Abstract
dc:descriptionThe interpretation of control sentences can best be explained pragmatically, i.e., in terms of the beliefs and assumptions which the listener makes about what the speaker intended by the utterance. A listener identifies an entity as the referent of the unexpressed subject of infinitival and gerund complements by drawing inferences based on the partial semantic information contained in such sentences.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Linguistics
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Williams, Timothy Kevin
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Green, Georgia M.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1995 Williams, Timothy Kevin
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9543770
(UMI)AAI9543770 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19898