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- 1 online resource (xvi, 368 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Oxford linguistics
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 39
- Uniform Title
- Telicity, change, and state (Online)
- Oxford linguistics.
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 39.
- Subject
- Note
- "Most of the chapters in this volume have developed from presentations made at the workshop 'Events across categories: Theoretical and experimental approaches to event structure' held at the CSIC's Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales in Madrid in May 2009"--P. [ix].
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-356) and indexes.
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- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction / Violeta Demonte and Louise McNally -- Part I: Foundational aspects of event structure: telicity, change, and state -- 2. Lexical aspect and multiple incremental themes / John Beavers -- 3. Another look at accomplishments and incrementality / Susan Rothstein -- 4. The composition of incremental change / Christopher Kennedy -- 5. Telicity expression in the visual modality / Evie Malaia and Ronnie B. Wilbur -- Part II. Event structure in a cross-categorial perspective -- 6. The monotonicty hypothesis / Andrew Koontz-Garboden -- 7. From psych verbs to nouns / Antonio Fábregas, Rafael Marín, and Louise McNally -- 8. Passive states / Berit Gehrke -- 9. The syntax and semantics of inchoatives as directed motion: the case of Korean / Dongsik Lim and María Luisa Zubizarreta -- 10. Conflation and incorporation processes in resultative constructions / Jaume Mateu -- 11. Parameter theory and motion predicates / William Snyder -- 12. Building involuntary states in Slavic / María Luisa Rivero and Ana Arregui.
- LCCN
- 2012454704
- OCLC
- ssj0000752324
- Title
Telicity, change, and state [electronic resource] : a cross-categorial view of event structure / edited by Violeta Demonte and Louise McNally.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Series
Oxford linguistics
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 39
Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 39.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-356) and indexes.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Demonte, Violeta.
McNally, Louise, 1965-
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)
Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Spain)