Events and predication :: a new approach to syntactic processing in English and Spanish /

Studies on the syntactic consequences of event type in languages have shown that Aktionsart plays a role in Universal Grammar. This book contributes to the exploration of the syntax/semantics interface by presenting a thorough comparison of event and predicate types in English and Spanish. The mappi...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000.
Schriftenreihe:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 207.
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Zusammenfassung:Studies on the syntactic consequences of event type in languages have shown that Aktionsart plays a role in Universal Grammar. This book contributes to the exploration of the syntax/semantics interface by presenting a thorough comparison of event and predicate types in English and Spanish. The mapping between event and syntactic predicate types, including detransitives, is given a minimalist account based on the functional categories that embed event features and on a careful analysis of the features checked by objects. As the book delves into the theoretical issue of how parameters are charac.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027284440
902728444X
128312159X
9781283121590
9786613121592
6613121592
ISSN:0304-0763 ;

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