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Publication details [#5560]

Kirsner, Robert S. 1979. The problem of presentative sentences in Modern Dutch. North-Holland. xii + 215 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

inference | meaning | presentative utterance | quantitative method | unit of linguistic expression

Language as a subject

Dutch

Annotation

K. treats a classic problem in Dutch grammar: that of 'existential' or 'presentative' sentences containing the introductory adverbial pronoun 'er' ('there'). He pays special attention to the problem of units in linguistics, the role of inference in language use, and to the nature of meaning.

Reviewed by

Toorn, M.C. Van den. 1980. Review of $The problem of presentative sentences in Modern Dutch.