Event structure

Event structure / Jan van Voorst.

This study establishes a relation between the semantics of the subject and the direct object-NP and aspect. The notion of event is central. Events have a beginning and an end. This means in temporal terms that events have a point in time at which they begin and a point in time at which they end. How...

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Main Author: Van Voorst, Jan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1988.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 59.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb.
Semantics.
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb
Semantics
Verb
Ereignis
Strukturelle Syntax
Semantik
Grammatik
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Table of Contents:
  • EVENT STRUCTURE; ABSTRACT; Title page; Editorial page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of contents; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER II. EVENT STRUCTURE; CHAPTER IV. UNACCUSATIVITY; CHAPTER III. THE SEMANTICS OF THE SUBJECT; CHAPTER V. PASSIVIZATION AND REFLEXIVIZATION; CHAPTER VII. TENSE; CHAPTER VI. INVOLVEMENT; CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; INDEX; The series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY (CILT) series.

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