Origins of predicates : evidence from Plains Cree
This thesis advances a new perspective of predicates in natural language (e.g. “tall” in “John is tall” and “tell” in “I told Mary funnies”). I make two major claims: first, predicates are defined in terms of three properties, (i) argument-taking ability, (ii) temporality, (iii) conceptual content;...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12936 |