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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Ileana Paul
Ileana Paul*
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Western University
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This issue addresses questions surrounding predication. Predication is typically defined as making a claim or statement — that is, saying something that is truth-evaluable. The canonical manner of achieving predication would appear to be the sentence, made up of a noun phrase (NP), e.g., [Np Sandy] and a verb phrase (VP), e.g., [vp plays the fiddle].

Two central questions arise concerning this basic view of predication. The first has to do with what varieties predication comes in. The second is about various ways of achieving predication.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 57 , Issue 2: Properties of predication/Proprietes de la predication , July 2012 , pp. 173 - 176
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association/Association canadienne de linguistique 2012 

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