Verbal Prepositions and Argument Structure; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Setting the scene; Chapter 2. Prepositions; Chapter 3. Possession and the notion of affected participants; Chapter 4. Abstract places and results; Chapter 5. Denouement; Bibliography; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Summary
This book investigates different types of verb-PP combinations and examines the types of meanings which arise when the argument structure of the PP fuses with the verbal argument structure. Focussing mainly on data from Norwegian, the book investigates three different empirical domains of PP-VP combinations and concludes that the arising interpretations result from a combination of the fine-grained structure of the PP, the structure of the verb phrase, and the different modes of combination. The book sheds new light on the syntax-semantics interplay while adding new insight about the propertie
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index
