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Feature expressions are one of two necessary constituents in a feature-placing sentence. We shall first examine what Strawson says about them, recalling the role feature-placing sentences play in his account of the subject–predicate distinction. It will then be possible to outline an interpretation for feature expressions that is compatible with the spirit of Strawson’s original proposal, while also addressing the well-known semantic and pragmatic properties of the expressions that may appear in postverbal position in the there-sentence.
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Szekely, R. (2015). Features. In: Truth without Predication. Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137483294_3
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