Intensional Noun Phrases with know and be
Abstract
Following Romero (2003), this paper develops a unified analysis of two types of N(oun) P(hrase)s: concealed question NPs with know and NP subjects of specificational sentences with be. It is argued that both epistemic know and specificational be are intensional verbs requiring an inten- sional semantic argument. It is further argued that this semantic argument is, in both cases, propo- sitional in nature. Crosslinguistic data on pronominalization, coordination and matching effects in free relatives are provided in support of these conclusions.Keywords
concealed question, specificational copular sentence, intensionality, connectivity, pronominalization, gender, coordination, matching effectsPublished
2004-12-01
How to Cite
Romero, M. (2004). Intensional Noun Phrases with know and be. Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 3(1), 147–178. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.109
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