| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 309 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 10 |
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Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 10.
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| Contents |
Aspect and the syntax of argument structure / Ken Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser -- How do verbs get their names? Demonimal verbs, manner incorporation, and the ontology of verb roots in English / Heidi Harley -- Path predicates / Nomi Erteschik-Shir and Tova Rapoport -- Tense, person, and transitivity / Jacqueline Guéron -- Complex aspectual structure in Hindi/Urdu / Miriam Butt and Gillian Ramchand -- The aspect of agency / Edit Doron -- Agents and causes in Malagasy and Tagalog / Lisa Travis -- Event structure and morphosyntax in Navajo / Carlota S. Smith -- Constructions, lexical semantics, and the correspondence principle : accounting for generalizations and subregularities in the realization of arguments / Adele E. Goldberg -- Unspecified arguments in episodic and habitual sentences / Anita Mittwoch -- Resultatives under the event argument homomorphism model of telicity / Stephen Wechsler -- Change of state verbs : implications for theories of argument projection / Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin |
| Summary |
This work focuses on issues at the lexicon-syntax interface. It presents innovative analyses of theoretical issues of aspectual interpretation in a variety of languages. The authors address various questions in the field |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Lexicology.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Lexicology
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Aspect (taalkunde)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Erteschik-Shir, Nomi.
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Rapoport, Tova R.
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| ISBN |
9780191535697 |
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0191535699 |
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9780199280445 |
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0199280444 |
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9780199280438 |
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0199280436 |
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9780191712845 |
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0191712841 |
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9781429470933 |
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1429470933 |
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9786610758531 |
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6610758530 |
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