One of the most important discoveries of modern linguistic theory is that abstract structural properties of utterances place subtle restrictions on how we can use a given form or description. For the past thirty years, these restrictions have been explored for possible clues to the exact nature of the structural properties in question. In The Syntax of (In)Dependence Ken Safir explores these structural properties and develops a theory of dependent identity interpretations that also leads to new empirical generalizations.

There are at least two ways in which such theoretical integration advances our understanding. First, it gives a more precise characterization of the different classes of copular clauses, which in turn helps us understand why each of them
should have the cluster of behavioral properties that led Higgins to his classification.

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