The Syntax of Aspect

Deriving Thematic and Aspectual Interpretation

AvNomi Erteschik-Shir,Tova Rapoport

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

This book investigates the way grammar deals with the representation of aspectual (aktionsart) concepts, focussing on issues of the lexicon-syntax interface. The authors' innovative analyses of this interface significantly advance our understanding of the role that syntax plays in determining verbal meaning, aspectual interpretation, and thematic information. Various theories are developed in this collection, including those that take as their starting point the lexical-syntactic framework of Hale and Keyser, prominent among which is the chapter by Hale and Keyser themselves. By examining different phenomena in a cross-linguistic perspective, this book develops insights into the general theoretical question of universal grammar and acquisition as well as into the specific nature of the lexicon-syntax interface. It is a major contribution to modern syntactic theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-05-26
Mått:155 x 233 x 19 mm
Vikt:509 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Antal sidor:332
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199280445

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Mer om författaren

Nomi Erteschik-Shir is Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Her publications include The Dynamics of Focus Structure (1997). She is writing The Syntax-Discourse Interface: Information Structure (forthcoming in Oxford Surveys in Syntax and Morphology).Tova Rapoport is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. She is currently working on a theory of syntax-driven interpretation, including a book with Nomi Erteschik-Shir on the lexicon-syntax interface, The Atoms of Meaning.

Recensioner i media

important contribution to the literature on aspect, argument mapping and interpretation, and the interface between the lexicon and the syntax.

Innehållsförteckning

1 FROM LEXICAL ROOTS TO SYNTAX ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Aspect and the Syntax of Argument Structure ; 3. How do Verbs Get their Names? Denominal Verbs, Manner Incorporation and the Ontology of Verb Roots in English ; 4. Path Predicates ; 2 EVENT STRUCTURE AND FEATURE PROJECTIONS ; 5. Tense, Person, and Transitivity ; 6. Complex Aspectual Structure in Hindi/Urdu ; 7. The Aspect of Agency ; 8. Agents and Causes in Malagasy and Tagalog ; 9. Event Structure and Morphosyntax in Navajo ; 3 LEXICAL RESTRICTIONS ON SYNTAX ; 10. Constructions, Lexical Semantics and the Correspondence Principle: Accounting for Generalizations and Subregularities in the Realization of Arguments ; 11. Unspecified Arguments in Episodic and Habitual Sentences ; 12. Resultatives under the 'Event-Argument Homomorphism' Model of Telicity ; 13. Change of State Verbs: Implications for Theories of Argument Projection ; References