Abstract
In this paper, I examine the preposition with and its expression of the relation of central coincidence. The term central coincidence originates with Hale 1986, in which the terminal coincidence - central coincidence contrast parallels a basic semantic opposition that exists throughout language: the opposition between the dynamic, the change, and the stative, the static.
I argue here that with connects two arguments in a relation of central coincidence and show some of the unexpected interpretive consequences of this particular relation
I argue here that with connects two arguments in a relation of central coincidence and show some of the unexpected interpretive consequences of this particular relation
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 159-173 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Faits de Langues |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2014 |