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Talk about coming into existence.

Mayerhofer, Ivan Leonhard.

Talk about coming into existence.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
書名/作者:	Talk about coming into existence.
作者:	Mayerhofer, Ivan Leonhard.
面頁冊數:	114 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-05, Section: A, page: 1662.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-05A.
標題:	Language, Linguistics.
標題:	Metaphysics.
標題:	Philosophy.
ISBN:	9781109732627
摘要、提要註:	This dissertation begins an exploration into the transition from non-existence to existence by investigating how we talk about processes and objects of creation. Two types of expression are important to talk about processes of creation: the progressive (i.e., the is VERB-ing construction in sentences such as 'Mary is building a house') and verbs of creation (e.g., 'make a cake' and 'build a house'). I explore the interactions between these expressions and with indefinite noun phrases (e.g., 'a house' and 'a cake') in three stages.
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3406381

Talk about coming into existence.
Mayerhofer, Ivan Leonhard.

Talk about coming into existence. - 114 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-05, Section: A, page: 1662.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2010.

This dissertation begins an exploration into the transition from non-existence to existence by investigating how we talk about processes and objects of creation. Two types of expression are important to talk about processes of creation: the progressive (i.e., the is VERB-ing construction in sentences such as 'Mary is building a house') and verbs of creation (e.g., 'make a cake' and 'build a house'). I explore the interactions between these expressions and with indefinite noun phrases (e.g., 'a house' and 'a cake') in three stages.

ISBN: 9781109732627Subjects--Topical Terms:

423211
Language, Linguistics.

Talk about coming into existence.
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