Predication and Equation in Copular Sentences: Russian vs. English
Predication and Equation in Copular Sentences: Russian vs. English
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系动词句子中的谓语和方程：俄语与英语
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2008
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Ljudmila Geist
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作者：
Ljudmila Geist
本文探讨了俄语与英语的共动句的语法和语义之间的映射。它主张两种语言的谓语、等价和指定句子中的系词有单一的基本语义。本文推导了三种类型的系词句的不变语义，并探讨了这种不变语义如何映射到两种语言的句法结构。谓语句子被认为是系动词句子的基本类型。谓语、等值和特指系词句之间解释上的差异是借助同一类型转换来解释的，该转换在不同的地方进入等值句和特指句的语义构成。
The paper explores the mapping between the syntax and semantics of copular sentences in Russian in comparison to English. It argues for a single underlying semantics of the copula in predicational, equative and specificational sentences in both languages. The paper derives the invariant semantics for the three types of copular sentence and explores how this invariant semantics is mapped to the syntactic structure in the two languages. Predicational sentences are assumed to be the basic type of copular sentence. The difference in interpretation between predicational, equative and specificational copular sentences is explained with the help of the ident type-shift, which enters the semantic composition of equative and specificational sentences at different places.