Abstract
Abstract
This paper argues that NPs with case as head noun stand for situations in their role as truthmakers within a sentential or epistemic case space. The paper develops a unified semantic analysis of case-constructions of the various sorts within a truthmaker-based version of alternative semantics.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Philosophy
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