The Syntax of Aspect - Deriving Thematic and Aspectual Interpretation (Paperback, New)

This book is a cross-linguistic investigation of the way grammar deals with aspectual classes, that is, states (Mary knows French), activities (Mary ran), accomplishments (Mary ran to school), and achievements (Mary arrived). Such investigations deal with phenomena related to, for example, duration (and the lack thereof) and end-states and end-locations. The book focuses on issues at the lexicon-syntax interface and aims to construct a theory of the lexicon-syntax connection. The interpretation or aktionsart. They consider problems such as the extent to which variation in verbal meaning and thematic information can be determined in the syntax, and how the interpretation of various syntactic constructions is including those that take as their starting point the lexical-syntactic framework of Ken Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser, prominent among which is their own chapter. 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, in sum, an original and distinctive contribution to modern syntactic theory.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, 10
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	November 2005
Editors:	Nomi Erteschik-Shir • Tova Rapoport
Dimensions:	233 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	332
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-928044-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-928044-4
Barcode:	9780199280445

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