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Lexical semantics, syntax, and event structure / / edited by Malka Rappaport Hovav, Edit Doron, and Ivy Sichel
| Lexical semantics, syntax, and event structure / / edited by Malka Rappaport Hovav, Edit Doron, and Ivy Sichel |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HovavMalka Rappaport
DoronEdit SichelIvy |
| Collana | Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
Semantics Grammar, Comparative and general - Temporal constructions |
| ISBN |
0-19-954433-6
1-282-49075-3 9786612490750 0-19-157284-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; General Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Linguistic representations of event structure; 1.3 Specific issues and the structure of the volume; 1.3.1 Lexical representation; 1.3.2 Argument structure and the compositional construction of predicates; 1.3.3 Syntactic and semantic composition of event structure; 1.4 A tribute to Professor Anita Mittwoch; Part I: Lexical Representation; 2. Reflections on Manner/Result Complementarity; 2.1 Roots and event schemas; 2.2 The lexicalization constraint; 2.3 Refining the notions of manner and result
2.4 Manner and result as scalar and non-scalar changes2.5 A motivation for the lexicalization constraint; 2.6 The lexicalization constraint in a larger context; 2.7 Concluding remarks; 3. Verbs, Constructions, and Semantic Frames; 3.1 Semantic frames: profile and background frame; 3.2 Verbs; 3.3 Previously proposed constraints on a verb meaning; 3.4 Predications designated by combinations of verb and construction; 3.5 Conclusion; 4. Contact and Other Results; 4.1 The theory of atoms; 4.2 Alternating contact verbs; 4.3 'Splash'-similar but different; 4.4 Conclusion 5. The Lexical Encoding of Idioms5.1 Defining properties of idioms; 5.2 (Non-)compositionality; 5.3 Structuring the lexicon; 5.4 The lexical representation of idioms; 5.5. Conclusion; Part II: Argument Structure and the Compositional Construction of Predicates; 6. The Emergence of Argument Structure in Two New Sign Languages; 6.1 History and social settings of two new sign languages; 6.2 Relevant aspects of sign language structure: referential system and verb agreement; 6.3 Method: sentence production elicitation task; 6.4 Emergence of argument structure: initial stages 6.5 Later developments: emergence of grammatical systems6.6. Conclusion; 7. Animacy in Blackfoot: Implications for Event Structure and Clause Structure; 7.1 Blackfoot finals do not express event structure; 7.2 Blackfoot finals do not express argument structure; 7.3 Animacy, agency, and verb classification; 7.4 Finals are light verbs (v); 7.5 Conclusion; 8. Lexicon versus Syntax: Evidence from Morphological Causatives; 8.1 Setting the stage; 8.2 Two types of causatives; 8.3 No access to syntactic structure; 8.4 The formation of morphological causatives 9. On the Morphosyntax of (Anti)Causative Verbs9.1 Setting the stage; 9.2 Structures and morphological patterns of (anti)causatives; 9.3 English de-transitivization processes; 9.4 Productivity of the alternation; 9.5 Conclusion; 10. Saturated Adjectives, Reified Properties; 10.1 The basic facts; 10.2 The analysis; 10.3 The broader relevance of R and SAT; 10.4 Conclusion and further implications; Part III: Syntactic and Semantic Composition of Event Structure; 11. Incremental Homogeneity and the Semantics of Aspectual for-Phrases; 11.1 Two problems; 11.2 Previous accounts 11.3 Predicate types which allow modification by aspectual for-phrases |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141658703321 |
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Unaccusativity : at the syntax-lexical semantics interface / / Beth Levin and Malka Rappaport Hovav [[electronic resource]]
| Unaccusativity : at the syntax-lexical semantics interface / / Beth Levin and Malka Rappaport Hovav [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Levin Beth <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 336 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HovavMalka Rappaport |
| Collana | Linguistic inquiry monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Transitivity
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax Semantics |
| ISBN | 0-262-62094-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248247203316 |
Levin Beth <1955->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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