
8.1.4 Summing Up
8.2.1 A Semantic Typology of Object-oriented Predicate Selectors
8.2.2 The Compatibility with Closed Predicative Complements
8.3 Predicative Modifiers
8.4 Conclusion
9.1.1 Two Instances of the Fregean Treatment
9.1.2 A Monostratal Montagovian Treatment
9.1.3 Treebanking
9.2 Looking Ahead
A. Abbreviations
B. A Synopsis of the Grammar
B.1 Type Hierarchy
B.2 Feature Declarations
B.3 Constraints on Phrasal Types
B.4.2 arg-selection Types
B.4.4 Maximal Types
B.5.1 Inflectional Rules
B.5.2 Derivational Rules
C.1 Lexical Categories
C.2 Phrasal Categories
C.3 Dependency Labels
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
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